Marlieke ten Brinke focuses her practice on complex litigation. She counsels and represents clients in the field of business and liability law, insolvency law, corporate law and tenancy and real estate law and has extensive experience with appeal procedures. She appears in cassation and preliminary reference proceedings before the Supreme Court. A partial listing of her clients includes large (real estate)corporations, banks and trustees.

Analytical Lawyer with a Sharp Pen
Marlieke is a dedicated lawyer with strong analytical skills. She quickly grasps the essence of a case, articulates arguments clearly, and is always focused on finding the best possible solution. “I enjoy the intellectual challenge and the collaboration with both the team and the client. As a Supreme Court litigator, I also take pride in contributing to the development of the law.”

Specialist in Litigation and Insolvency Law
Marlieke publishes regularly. She also teaches courses in the field of civil procedural law, including on appeal proceedings.

Professional Activities & Memberships

• Member, VCCA - Dutch Association of Supreme Court Civil Litigation
• Member of the NVvP (Dutch Association for Procedural Law)

Academic Background

• Supreme Court Civil Litigation Law, postgraduate legal program, 2017, Leiden University
• Private Law, cum laude, 2014, Utrecht University
• Financial accounting certificate, 2013, UC Berkeley, California

Representative Practice

• Litigated before the Appellate Court of Arnhem-Leeuwarden a case seeking to determine whether a credit restriction by a bank could be attributed to the bankruptcy of a company and whether the bank could be held liable for the bankruptcy (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2020:4040, Bankruptcy Trustees Hakenberg et al. v. Rabobank).
• Litigated before the District Court of Central Netherlands a case seeking a court order to dismiss trustees (ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2019:4391, Applicants v. Bankruptcy Trustees Vidrea Retail).
• Litigated before the Appellate Court of Arnhem-Leeuwarden a case involving a foreclosure sale under retention of title pursuant to Section 3:251(2) of the Dutch Civil Code, which had been agreed between the pledgee, pledger and supplier (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2019:492, Rabobank v. Administrator).
• Represented a number of clients in various Supreme Court litigation cases. Please refer to the cases in our Supreme Court Litigation section.

Bar register of legal practice areas
Marlieke has registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):

• Supreme Court litigation (Civil)
• Insolvency law

Based on this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.