Michiel Coenraads

Michiel Coenraads handles disputes across the globe with a strong focus on the Energy & Natural Resources and Industrials sectors.

His focus areas include international arbitration, shareholder and securities litigation, directors’ liability, joint venture disputes and contentious M&A. Michiel also assists clients in the rapidly changing ESG space, including climate change and Business and Human Rights issues. Michiel is the International Co-Chair of the firm’s ESG Disputes group.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Michiel worked at Allen & Overy and Stibbe (Amsterdam and New York). In 2015 Michiel was appointed a deputy district judge.

Michiel is a member of the ICC Committee on Arbitration and ADR, a board member of the Dutch chapter of the Business & Human Rights Lawyer’s association and a member of the Corporate Disputes Committee of the Dutch Arbitration Association. He is an editor of a leading corporate law journal in the Netherlands. He regularly publishes and speaks at conferences, and is a guest lecturer at executive training courses for supervisory directors.