Jan Pot

Background

About Jan Pot

Jan Pot (admitted to the bar in 2013) is partner and Head of Litigation at Brinkhof, and specialises in complex civil litigation where intellectual property and technology are involved. Jan coordinates Brinkhof’s cross-practice litigation group, teaming up with subject-matter experts across the firm in complex, high-stakes litigation, including cartel damages claims and class actions under the Dutch WAMCA regime. Jan currently represents some of the largest tech companies in privacy- and competition-related claims. Jan joined Brinkhof in 2013 as a patent litigator. He has represented a diverse array of clients in litigating complex national and international patent disputes in front of the Dutch Courts and the European Patent Office, with a particular focus on pharma and mechanics. Jan is also registered as UPC representative. According to Chambers, which has ranked him since 2021, Jan "is knowledgeable, aware of the powers in the market, and understands [.] the interests at stake." Jan is also admitted to bar of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, and spearheads all of Brinkhof’s Supreme Court litigation. He is one of only a handful of Supreme Court litigators who specialise in IP and technology matters. Before joining Brinkhof and being called to the bar, Jan clerked at the District Court of Amsterdam for several years. Jan studied law in Amsterdam (University of Amsterdam) and New York (Columbia Law School).