Legal 500 EMEA 2012
Kennedy Van der Laan handles data protection, e-commerce,
contracts, licensing, regulatory and outsourcing matters for IT
suppliers, and other corporate and government entities. (Former)
managing partner Joost Linnemann and Patrick Wit are the key
contacts.
Chambers Europe 2012
"This firm's technology team is one of the most highly
regarded in the Netherlands. It remains at the forefront of
developments, often working on cutting-edge projects. The lawyers
advised the Dutch national railway on a virtual network for
matching international train information, and also handled IT
contracts and software licensing agreements. On the media side, it
attracts work in both the print and online sectors, most notably
representing news blog GeenStijl and newspaper Spits in litigation.
It further handled contentious work for De Persgroep newspapers.
Its strength in the fields of free speech and defamation has
resulted in some interesting work, such as a case over broadcaster
VARA's right to use satire. The team upholds its reputation for
telecoms work, with clients including a major mobile operator and
various fixed telecoms providers."
Sources say:
"A strong, broad practice with reputable partners."
"Founding fathers of the IT scene."
Key individuals:
Jens van den Brink earns much praise for his work on defamation
and privacy matters. Clients pick out his up-to-date knowledge of
new and social media as a particular strength.
Hester De Vries remains one of the market's most highly
respected specialists for data protection and privacy work.
(Former)Managing partner Joost Linnemann is well regarded for his
work in IT, and specialises in e-commerce and complex technology
projects and transactions.
Patrick Wit works on the intersection between IT, media and
telecoms. A source comments: "He does a great job for his
clients."
Senior associate Reindert van der Zaal impressed sources with his
media work, which often has an IP flavour. Clients note his calm
demeanour and strong performance in court.
Informatie Technologie
De IT-praktijk van Kennedy Van der Laan staat nationaal en
internationaal bekend als toonaangevend in Nederland. Chambers
Global typeert ons als "One of the most powerful niche
players in the Dutch IT arena". We werken voor internationale
IT-providers en een breed scala van IT-gebruikers: grote bedrijven
zowel als overheidsinstellingen.
Onze IT-groep wordt vooral ingeschakeld bij grote projecten met
een pionierskarakter. Voorbeelden zijn de nationale
openbaarvervoerchipcard, een iris-scansysteem voor
vliegtuigpassagiers, een wereldwijd bankproject om met behulp van
digitale handtekeningen partijen in business to
business-transacties te kunnen identificeren en de
IT-aansturing van een van de meest geavanceerde
zeecontainerterminals ter wereld.
Onze IT-praktijk is nauw verbonden met onze andere technologie-
en specialistengroepen: telecommunicatie, media, internet en
e-commerce, energie, biotechnologie, toezicht op gereguleerde
markten en bescherming van persoonsgegevens. Daarnaast is de
IT-groep de aanjager van de onze snelgroeiende
outsourcingpraktijk.
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Zie ook:
Innovatieve projecten,
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