Jacob Henriquez

Legal 500 testimonials 2025

‘We have had a pleasant working relationship with Jacob Henriquez. He is professional, carefully listens to his client and advises properly. He understands the value of expert contributions and has the ability to get to the bottom of complex issues quickly.’

‘Particular mention to Jacob Henriquez. He stands out for his exceptional commitment, reliability, and hands-on involvement throughout our project. His ability to deliver timely results, combined with sharp negotiation skills, made a significant impact. Jacob’s management of internal teams and resources was also highly efficient.’

‘Jacob Henriquez prioritises contact with clients. He is driven and an expert in his field.’

‘We work with Jacob Henriquez and Lisa Orvini. They both have more than enough experience and expertise. Jacob is an excellent sparring partner, knows our business and has an eye for the right strategy for solving legal matters with the other party. Lisa is a hard and accurate worker.’

‘Jacob Henriquez has been supporting us for multiple years now and we couldn't wish ourselves a better construction lawyer. Jacob can explain implications of difficult negotiations very quickly in layman terms, always lays out various options/avenues for how we could approach a situation and works extremely quickly.’

Examples of recent work

• Advising a renewable energy company in a (delivery) dispute with a German wind turbine manufacturer;
• Advising the largest producer of plant-based foods on a construction team and construction contract for a project in the Netherlands;
• Advising Gate Terminal on the investment of €350 million in a new 180,000 m3 LNG tank and all associated (FIDIC) construction agreements;
• Advising a large contractor in a dispute with an international multilateral organization regarding its new headquarters in the Netherlands (FIDIC Red Book 1999);
• Member of an international Dispute Board for the settlement of a dispute concerning an offshore project in the North Sea (claim value EUR 90 million). The project was based on a FIDIC contract model (FIDIC Yellow Book 1999);
• Assisting one of the largest Dutch contractors in international arbitration (LCIA) related to an infrastructure project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
• Advising a Dutch contractor on a Design Build Operate agreement in Saudi Arabia (NEOM city);
• Lead counsel for a Dutch tank terminal against a Luxembourg contractor in international arbitration (ICC Court of International Arbitration) concerning the termination of a FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 contract;
• Advising a Dutch offshore wind farm on a Technical Operation Management agreement (FIDIC White Book 2017) and a Maintenance agreement for 36 wind turbine generators;
• Advising an LNG terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam on an EPC contract and other construction agreements in connection with the expansion of its capacity at the site;
• Assisting a German multinational in a dispute concerning a construction project in the United Arab Emirates;
• Conducting ICC arbitration for a Dutch company in the petrochemical sector concerning the termination of a construction contract based on the FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 contract conditions;
• Conducting multiple preliminary relief proceedings before the Rotterdam District Court as well as a successful appeal before the Court of Appeal in The Hague for a Dutch company in the petrochemical sector against a Luxembourg contractor regarding the interim termination of a FIDIC Yellow Book contract;
• Lead counsel for an English barrister in an international arbitration regarding an infrastructure project in East Africa;
• Dutch co-counsel for a Dutch company in the railway industry against a Belgian company that manages railway infrastructure in preliminary relief proceedings before the Arbitration Board for the Construction Industry concerning bank guarantees provided;
• Lead counsel for a large Dutch construction company in a dispute with an African state (successful negotiations). The dispute concerned the renovation of the African state's embassy buildings in The Hague;
• Advising a large British law firm on the contractual terms between its client and another party in connection with a dispute over an oil port terminal and NAI arbitration in the Netherlands.

Education

• Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (CIArb London - 2022);
• FIDIC Summer School (King's College London - 2022);
• Leergang Aanbestedingsrecht voor juristen (VU Amsterdam - 2019);
• Grotius Academie specialisation course in Real Estate Law (2014);
• Master International Commercial Law (University of Glasgow, cum laude - 2008);
• Master Dutch Law (Tilburg University, with pleasure - 2007);
• Bachelor Dutch Law (Tilburg University - 2006).

Teaching Engagements

• Guest lecturer on International Construction Law at Aarhus University (Denmark);
• Guest Lecturer in Contracting Engineering Projects at TIAS School for Business and Society (The Netherlands);
• Guest Lecturer on International Construction Law and Dispute Resolution (University of East Anglia, UK).

