10 ASML legal leaders
Joost van Ooijen, Head of Legal HQ Deputy General Counsel at ASML, is one of ten ASML legal leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held legal director, litigation, supply and operations, and regional legal and compliance roles at the company. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at ASML from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Angela van de Kerkhof
LinkedInExperience: Legal Director & Deputy Company Secretary · ASML
Legal Director & Deputy Company Secretary at ASML since September 2019, based in Helmond, Netherlands. Former Senior Legal Counsel & Deputy Company Secretary (2017–2019), Legal Counsel (2015–2017), Senior Paralegal (2009–2015) and Paralegal (1999–2009) at ASML.
Auke Van der Vegt
LinkedInExperience: Director - Head of Legal Supply and Operations · ASML
Director and Head of Legal Supply and Operations at ASML since April 2024, based in the Netherlands. Former Director, Head of Contracting (2022–2024), Senior Legal Counsel Contracting & Litigation (2020–2022), Senior Legal Counsel Corporate (2018–2020) and Senior Legal Counsel Contracts (2014–2018) at ASML; the profile cites supply chain management and contract law.
Carreen Shannon
LinkedInExperience: Head of Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory · ASML
Head of Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory at ASML since April 2024, based in Veldhoven, Netherlands. Former Legal Director, Head of Data, Security and (IP) Litigation (2023–2024), Legal Director, Head of CoE Litigation, Data & IP (2022) and Director (IP) litigation & contracts (2018–2022) at ASML, and Board Member and Secretary at VIEPA (2015–2018).
David Kim
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal & Compliance at ASML US Vice Chair of the US Management Team · ASML
Head of Legal & Compliance at ASML US and Vice Chair of the US Management Team since May 2010, based in Tempe, Arizona; the profile headline reads Head of Legal & Compliance, Regions (Asia, China, US). Former Senior Director of Legal at ASML (2000–2010).
Joost van Ooijen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal HQ Deputy General Counsel · ASML
Head of Legal HQ and Deputy General Counsel at ASML since September 2025, based in Amsterdam. Former Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal Europe, Middle East & Africa (2024–2025) and Head of Legal Europe, Middle-East and Africa (2020–2024) at AkzoNobel, where Joost van Ooijen also served two interim General Counsel terms (2021 and 2023).
Le Yi
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal and Compliance China · ASML
Head of Legal and Compliance China at ASML since August 2017, based in Shanghai; the profile describes in-house experience in high-tech manufacturing with skills in capital markets, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions. Le Yi also lists arbitrator roles at the Shanghai International Arbitration Center since 2024 and at other arbitration bodies in China.
Luuk Bressers
LinkedInExperience: Former Legal Director · ASML
Former Legal Director (2021–2022), Senior Legal Counsel (2019–2021) and Legal Counsel (2017–2018) at ASML in Veldhoven, Netherlands. Now Associate General Counsel, Competition & Regulatory at Meta since May 2022, based in Amsterdam, and was an Advocaat at Heron Legal (2016–2017).
Markus HOEFFKEN
LinkedInExperience: Director/Head of Legal and Compliance Region DACH · ASML
Director and Head of Legal and Compliance Region DACH at ASML since March 2022, based in Berlin. Markus Hoeffken also lists Government Affairs Region Germany since 2022 and membership of the ASML Region Germany Management Team since October 2024, and was Director/Head of Legal Region DACH (2021–2022) at ASML.
Rebecca Chung
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal & Compliance Asia · ASML
Head of Legal & Compliance Asia at ASML since March 2022, based in South Korea. Former Asia Regional Counsel (2016–2022) and Senior Legal Counsel US (2014–2016) at ASML, and Associate at Quarles & Brady LLP (2011–2014) and Dorsey & Whitney LLP (2007–2010).
Timothy Westrick, JD
LinkedInExperience: Director of Litigation & Investigation, Global · ASML
Director of Litigation & Investigation, Global at ASML since July 2025, based in New Albany, Ohio. Timothy Westrick also lists Head of Legal Regulatory Affairs and Investigations, U.S. at ASML since August 2024, and was Senior Counsel, Ethics & Compliance at KLA (2021–2024) and a director in the Financial Intelligence Unit at Capital One (2019–2021).
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