Attorney at law, Partner

Jacob Henriquez

Specialisation

Jacob Henriquez specializes in Construction law, Real Estate and Arbitration. He is an experienced lawyer that handles complex matters in the Construction & Engineering, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Offshore sectors, offering robust and knowledgeable representation across a broad range of topics.

Jacob advises his clients on forms of cooperation within real estate and construction projects, the types of contracts most suitable to the project (Design & Build, DBM, DBMO-agreements) as well as the allocation of project-specific design and construction risks.

He advises on contentious construction and infrastructure projects across a variety of industries, including transport, energy, petrochemical, and construction. He also negotiates and drafts construction agreements for (international) clients, amongst others EPC and O&M contracts for renewable energy projects. Most recently he has been involved in cases regarding construction projects in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Litigation and international arbitration

Jacob is an experienced and convincing litigator, representing his clients before state courts as well as in complex (international) construction arbitration with experience handling cases at the Arbitration Board for the Building Industry (RvA), the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI), the ICC and at the LCIA. Given his expertise in international construction projects, he also acts as a Dispute Board member.

As a client you will get the highest quality from his team that is dedicated to solve your dispute, whether this be in court or out of court.

FIDIC expertise

Of particular note is Jacob’s in-depth knowledge of the FIDIC standard forms of contract in which matters he has successfully represented and advised his clients. His publications on a number of FIDIC related topics in renowned construction law journals further underlines his FIDIC expertise. He successfully completed the FIDIC Summer School at King’s College London.

What clients say

The people of Ploum’s Construction & Real Estate team are in my experience professional and thorough. Their support in a complex negotiation process regarding a lease agreement and a design & build construction contract for our new head office was well appreciated. 

Education

  • Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (CIArb London – 2022)
  • FIDIC Summer School (King’s College London – 2022)
  • Procurement law for lawyers (VU Amsterdam – 2019)
  • Grotius Academy Real Estate law (2014)
  • Master International Commercial Law (University of Glasgow, cum laude – 2008)
  • Master Dutch Law (Tilburg University – 2007)

Representative matters

  • Advising a large Contractor in a dispute with its Employer, an international organization (FIDIC Red Book 1999);
  • Chairman of an Expert Review Board (together with two other international experts) in a FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 dispute between an Employer and an International Contractor regarding a EUR 90 million claim in an offshore project near the Dutch coast;
  • Representing a large Contractor in an LCIA arbitration related to a large scale infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia;
  • Advising a Dutch contractor on a Design Build Operate agreement in the Middle East;
  • Advising an LNG terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam about an EPC contract for a large scale project;
  • Advising a Dutch offshore wind farm on a FIDIC White Book 2017 agreement;
  • Advising a German multinational in a dispute with its subcontractor regarding a project in the United Arab Emirates;
  • Advising a Dutch service provider in public lighting and traffic installations on procurement law issues;
  • Negotiating a D&B agreement on behalf of a client for the realization of its new headquarters in the Netherlands;
  • Drafting a contract for a thermal energy storage system on behalf of a project developer for a large scale development in Amsterdam;
  • Acting as Dutch local counsel for an English barrister in an international arbitration (with seat of arbitration in The Hague) regarding an infrastructure project in Africa;
  • Advising a Dutch hospital on the sale of its real estate;
  • Acting as counsel for a Dutch tank terminal in ICC proceedings about the termination of a FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 contract;
  • Acting as lead counsel for a Dutch tank terminal company in multiple summary proceedings at the Rotterdam Court, as well as a successful appeal procedure at the Court of Appeal in The Hague. The case concerned a dispute with a Luxembourg contractor regarding the termination of a FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 contract for the design and build of storage tanks in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
  • Advising a major UK law firm on the contractual terms between its client and another party in relation to a dispute regarding an oil port terminal and NAI arbitration conducted in the Netherlands;
  • Acting as lead counsel for a large Dutch construction company in a dispute with an African State (successful negotiations). The dispute concerned the renovation of the embassy buildings of the African State in The Hague;
  • Advising a representative of a Middle Eastern State following a dispute with a contractor.

