Martje is widely known for her expertise in commercial arbitration and complex cross-border litigation, notably in the field of energy, where she advises clients on critical strategic matters and has represented these companies in a range of arbitrations and court cases.
She has over ten years of experience in the oil and gas industry. This includes in-house experience gathered during a secondment to Shell's litigation department in Houston and her role as litigator at the Houston office of Haynes & Boone. Clients value Martje as an accomplished practitioner who can advise on both legal and economic issues in highly complex disputes. She also manages highly political and sensitive disputes and negotiations, managing numerous stakeholders and interests.
Martje's expertise also includes disputes related to joint ventures and collaboration agreements, and issues related to recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and annulment of arbitral awards as well as related attachment proceedings.
As a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC), Martje actively participates in the Court’s judicial supervision of ICC arbitrations, including the appointment of arbitrators, decisions on challenges against arbitrators, and the scrutiny and approval of ICC arbitral awards. In addition, Martje is an executive board member of the Dutch Arbitration Association, and included in the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Shanghai Arbitration Commission’s (SAC) panels of arbitrators.
Martje’s recent work includes advising and representing:
Profession
Advocaat, admitted to the bar in the Netherlands in 2009
Languages
Dutch, English
Education
Utrecht University
Macquarie University
University of Nottingham
Additional positions
Executive board member (treasurer) of the Dutch Arbitration Association
Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for the period 2021-2024
Chair of the Gender Diversity Committee at De Brauw
23 May 2023
13 June 2022
2 July 2021
1 July 2021
17 February 2021