Martin Brink

Martin Brink has been a lawyer since 1975, an arbitrator since 1985 and a mediator since 2001. He works within the Corporate / M&A team at Van Benthem & Keulen.

Martin specialises in corporate law (including corporate litigation, M&A perils, directors' liability and private equity). For the last 20 years, Martin has focused on corporate mediation. This involves disputes within and between organisations, and contracts between professional parties.

Martin attended law school at Utrecht University and, in November 2018, obtained his PhD from Maastricht University on the topic "Due Diligence, investigation and disclosure obligations under Dutch law."

Martin's field of work includes, for example, questions on directors' and supervisory directors' liability, co-determination and governance within legal entities and private equity. Problems concerning guarantees in acquisition agreements, earn-out arrangements and the termination of joint ventures regularly occupy his attention. Martin is experienced in insolvency mediation and in recent years has also regularly handled conflicts in the field of IT, Telecom and Intellectual Property (IP). 

As a mediator, Martin is accredited by the Mediators Federation of the Netherlands, the International Mediation Institute, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in London and the Stichting Geschillenoplossing Organisatie en Automatisering (Organisation and Automation Dispute Resolution Foundation). 

About Martin Brink

Martin is a former Subsitute Magistrate in the The Hague Court of Appeals. He lectured at the Grotius Academy on the subject of survey law and as a guest lecturer at Leiden University in the International Commercial Arbitration and Litigation Programme.

Martin has held several supervisory boards and board positions and therefore has an understanding of and affinity with organisations and business processes. He is a co-founder and former board member of the Foreign Bankers' Association in The Netherlands and one of the founding fathers of what is now CMS Law & Tax. 

In addition, Martin was a member of the Mediation Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Bar Association and a member of the working group of the International Bar Association, which drafted the IBA Rules for Investor-State Mediation.

Martin chairs two executive committees (Kikkoman Foods Europe B.V. and Collewijn Groep B.V.).

By the leading international guide "Who's Who Legal", Martin has been voted 'leader in the field of mediation' in the 'Most Highly Regarded Individuals' section.

Martin was a sworn English/Dutch and Dutch/English translator and speaks working French and German.

Martin is the author of several books and numerous publications.