Jessica de Rooij

Jessica advises and litigates in complex and cross-border commercial, financial and corporate disputes. Her areas of expertise include M&A disputes, shareholders disputes and D&O liability matters. Jessica regularly litigates and advises on collective actions and settlements.

Examples of work

  • Represents all Dutch Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Škoda dealers in the class action for the Stichting Volkswagen Car Claim.
  • Represented various institutional investment funds in relation to the accounting irregularities at furniture giant Steinhoff.
  • Represented the Supervisory Board of SRK and the Vereniging Groep Rechtsbijstandverzekering (Dutch association for group legal assistance) in their dispute regarding the cancellation by Nationale-Nederlanden and Aegon of their membership and participation.
  • Represents a brewery in an international dispute with one of its distributors resulting from the termination of a contract.
  • Leaderland: represented the temporary director appointed by the Enterprise Chamber and the Leaderland company.
  • Jessica de Rooij is a skilled professional, a clear communicator, and is very diligent.
    LEGAL 500
  • Jessica de Rooij speaks very firmly when pleading and is very convincing.
    Chambers Global 2025
  • Jessica de Rooij combines extensive experience with excellent and practical legal advice.
    LEGAL 500
  • Jessica de Rooij was very good at guiding us in the case and having our needs as the highest priority while reconciling them with the input of others.
    Chambers Global 2025
  • Jessica de Rooij is a great advocate for her clients with a strong practical sense of what really matters in a case.
    LEGAL 500
  • Jessica de Rooij is very ambitious, eager and polite to the court and the opposing party. She is committed and has a good overview of the case.
    Chambers Global 2025
  • Jessica de Rooij is a very responsive lawyer.
    Chambers Global 2025
  • She is a very strong lawyer, result-driven, responsive, knowledgeable, modest and hard-working.
    Chambers Global 2024
  • Jessica de Rooij is an excellent and impressive individual. She is super smart and sophisticated. A pleasure to work with.
    Chambers Global 2024

  • Other work experience

    Jessica previously was a lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright (2007-2017).

  • Education

    Dutch law, University of Utrecht (2007)

  • Memberships

    Corporate Litigation Association
    Association for Mass Damage and Collective Action

  • Languages

    Dutch, English