Marleen de Putter

Marleen frequently advises on the legal complications of competition and collaboration between companies, from exclusivity agreements to possible notification obligations. She has supported various clients during so-called 'dawn raids' – cartel investigations conducted by Dutch competition authority (ACM) – and subsequent proceedings. She also assists companies if their plans for a merger, acquisition or joint venture must be reported to the ACM. Marleen's clients include domestic and foreign distributors, manufacturing and construction companies, franchise organisations and interest groups. She provides support and litigates regarding contracts, (especially distribution, franchise and agency agreements), terms and conditions, breach of contract and damages.

Marleen has been a partner at Legaltree since 2014. From 2005 to 2014, she worked in the corporate law and competition law groups at Kneppelhout & Korthals N.V. in Rotterdam. Before that, Marleen completed traineeships at law firms in Brussels and Curaçao.

• Association for Competition Law (VvM)
• DFA Association (Vereniging DFA) (Distribution, Franchise and Agencies)
• Lecturer Competition law Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk (AvdR)
• Member of the Competition Law Advisory Committee of The Netherlands Bar (NOvA)

Since 2011, Marleen gives courses to professionals on competition law. From 2006 to 2014, she represented Kneppelhout & Korthals N.V. in the European Antitrust Alliance.

Marleen graduated from the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University, specialising in European Law and Language Studies (1998-2003). Marleen completed her final year at the Università di Siena in Italy (2002-2003). After graduating, Marleen successfully completed two postgraduate specialist courses: National and international contracting at the Grotius Academie (2017) and corporate law at Juridische Academie (2011).