Marc KRESTIN

Marc Krestin is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice of Fieldfisher, based in Amsterdam.

He regularly acts as counsel in international commercial and investor-state arbitrations under various institutional rules (ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA, NAI) and in ad hoc proceedings (UNCITRAL) as well as in corporate and commercial litigations before Dutch courts, with a focus on energy, construction, infrastructure, financial services, technology and post-M&A disputes. Marc also represents both claimants and corporate defendants in class action proceedings in relation to environmental damage, consumer protection and competition law infringements. Furthermore, Marc sits as an arbitrator and regularly advises clients on matters of ESG, public international law, technology/AI and third-party funding.

Marc has published extensively in the field of international arbitration, has held numerous speaking engagements all over Europe and has guest-lectured on topics of international arbitration and advocacy at the University of Amsterdam, the Paris Bar School, and the Panthéon-Assas University Paris II. He has been recommended in Lexology (previously Who's Who Legal) Arbitration: Future Leaders since 2019 and has been included in the Legal 500 BeNeLux Arbitration Powerlist. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI) and is a member of the Investment Arbitration Committee of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA), the International Arbitration Commission of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) and the ESG Arbitration Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Marc is admitted to the Dutch Bar (Amsterdam) since 2008 and registered with the Paris Bar under Directive 98/5/EC since 2019. He holds master's degrees in international law and economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and an LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London.