Biography
After Matthijs de Jongh finished his studies Dutch civil law and notarial law in 1999, he worked as a candidate civil law notary in Amsterdam, mainly focusing on company law. In 2005, he became a law clerk at the Dutch Supreme Court. He clerked for both Attorneys-General and Judges of civil chamber of the Supreme Court. During his clerkship, Matthijs de Jongh wrote his PhD on the history of the listed company, focusing on the in influence of shareholders. In 2014, he obtained his PhD (cum laude). His PhD was rewarded with a (shared) Elly Rood Prize (Erasmus School of Law). In 2015, he also won the Harry Honée Dissertation Prize, for the best PhD, defended in the Netherlands in the field of corporate and financial law between 2012-2014. In 2015, he joined the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, where he became an appellate Judge, focusing on corporate and commercial law. He combines his position as a Judge with Erasmus School of Law, where he became professor Company Law, with special attention to its historical development in 2018.
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Work
- Noor Kikken & J.M. de Jongh (2025) - De NV op weg naar het Wetboek van Koophandel: Een empirisch onderzoek naar oprichtingsstatuten van NV’s van 1828-1839 - Ondernemingsrecht, 2025 (5), 239-254 - [link]
- Steven Hijink & J.M. de Jongh (2025) - Vloed en eb van ESG - Ondernemingsrecht, 2025 (4), 149-150 - [link]
- J.M. de Jongh (2024) - Het semipublieke belang - Ondernemingsrecht, 2024 (17), 576-583 - [link]
- J.M. de Jongh (2024) - Navigeren in de Wagevoe - Ondernemingsrecht, 2024 (16), 519-520 - [link]
- J.M. de Jongh (2024) - De algemene zorgplicht uit de Omgevingswet en haar betekenis voor het ondernemings- en aansprakelijkheidsrecht - Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht - MvO, 2024 (7), 151-159 - doi: 10.5553/MvO/245231352024010007001
- J van Bekkum, Karen Harmsen, J.M. de Jongh, Branda Katan, Tom Salemink, Flip Schreurs & Kim Spruitenburg (2024) - Geschriften vanwege de Vereniging Corporate Litigation 2023-2024 - [link]
- Anke Teeuw & J.M. de Jongh (2024) - Geopolitieke spanningen en bescherming: lessen uit het verleden - Ondernemingsrecht, 2024 (4), 79-90 - [link]
- J.M. de Jongh (2023) - Ondernemingsrecht in transitie - [link]
- Steven Hijink & J.M. de Jongh (2023) - From Company Law to "Value Chain Law": Observations and Dilemmas on the CSDDD Proposal - Ondernemingsrecht, 2023 (5), 199-200 - [link]
- J van Bekkum, J.M. de Jongh, Karen Harmsen, Arnold R.J. Croiset Van Uchelen, Barbara Bier & Manuel Lokin (2023) - Geschriften vanwege de Vereniging Corporate Litigation 2022-2023 - [link]
- JM (Matthijs) de Jongh (2015) - Harry Honée Proefschriftprijs
- JM (Matthijs) de Jongh (2014) - Elly Rood Dissertatieprijs
Wolters Kluwer
- Start date approval
- June 2022
- End date approval
- June 2025
- Place
- DEVENTER
- Description
- Redacteur Tijdschrift Ondernemingsrecht
Academie voor de rechtspraktijk
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- UTRECHT
- Description
- Docent
Remonstrantse Broederschap
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- UTRECHT
- Description
- Juridische Advies Commissie
Stichting Studiecentrum Rechtspleging
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- UTRECHT
- Description
- docent
Gerechtshof Amsterdam
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- AMSTERDAM
- Description
- Raadsheer, betreft Hoofdfunctie
CPO Nijmegen (Radboud Universiteit)
- Start date approval
- March 2023
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- NIJMEGEN
- Description
- Docent Grotius Academie (corporate litigation)
Judge
- Start date approval
- January 2015
- End date approval
- August 2044