Caspar Scholten

Working areas

Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and restructuring, Commercial contracts

About Caspar Scholten

Attorney since 2008 and with Bergh Stoop & Sanders since 2011. In 2015 the first partner appointed after the founding of the firm. Focuses on both M&A and (corporate) litigation and specialises in the liability of directors and supervisory directors. Caspar is working on a PhD in Law. His subject is proper management by directors of Dutch companies. He publishes regularly on this subject. 

Areas of focus

Procedures bij de Ondernemingskamer (enquêteprocedures), Voorzieningenrechter en andere gerechten

Advisering over de positie van de bestuurder, commissarissen en aandeelhouders

Business Ethics, governance-vraagstukken en complexe (maatschappelijke) besluitvorming, ESG 

Overnames, veelal in de duurzame sector

Career

Bergh Stoop & Sanders (2011 – today; partner since 2015)

Laytons Solicitors, London (2014)

Simmons & Simmons (2008 – 2011)

Academic

Radboud University, PhD (2023 – today) 

Grotius Academy, Company and Corporate Law (2012 – 2013)

Hümboldt University of Berlin (Law and Philosophy; 2007)

Radboud University Nijmegen (Law and Business Administration; 2006)

Various publications in the field of company law in leading magazines

Personal/ additional functions

Board Member Read My World Foundation

Member of the committee of recommendation Stichting Blikverruimers

Chair of the Board of Stichting Ludwig Bindervoet 

Founder and member of ambassadors’ network ‘de Mix van de Balie’

Member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Democratie & Media (2015 – 2023)

Register of jurisdictions

Caspar Scholten has registered the legal area Business Law in the Register of the Netherlands Bar Association. This registration obliges him to obtain ten training points each calendar year in this registered area of law in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.