Marc Krestin

Marc Krestin is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice of the European law firm Fieldfisher, based in Amsterdam. Marc has over 16 years' experience as an international disputes lawyer. He acts as counsel in international commercial and investor-state arbitrations as well as in corporate and commercial litigations before Dutch courts, with a focus on energy, construction, infrastructure, technology and post-M&A disputes.

 

Having lived, studied and/or worked in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and the Netherlands, Marc is a true European citizen and at ease in different cultural settings and legal systems. He has German citizenship, is qualified as a lawyer (advocaat) in the Netherlands and is fluent and conducts arbitrations in Dutch, German, English and French.

 

Marc has particular experience with complex cross-border disputes in the following sectors: oil & gas (pipelines, refinieries, LNG plants, coal-fired power plants, long-term gas price agreements, production sharing agreements, concessions, decommissioning), renewables (solar, wind, hydrogen), construction, mining, IT/technology, telecom, banking & finance, real estate, retail & consumer products, automotive, aviation, transport & shipping. His geographical aeras of focus include the EU, US, UK, Switzerland, former CIS countries, Northern and Francophone Africa, South Africa, the Middle East and the APAC region and he has conducted arbitrations under the laws of the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, England & Wales, New York, Morocco, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Hong Kong, Singapore, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine.

 

He also represents both claimants and defendants in class action proceedings in relation to environmental damage, consumer protection and competition law infringements. Furthermore, Marc sits as an arbitrator and regularly advises on matters of ESG, public international law, technology/AI and third-party funding.

 

Marc has published extensively in the field of international arbitration, has held numerous speaking engagements, and has guest-lectured on topics of international arbitration and advocacy at universities in Amsterdam and Paris. He has been recommended in Who's Who Legal Arbitration: Future Leaders since 2019 and features in the Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Benelux 2024. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI) and is a member of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA), the International Arbitration Commission of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) and the ESG Arbitration Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

 

Marc is admitted to the Dutch Bar (Amsterdam) since 2008 and registered with the Paris Bar (under Directive 98/5/EC) since 2019. He holds master's degrees in international law and economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and an LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London.