Jeroen van Kwawegen

Jeroen van Kwawegen is a partner at BLB&G and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. As head of BLB&G’s corporate governance practice, Jeroen oversees all breach of fiduciary duty litigation against boards and senior executives on behalf of shareholders. He also leads BLB&G’s work representing European institutional investors in shareholder litigation, including securities class actions. Over the course of his career, Jeroen has recovered more than four billion dollars for investors, improved corporate governance practices at numerous companies, and defended fundamental shareholder voting and franchise rights. He is currently co-leading the case against Tesla, which resulted in a groundbreaking decision nullifying Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package. Notably, Jeroen also represented a Swedish institutional investor in a securities class action against Wells Fargo, securing a $1 billion cash settlement.

Jeroen is frequently recognized for his litigation and trial work, earning distinctive recognitions from Benchmark Litigation, Lawdragon, Law360, and Legal500, as well as being named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Outside of his firm responsibilities, Jeroen serves as a board member of Legal Services NYC, and an advisory board member at both the Millstein Center at Columbia Law School and the Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Carey Law School.