Haacke CLS

Are you looking for an experienced multilingual commercial legal counsel for interim support?
Don’t hesitate to get in touch – I’m here to assist!

Gundo Haacke,
your Netherlands-based Interim Legal Counsel with the South African connection.

20+ years of legal experience

gained in-house at renowned companies (FedEx, FrieslandCampina) and in private practice at top-tier law firms (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Webber Wentzel, Friedrich Graf von Westphalen)
working in different countries and with people of many different backgrounds (South Africa, Germany, Netherlands)
navigating and providing legal advice on different legal systems (common law, civil law)
speaking and advising in different languages (English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans)

Oct 30, 2025

1. Introduction On 23 October 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted the EU 19th Russia sanctions package against Russia...

Aug 26, 2025

1. Introduction The EU AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024. Most businesses and in-house legal teams are aware of it by now -...

Jul 17, 2025

1. Introduction Russia sanctions enforcement is intensifying. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the...