Memberships

  • Visiting lecturer on International Construction Law and Dispute Resolution (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
  • Association for Dutch Construction Lawyers (VBR-A)
  • IBA International Construction Projects committee
  • Editorial board of ‘Construction Law International’ (CLInt)
  • Netherlands Arbitration Institute
  • General Council of the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)

Publications (books)

  • Author of the book: ‘Aanneming van (bouw)werken. Een korte introductie’ (Boom juridisch, 2020);
  • (Final) editor of the book: ‘Processuele rechtspraak van de Raad van Arbitrage voor de Bouw’ (Instituut voor Bouwrecht, 2016);
  • Co-author of the book: ‘Garanties in de Rechtspraktijk’ (Kluwer, 2015)

Publications

  • ​​​​​Case note in Hoge Raad 1 juli 2022 (ECLI:NL:HR:2022:989), 'Aannemingsovereenkomst, meerwerk. Is voor toepassing tenzij-bepaling in art. 7:755 BW vereist dat opdrachtgever inzicht had in omvang van prijsverhoging dan wel (concreet) te verwachten meerkosten? Art. 7:752 BW in geval van meerwerk.', (BR 2022/73);
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law review on RvA 17 juni 2021, nr. 36.968, ‘Ontbinding overeenkomst gevorderd door opdrachtgevers. Conversie door arbiter.’, (BR 2021/86);
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law review on RvA 17 november 2020, no. 36.886 ‘De toerekening van kennis aan een aannemer als rechtspersoon en de bekendheidsuitzondering uit Geurtzen/Kampstaal’ (BR 2021/46);
  • Article in Dutch Construction Law review ‘De Wet kwaliteitsborging voor het bouwen en de nieuwe aansprakelijkheidsbepaling uit art. 7:758 lid 4 BW. Aandachtspunten voor de praktijk’, TBR 2020/80;
  • Article in Dutch Construction Law review ‘De FIDIC Golden Principles: is goede raad goud waard?’ TBR 2020/18;
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law Review on Court Judgment 7 May 2018 (ECLI:NL:OGEAC:2018:79) ‘Dispute Adjudication Boards as part of dispute clauses’ (TBR 2019/24);
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law Review on RvA 21 November 2018, no. 36.120 (About liability and the duty to warn) (BR 2019/16);
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law Review on RvA 16 February 2018, no. 35.734 ‘De reikwijdte van de ontwerpverantwoordelijkheid van de Opdrachtnemer onder de UAV-GC 2005’ (TBR 2018/109);
  • Article in Dutch Construction Law review ‘De FIDIC Rainbow Suite 2017 – een overzicht van de belangrijkste wijzigingen in de general conditions van de Red, Yellow en Silver Book’ (TBR 2018/103);
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law review on RvA 27 October 2017, no. 33.169 ‘Sprake van een risicovol ontwerp? Schending van de contractuele waarschuwingsplicht door Aanneemster’ (BR 2018/15);
  • Article in IBA International Litigation Newsletter ‘Going Dutch: the Netherlands as an attractive litigation forum for international disputes in the English language’ (April 2017);
  • Article in AvdR Magazine ‘HR Cattier/Waanders: een onderbelicht fundament voor de waarschuwingsplicht van de opdrachtgever?’ (about the duty to warn in construction law);
  • Case note in the Dutch Construction Law review on RvA 14 April 2016, no. 72.020 ‘Uitleg van een depotregeling uit een koop-/aannemingsovereenkomst’ (BR 2016/64).

Click here to see more publications (articles and case notes in Dutch).

The Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister)

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

  • Real estate law (vastgoedrecht), sub legal practice area construction law (bouwrecht); and
  • Civil procedural law (burgerlijk procesrecht), sub legal practice area arbitration, sub legal practice area attachment and enforcement law (beslag-en executierecht) and sub legal practice area litigation.
     

Based on this registration, Jacob Henriquez 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.

Track record



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