Register for the 11th International Pre-Moot Amsterdam (IPA)

Team Member

LLM candidate, University of Amsterdam
LLB, University of Amsterdam

Carmen Bakker is pursuing a double master’s in Labour Law and Private Law at the University of Amsterdam, where she also completed her LLB. During her studies, she went on an exchange semester to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. She has demonstrated strong oral advocacy skills, twice winning the ‘Best Lawyer’ award at the ALF Pleitgenootschap, and has gained practical experience at firms including Dentons, L&A Advocaten, and JahaeRaymakers, and as a tutor for Eindsprint. In her free time, she plays ice hockey and loves running on the beach.

Team Member

LLM candidate, University of Amsterdam
LLB, Utrecht University

Christiaan Verhoef is pursuing an LLM in Private Law at the University of Amsterdam, having completed his LLB at Utrecht University. His studies included an exchange semester at the University of California, Davis. He was a member of the winning team of the Utrecht Moot Court Competition 2022, held various roles at the Sirius Law Association, including Chair of the Moot Court Competition Committee, and interned at Houthoff. In his free time, he plays rugby in Utrecht.

Team Member

LLM candidate, University of Amsterdam
BSc, University of Amsterdam
BA, Leiden University

James Murawski is currently pursuing an LLM in Transnational and European Private Law. He holds a BSc in PPLE from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in Korean Studies from Leiden University. As part of his BA, he spent an exchange semester at Sogang University in Korea. He has four years of experience as a legal assistant and translator at Joosten Advocaten, specialising in tort and labour law. He speaks five languages: Polish, English, Dutch, German, and Korean. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, photography, and cats.

Team Member

LLM candidate, University of Amsterdam
LLB, University of Groningen

Jelle de Vries holds an LLB from the University of Groningen and is currently pursuing an LLM in Private Law Practice at the University of Amsterdam. He gained international experience through internships at Holst Advokater in Denmark and Zirngibl Rechtsanwälte in Germany. He has also served as a Legal Advisor at the Children’s and Youth Law Center and as a Legal Tribunal Member for a student association. In his free time, Jelle enjoys exploring Amsterdam’s cinemas and experimenting in the kitchen.

Team Member

LLM candidate, University of Amsterdam
LLB, Maastricht University

Kristian Louekoski is pursuing an LLM in European Competition Law and Regulation at the University of Amsterdam, having completed his LLB in European Law at Maastricht University. He has prior moot court experience from the Pax Moot Court and has worked as a Junior Legal Trainee at Eversheds Sutherland. During his free time, you will likely find him on a golf course or enjoying the outdoors.

UvA Coordinator & Supervising Coach

LLM, cum honore, University of Amsterdam
Humboldt University Berlin

Onno has practised law since 2009 and joined AMS Advocaten in 2015. He specialises in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration.

Before AMS, he worked at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in M&A and arbitration, and at Allen & Overy in Frankfurt.

Onno acted as counsel in cases including the landmark decision of the Dutch Supreme Court on the enforceability of mediation clauses, the largest WHOA-case in the Netherlands and the Jiskefet case.

In addition to his legal practice, he teaches International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Amsterdam. He’s also contributed to legal education projects in Myanmar.

Onno was a participant in the 15th/5th Vis Moot and has coached several UvA teams since 2009. Onno is the supervising coach of this year’s team.

Coach

LLM, cum laude, University of Amsterdam
LLM, Leiden University

Allard is an associate in the Arbitration and Supreme Court Litigation departments at Houthoff. He specialises in international arbitration, civil law and public international law. Allard has represented corporates and sovereign states in arbitration and arbitration-related proceedings before state courts.

Allard participated in the 25th/20th Vis Moot. His team received various honourable mentions for their written and oral advocacy. Since then, Allard has coached teams at the University of Tübingen and the University of Amsterdam in the 27th, 31st and 32nd Vis Moots.

Coach

LLM, University of Amsterdam

Benthe is a senior legal counsel at uButler, an international scale-up, where she leads a team within the Legal & Finance department.

Benthe co-hosts a podcast Vrouwen Justitia, which focuses on unravelling topical legal issues in a digestible way – even for listeners without a legal background.

She participated in the 27th Vis Moot, representing the University of Amsterdam. Together with Allard, Benthe coached the UvA team at the 32nd Vis Moot.

Coach

LLM, magna cum laude, University of Amsterdam

Ophélie is an associate at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in the Finance and Restructuring department. Her practice covers financing and debt capital markets matters, with experience in the issuance of notes, borrower-side syndicated lending and security structures.

During her studies, Ophélie represented the University of Amsterdam in the 20th Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2023, where she received an Honourable Mention in the Neil Kaplan Award list for Best Individual Oral Advocate as she was ranked the 5th best oral advocate worldwide out of several hundred participants. This experience cemented her interest in complex cross-border legal issues and continues to shape her practice today.

Coach

LLM (Honours), cum laude, University of Amsterdam

Marina is an associate in De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek’s arbitration department, where she focuses on international arbitration and corporate litigation. She has experience assisting clients in cross-border disputes and energy-related commercial arbitration.

In the 2022/23 academic year, Marina was a member of the UvA team, which attained multiple awards and honourable mentions. She served as an oralist in the final round of the International Premoot Istanbul, where the team emerged as winners. At the 20th Vis East Moot, Marina was awarded an Honourable Mention for the Neil Kaplan Award for Best Oral Advocate.

Coach

LLM, cum laude, University of Amsterdam

Laura is an associate in De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets department. She advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A and capital markets matters.

Like Marina and Ophélie, Laura participated in the 20th Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2024 as a member of the team UvA. Her team received a total of eight honourable mentions for numerous awards, with Laura receiving an honourable mention for the Neil Kaplan Award for Best Oral Advocate. Following the Vis Moot, Laura joined De Brauw’s arbitration department, where she worked on a cross-border arbitration matter that included a week-long hearing in Zürich.