Martje is widely recognised for her expertise in the energy sector, where she advises clients on critical strategic issues and has represented companies in a wide range of matters.
She has over 15 years' experience in the energy sector, including in-house experience gained during a secondment to Shell. Having developed her expertise in De Brauw's arbitration and litigation department, Martje has fully moved to De Brauw's public law practice to expand her work on multi-disciplinary energy and infrastructure related matters, assisting clients with regulatory issues in projects, transactions and disputes.
Clients value Martje as an accomplished practitioner who can advise on both legal and economic issues in complex matters. She also handles highly political and sensitive disputes and negotiations, managing numerous stakeholders and interests. Clients refer to Martje as "a very smart attorney with a pleasant and convincing way of presenting a matter in court", having "a very elegant and forceful way of interrogating experts on the stand" and as "very responsive, good at handling stress and always calm and nice to work with. She is excellent."
Martje has been a court member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC) since 2021, and actively participates in the court’s judicial supervision of ICC arbitrations, including decisions on challenges and the review and approval of ICC arbitral awards. In addition, Martje is an executive board member of the Dutch Arbitration Association and serves on the arbitral panels of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SAC).
Martje has been included in GAR's latest edition of its '45 under 45' – a guide to the leading younger practitioners in international arbitration, and is ranked Band 3 in Arbitration in the Chambers Global and Europe Guides 2025.

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Selmer is an experienced litigator, with a particular focus on intellectual property and commercial disputes. He handles complex cases before the Dutch courts, at all levels, arbitral institutions and the European Court of Justice. Selmer acts for clients across several industries including technology, life sciences, energy and fast moving consumer goods. Over the years, he was involved in a number of landmark cases. Selmer's practice is both national and international. He has worked from De Brauw's Singapore, London and Amsterdam offices. The league tables recognise Selmer as a rising star.

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Rick is a partner in De Brauw's Employment &amp; Employee Benefits practice, where he focuses on remuneration and incentives matters. These include management incentive plans – such as "sweet equity" plans, SAR schemes and other equity or equity-like plans, bonus schemes, and LTIPs –, remuneration policies and executive compensation. Rick has extensive experience assisting PE and VC clients, corporates, and other clients in these matters. As part of his practice, Rick also advises on other employment-related aspects of M&amp;A transactions.

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