Meet the Lawyers: Michiel Pestman, Noun Chea's International Co-Lawyer

Michiel Pestman (1963) studied law in Leiden and political science in London. He was sworn in as an attorney in Amsterdam in 1994, and has been a partner at Böhler Franken Koppe Wijngaarden since 2002. He is a member of the criminal law department, focusing on general criminal law and international criminal law, and of the international law & human rights department. Mr Pestman belongs to the Dutch Association of Criminal Law Attorneys and the European Criminal Bar Association. He is on the list of Defence Counsel of the ICC. He lectures in international (criminal) law, he speaks Italian.