Maxime Aarts

Maxime Aarts

Associate

Email

maxime.aarts@aoshearman.com

Phone

+31 20 674 1431

Offices

Amsterdam

V-CARD
Maxime specializes in corporate criminal law and compliance, with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border (internal and criminal) investigations and corporate crime litigation.

Maxime is an associate in our Business Integrity & Corporate Crime team in Amsterdam. She represents and advises clients facing complex and sensitive advisory matters and litigation and has extensive experience assisting corporates, financial institutions and their (supervisory) boards on a broad variety of regulatory and compliance matters, including anti-money laundering, fraud, and bribery & corruption.

Maxime joined the firm at the start of 2020, after graduating from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in criminal law (LL.M., cum laude). She holds two bachelor degrees (law and criminology). In addition to her master's degree in criminal law, she completed several extra-curricular courses in conflict resolution, mediation, and restorative law.

Maxime is a member of the Association for Young Criminal Defence Lawyers (Nederlandse Vereniging van Jonge Strafrechtadvocaten).

Experience

Pro bono

  • Volunteering at JINC, including mentoring young people by way of the Carriere Coach programme of JINC.

Speaking Engagements

Guest Speaker, Settlements with Legal Entities in Dutch Criminal Investigations, Radboud University (Nijmegen), April 2023

Guest Speaker, Settlements with Legal Entities in Dutch Criminal Investigations, Leiden University, December 2023

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

Member, The Association for Young Criminal Defence Lawyers (Nederlandse Vereniging van Jonge Strafrechtadvocaten)

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as advocaat, Dutch Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten), 2020

Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Criminal Law (Strafrecht)

Academic

Master of Laws (LL.M., cum laude), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2019

Bachelor of Science, Criminology (Honnours Programme), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2017

Bachelor of Laws, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2017

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.