Cherry primarily focuses on contractual matters within the supply chain, including international sale and purchase agreements, logistics contracts, contracts for services (cleaning, maintenance or construction of installations) and charter parties. She also regularly handles disputes relating to the supply of bunkers. Her clients include suppliers and traders of commodities such as metals and fruit, as well as shipowners, charterers, and logistics service providers — including freight forwarders and warehouse operators.
Cherry is a true litigation lawyer, with a keen eye for both the commercial relationship and the procedural strategy. Her aim is always to achieve a swift and effective resolution for her clients, ensuring that costs and benefits remain carefully balanced. Owing to her extensive litigation experience, she has developed profound expertise in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts. From time to time she acts also as arbitrator.
She has handled numerous cases concerning the applicability and interpretation of general terms and conditions, particularly those of carriers on bills of lading and jurisdiction clauses. She was also involved in several more traditional ‘wet’ maritime cases, including “Oostenwind” (2010) — which resulted in a landmark judgment on ownership of shipyards and vessels under construction — and “De Jonge Maritime” (2017), concerning the levy of pilotage dues.
Cherry began her career as a lawyer in 2004 and previously worked at several (maritime) law firms, including Boonk Van Leeuwen. In 2016, she founded her own firm, Alius Law, focusing on the supply, maintenance and leasing of maritime equipment. As of 1 January 2019, she joined Caland Advocaten as one of its co-founders.
Memberships
Marine Club Rotterdam
Scheepvaartkring
AIJA
Transport Law Association (NVV)
Transport Lawyers Association (NVA)
Port Association, Link Maritime and Sociëteit Rotterdam Maritiem (SRM)
Educations
Post Academic
Grotius specialization course in transport law
Southampton short course maritime law
Academic
Leiden University, civil law
Languages
Dutch
Capeverdean
English
Portuguese
Spanish
German
Registration
Cherry Almeida is registered in the Register of Areas of Law of the Netherlands Bar Association for the following principal (and sub-) areas of law: Transport and Trade Law and Civil Procedural Law (Arbitration, Attachment and Enforcement Law, and Litigation). By virtue of this registration, she is required to obtain ten continuing professional development (CPD) points in each registered principal area of law in every calendar year, in accordance with the standards of the Netherlands Bar Association.
