Marc Krestin

Area of specialisation

• Arbitration Construction, Engineering Corporate Law / M&A Distribution, Franchising Energy and Natural Resources Environment Information and Communication Technologies Investment / Public International Law Joint Ventures, Consortia, Cooperation Maritime Sales, Purchases Transport

Bar admission

• Netherlands

Experience with legal system

• Australia
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Switzerland
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Germany
• France
• United Kingdom
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Morocco
• Netherlands
• Russian Federation
• Singapore
• Ukraine

Professional experience

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 and arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations with a focus on energy, construction, infrastructure, contract, technology and post-M&A disputes, and has extensive experience in investor-state arbitration.

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 registered with the Paris Bar, and is fluent 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 areas 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, Singapore, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine.

Marc 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 CEPANI, the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA), AIJA and the ESG Arbitration Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA).