Mr Marc van Maanen > Van Traa Advocaten > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Van Traa Advocaten Offices
MEENT 94
3011 JP ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Marc van Maanen
Work Department
International Trade | Transport & Logistics
Position
Partner
Career
Marc specialises in transport law, international trade and documentary payment. He mainly focuses on complex procedures and (international) arbitration. His clients are large logistics service providers, trading companies, banks, insurers and aviation companies. Marc started his career at Nauta Dutilh in 1991 and joined Van Traa in 1995.
Marc is recommended by the leading legal directories.
Languages
English, German, Spanish and Dutch.
Memberships
Marc is a member of the German Transport Law Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transportrecht E.V.) and the ICC Banking Commission and he is on the editorial board of the Trade Law Magazine (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handelsrecht) as well as a board member of the Trade Law Association (Vereeniging Handelsrecht).
In addition, Marc is a lecturer at the postgraduate Grotius Trade Law specialisation course and guest lecturer at the Erasmus University Rotterdam for the master subject ‘Trade Finance Law’.
Furthermore, Marc is a regular speaker at national and international conferences regarding international trade and transport. He regularly publishes on these subjects.
Education
Marc studied at the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht between 1983 and 1989. Subsequently, he studied International Affairs at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in Heredia, Costa Rica (Central America) in 1990.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: arbitration
Van Traa Advocaten specialises in international trade, transport and logistics, and insurance-related cases. In particular, the team assists enterprises with international trade disputes related to fraud, breach of contract and perishing of goods. International trade experts Marc van Maanen and Steven Oude Alink co-lead the practice.
Netherlands > Industry focus: Food
(Leading individuals)Van Traa Advocaten is the go-to firm for insurance and brokering companies who require assistance with recall actions related to disease outbreaks, decertification of organic good, and other potential issues. The team also has a specialised organic sector group which is well-equipped to handle regulatory, arbitration, litigation, and contractual issues faced by the organics industry. Other main areas of the practice include food-related M&A, transport and logistics, contracting and financing, regulatory, and insurance and liability. Marc van Maanen co-leads the team alongside Silvia Gawronski, he handles issues related to food and feed law and largely assists logistics service providers, their insurers, organic commodity traders, trade financiers, and meat traders. Gawronski acts for national and international companies on regulation and enforcement matters, as well as material food and food safety regulations. Steven Oude Alink specialises in commercial and transport law for the food industry, while Tomas Uildriks assists with recall disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Industry focus: Food Netherlands
- Leading individuals Netherlands > Industry focus: Food
- Dispute resolution: arbitration Netherlands