How I Defeated a Corrupt Multi-Billion-Euro Company

Jeff Davis
5 min readDec 26, 2021

I recently (February 2020 through August 2020) stood up to a multi-billion dollar conglomerate company in a foreign country in a brutal legal battle…and WON.

A number of people who I shared this story with, said, with their mouth dropping open, “That’s the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard.”

No, I’m not glad this happened. And I wouldn’t wish the experience on anyone. But it did, and it is what it is.

As far as the details and nuances of the situation, I could write a whole book on it. In a nutshell, I had rights and I stood up for those rights.

I Faced Corruption While I Was in the Hospital Getting Treatments

Part of what made this situation so difficult is that it happened in a foreign country — not where I’m originally from. Another part of what made it so difficult is that it happened while I was facing the most challenging health situation of my life.

When the situation first developed, a friend of mine from Massachusetts — who happened to be living in The Netherlands, like me — told me on the phone, “Learn what you can about Dutch law. Knowledge is power.”

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Jeff Davis

Award-Winning author, blogger, world traveler, TEDx speaker — a.k.a. Mr. Mountaintop: https://jeffdspeaks.com/authentic-leadership-blog/