Mrs Kim Lucassen > Loyens & Loeff > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

The team at Loyens & Loeff acts for a lucrative, varied client base of healthcare insurance, diagnostics, and pharma companies on an array of regulatory, corporate, and tax related matters. The group regularly represents clients in administrative proceedings involving alleged breaches of transparency laws within the healthcare procurement process. Tom van Helmond, Kim Lucassen, and Vincent van der Lans jointly head the practice. Lucassen is well known for her expansive expertise in data protection and cybersecurity, advising a number of biotech companies and research institutions, while van Helmond is noted for his vast knowledge of procurement and competition issues and van der Lans maintains a tax-focused practice that encompasses a range of financing transactions and M&A. Regulatory expert Dieuwke Hooft Graafland handles a broad range of healthcare disputes concerning insurance and financing, in addition to advising on joint ventures and corporate governance. Céline van Waesberge left the team in June 2023.

Loyens & Loeff covers a notable range of data protection and privacy issues from representing clients in court before the Data Protection Authorities for data beaches to advising on the GDPR and other key topics such as the data issues concerning M&A deals, AI, e-health, and wearables. The firm combines its expertise from other practice areas to give fully rounded advice to clients in projects and are especially adept at handling the intersection of life sciences and healthcare with data privacy. Practice head Kim Lucassen is ‘highly experienced in all fields of privacy and data protection‘ and regularly advises on both contentious and non-contentious data issues. She is supported by Nina Orlić who assists tech and e-commerce companies with data compliance, data transfers, data infrastructure, and outsourcing. Céline Van Waesberge  left the firm in May 2023.

At Loyens & Loeff, the team has a solid track record in handling fintech-related fund raisings, acquisitions, sales and licensing matters. The group is also adept at assisting cross-border crowdfunding platforms on compliance issues relating to the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR). The practice is led by the triumvirate of Martijn Schoonewille, Kim Lucassen and Marc Wiggers. At senior associate level, Wendy Pronk is a name to note.

Under the guidance of Kim Lucassen, Loyens & Loeff’s telecoms group ‘delivers quality legal advice’ and extensive regulatory knowledge covering communication, mobile services, information networks, and VOIP, as well as emergency calling, data retention, and interception obligations. The firm also offers considerable experience in providing contentious and non-contentious support to diverse telecom sector companies.