Leading Edge Materials Corp. announced that it has appointed Stefan Derksen as general counsel for the Company. Mr. Derksen is a Dutch national qualified to practice law in the Netherlands.

He worked as a senior lawyer in the Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek before founding the litigation and arbitration boutique firm STAUNCH in 2021. In addition to an LLM degree from Utrecht University he holds an MSc degree in International business (finance major) from Tilburg University.