Memberships

• Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (US);
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London);
• Member of the IBA committee “International Construction Projects”;
• Member of the editorial board of the journal “Construction Law International” (CLInt);
• Member of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI);
• Member of the Association for Construction Lawyers (VBR-A);
• Permanent annotator Tijdschrift Bouwrecht (Wolters Kluwer);
• Member of the General Council of the University of Glasgow.

Books

• Co-author of the book ‘Construction and Arbitration: The Essential Building Blocks. Reports from the CEPANI Colloquium held on 15 November 2024’ (Kluwer 2024).
• Editor of the book  ‘Procederen bij de Raad van Arbitrage in bouwgeschillen (2e herziene druk)’ (The Hague: Instituut voor Bouwrecht, 2023);
• Author of the book ‘Aanneming van (bouw)werken. Een korte introductie’ (Boom juridisch, 2020);
• Co-author of the book ‘Garanties in de Rechtspraktijk’ (Kluwer, 2015).

Publications

• Article: ‘De waarschuwingsplicht van de Opdrachtnemer uit § 4 lid 10 UAV-GC 2025. En de aansprakelijkheid voor de schadelijke gevolgen van zijn verzuim’ (TBR 2025/56);
• Article: ‘Aansprakelijkheid op grond van de Model Basisovereenkomst en de UAV-GC 2025: een analyse van de wijzigingen ten opzichte van het aansprakelijkheidsregime uit de UAV-GC 2005’ (BR 2025/17);
• Article: ‘Het Afzinkkelder-arrest; de balans één jaar na dato’ (VGR 2025/1);
• Article: ‘De FIDIC Short Form of Contract. Actualisering van en beschouwingen over toepasbaarheid van deze modelovereenkomst en algemene voorwaarden in Nederlandse design & build projecten’ (TBR 2024/53);
• Article: ‘Risicoverdeling bij complexe bouwprojecten. James Carville, Max Abrahamson en de mislukte aanbesteding van de Van Brienenoordbrug’ (TBR 2024/40);
• Annotation to Hof 's-Hertogenbosch 19 September 2023 (ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2023:2984), ‘Niet nakoming, omzetting ex art. 6:87 BW, (peildatum) begroting van de vervangende schadevergoeding’, (BR 2024/6);
• Book review of 'Contracts for construction and engineering projects' (2nd edition) by Donald Charrett (TBR 2023/30);
• Annotation to Supreme Court 1 July 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);
• Article: “The two-stage tender procedure for large-scale and complex infrastructure projects in the Netherlands” (CLInt 2021/16).
• Annotation to RvA 17 June 2021, No 36,968, ‘Ontbinding overeenkomst gevorderd door opdrachtgevers. Conversie door arbiter.’ (BR 2021/86);
• Annotation to 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: ‘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: ‘De FIDIC Golden Principles in het (internationaal) bouwcontractenrecht: is goede raad goud waard?’ (TBR 2020/18);
• Annotation to Court of First Instance of Curaçao 7 May 2018 (ECLI:NL:OGEAC:2018:79) ‘Dispute Adjudication Board als onderdeel geschillenregeling’ (TBR 2019/24);
• Annotation to RvA 21 November 2018, no. 36.120 ‘Aansprakelijkheid voor het betonmengsel. Schending waarschuwingsplicht’ (BR 2019/16);
• Annotation to RvA 16 February 2018, no. 35.734 ‘De reikwijdte van de ontwerpverantwoordelijkheid van de Opdrachtnemer onder de UAV-GC 2005’ (TBR 2018/109);
• Article: ‘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);
• Annotation to RvA 27 October 2017, no. 33.169 Sprake van een risicovol ontwerp? Schending van de contractuele waarschuwingsplicht door Aanneemster’ (BR 2018/15);
• Article: ‘Going Dutch: the Netherlands as an attractive litigation forum for international disputes in the English language’ IBA International Litigation Newsletter (April 2017);
• Article: HR Cattier/Waanders: an underexposed foundation for the client's duty to warn? AvdR Magazine (January 2017);
• Annotation to RvA 14 April 2016, no 72.020 ‘Uitleg van een depotregeling uit een koop-/aannemingsovereenkomst’ (BR 2016/64).

See more of Jacob's publications (articles and annotations) here.

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

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

• Real estate law: sub area of construction law; and
  Civil procedural law: sub area of arbitration, sub area of attachment and enforcement law and sub area of 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