Marjolein has a deep understanding of enforcement challenges client face in converting favourable awards and judgments into tangible recoveries – challenges that can be mitigated through targeted enforcement actions.
Marjolein is a dual-qualified lawyer with more than twenty years of experience in cross-border litigation, arbitration and enforcement with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. Marjolein holds a master’s degree in Dutch civil and in Dutch criminal law from the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden and an LL.M. from Columbia University in New York.
She was admitted to the Amsterdam Bar as well as the New York Bar and has a deep understanding of both civil and common law systems. Marjolein worked with Houthoff and Stibbe, two major Dutch law firms, until she moved to the Philippines in 2013. Marjolein worked with Philippines listed conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. in Manila until she moved to Singapore in 2017. For more than seven years, Marjolein was Head of Enforcement (APAC) at leading litigation funder Omni Bridgeway, where she was responsible for the strategic assessment and management of cross-border litigation, arbitration and enforcement.
Marjolein has extensive experience in handling complex cross-border enforcement actions in common and civil law jurisdictions, including in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, Canada, France, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea and also in challenging jurisdictions including for example the PRC, Malaysia, India, the Philippines, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. She has assisted corporates (private and state-owned), law firms, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions and individuals in complex enforcement matters against sovereign states, SOEs, corporates and private individuals in challenging jurisdictions.
Marjolein is a regular author and speaker on topics related to dispute resolution, asset tracing and enforcement.
Marjolein was recognised in the Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Finance 2021-2024 Guides and in the Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders Third-Party Funding 2022-2024 Guides.
A native Dutch speaker, Marjolein is fluent in English. She can also converse in French, German, Spanish, and Tagalog.