Stektrade

What Stektrade does

Stek is an independent Dutch business law firm headquartered in Amsterdam (Leidseplein 29), founded in 2005, with approximately 70 lawyers organized across five core practice areas — Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Finance, Regulatory, and Restructuring & Insolvency — and five sector specializations: Energy, Private Equity, Aviation & Transportation, Technology, and Search Funds. The firm is not a technology company; its offering is partner-led, sector-specialized legal advisory, typically staffed with two to three lawyers per transaction. Its strongest positioning is in Dutch energy regulatory law, where it holds continuous Band 1 (Chambers) and Tier 1 (Legal 500) rankings and represents distribution system operators (Liander, Stedin), energy suppliers and producers (Eneco, Budget Energie, Tata Steel, Vattenfall), and lenders to energy transition projects.

The firm's revenue model is traditional professional services: billable hours and fixed-fee arrangements for defined matters, negotiated on an engagement-by-engagement basis. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts typically span multi-year relationships. Client acquisition is reputation-driven, relying on Chambers and Legal 500 rankings, peer referrals, cross-border referral arrangements with international firms (e.g., Sidley Austin), and university engagement (Erasmus University Rotterdam). Customer segments are predominantly institutional — Dutch and international corporates, PE sponsors (IK Partners, HC Partners, Egeria, Parcom Capital), banks (ING, Rabobank, ABN AMRO, ASN Bank, NWB Bank), and infrastructure investors (DigitalBridge, Aberdeen Investments) — with no consumer-facing channel and no intermediaries.

In late 2025 and through 2026, Stek executed a generational leadership transition: co-founder Jasper Stek moved from partner to Of Counsel (becoming co-President of the Amsterdam Bar Association), a new broader management team under Bernadette van den Broek and Herman Wamelink assumed day-to-day leadership, and the firm promoted Elias Ram and Katinka van den Brink to partner alongside multiple counsel elevations. A dedicated Restructuring & Insolvency practice was launched in 2025, expanding the firm from four to five core practice areas. Stek remains independently owned by its partnership, with no external investors, parent company, or disclosed funding structure.

Name

Stektrade

Legal name

Stek Advocaten

Website

https://stek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stek is an independent Amsterdam-based Dutch business law firm with 70 lawyers providing partner-led corporate, finance, dispute resolution, regulatory, and restructuring advisory to corporates, PE sponsors, banks, and energy sector clients in the Netherlands and on cross-border matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Stek generates revenue by providing legal advisory services across corporate, dispute resolution, finance, regulatory, and restructuring & insolvency practice areas. Revenue is earned through billable hours on client matters, with partner-led teams typically staffed with two to three lawyers per transaction. The firm serves both domestic and international clients on complex transactions and disputes, with a strong focus on the energy sector and private equity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stek is an independent Dutch business law firm providing legal advisory services across five core practice areas: Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Finance, Regulatory, and Restructuring and Insolvency. The firm also offers sector specialisations in Aviation and Transportation, Energy, Technology, Search Funds, and Private Equity, serving corporates, financial institutions, and PE sponsors on domestic and cross-border transactions and disputes. Engagements are partner-led and delivered through small teams of typically two to three lawyers per matter, billed on hourly, fixed-fee, or blended arrangements.

Product overview

Stek is an independent Dutch business law firm offering legal services across five core practice areas (Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Finance, Regulatory, and Restructuring and Insolvency) and five specialized sectors (Aviation and Transportation, Energy, Technology, Search Funds, and Private Equity). The firm operates as a unified service offering rather than a modular product platform, providing integrated legal advisory through multidisciplinary teams.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Legal Services Advisory on mergers and acquisitions, governance issues, divestments, corporate restructurings, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and venture capital transactions for Dutch and international corporates, PE/VC funds, and management teams.
• Dispute Resolution Legal Services
• Finance Legal Services
• Regulatory Legal Services
• Restructuring and Insolvency Legal Services Advisory on financial restructuring, insolvency, and financing including consensual restructuring arrangements, stakeholder management, (solvent) wind-down options, and implementation of restructuring tools for companies, creditors, and stakeholders in financial distress.
• Aviation and Transportation Sector Advisory
• Energy Sector Advisory
• Technology Sector Advisory
• Search Funds Advisory
• Private Equity Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• Stek advised on Cybersprint's €47.5m acquisition by Darktrace (75% cash, 25% equity), completed on 1 March 2022.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ABN AMROminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Veii Jacobs (Partner, Regulatory) was interviewed by ABN AMRO about her experiences with electricity connection sharing and scarce transport capacity (energy hubs). This reflects Stek's thought leadership engagement with major Dutch financial institutions on energy regulatory topics.
• Sidley AustinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStek worked alongside Sidley Austin (an international law firm) advising DigitalBridge and Aberdeen Investments on the acquisition of Equans' e-mobility activities in the Netherlands (transaction led by DigitalBridge and Aberdeen). The cooperation reflects Stek's role as Dutch local counsel on cross-border transactions alongside international law firms.
• Geradin PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStek, together with Geradin Partners and Milberg Amsterdam, jointly represents Stichting Massaschade & Consument in a collective action (WAMCA) against Sony regarding PlayStation digital pricing. This is a litigation co-representation on a consumer protection matter.
• Milberg AmsterdamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStek, together with Geradin Partners and Milberg Amsterdam, jointly represents Stichting Massaschade & Consument in a collective action (WAMCA) against Sony. The three firms collaborate on this consumer class action under the Dutch WAMCA regime.
• Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRuben Tros and Dirk de Graeff delivered a guest lecture on the legal aspects of search funds to Executive MBA students at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Stek contributes academic content to the Dutch search fund ecosystem through this university partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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