Venturis Consulting Group strengthens its Amsterdam office with the joining of Martijn Lesterhuis, formerly Managing Director of Van Doorne and strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group.

Venturis Consulting Group, the preeminent European law firm strategy consulting firm has expanded its strategy consulting capabilities in Europe with Martijn Lesterhuis. Martijn will join as a partner in Amsterdam as per 1 April 2020.

Martijn started his career as a Banking & Finance lawyer in Amsterdam and London. Following his MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, he joined The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as strategy consultant. Subsequently, Martijn served as Managing Director on the executive board of Van Doorne.

According to Martijn: “There is increasingly pressure on law firms to transform. In order to be successful in today’s challenging legal market, firms need to have a clear vision on their market positioning, create organizational alignment and implement supporting strategies, while also being able to respond to changing circumstances. Venturis has built a name as the leading consulting firm in the legal industry and is growing rapidly. I am excited to join Venturis to assist our clients in being successful and contribute to Venturis’ further growth.”

At Venturis Consulting Martijn will focus on strategy design and execution, finance and operations, organizational transformation and law firm merger consulting.

Robert van Beemen, Amsterdam-based partner: “With Martijn joining we increase our depth and breadth in our strategy consulting services in the Benelux and across the continent. His sound analysis and advisory capabilities, experience as a board member of one of the leading Dutch firms combined with Martijn’s legal and BCG background will further strengthen our European growth ambitions and allow us to respond to increasing client demand.”