Mr Bart Roozendaal > AKD > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

AKD
PO BOX 59280
1040 KG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Public law

Position

Partner

Career

Bart Roozendaal is a lawyer and partner at AKD who specialises in all aspects of Dutch administrative law, including the relationship between administrative law and private law. He likes to work on issues concerning governmental liability, such as unlawful governmental acts, planning blight and disadvantage compensation.

Bart’s work also covers issues relating to public order, integrity, the Administrative Integrity/Public Administration (Probity Screening) Act [Wet bevordering integriteitsbeoordelingen door het openbaar bestuur] (Bibob) and the interconnectedness between the underworld and upperworld in public administration (undermining). He mainly advises government bodies and companies on this issue and also litigates in proceedings before the Dutch civil court and administrative court.

Bart’s clients appreciate his approach because he is legally strong, gives clear advice and has a practical attitude. He always looks for a workable solution that will enable his client to progress.

Bart frequently lectures on the subjects of governmental liability, the law of administrative procedure and public order. He also publishes regularly in various journals and is a deputy justice at the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam.

In 1998 Bart obtained his doctorate at Erasmus University Rotterdam following comparative legal research into the field of governmental liability law. The title of his dissertation was Governmental liability in Germany, France and the Netherlands [Overheidsaansprakelijkheid in Duitsland, Frankrijk en Nederland].

Memberships

Bart frequently lectures on the subjects of governmental liability, the law of administrative procedure and public order. He also publishes regularly in various journals.

Education

Bart obtained his doctorate in 1998 with a comparative law thesis on governmental liability.