Mr Haco van der Houven van Oordt > AKD > Eindhoven, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

AKD
PO BOX 666
Flight Forum 1
5657 DA Eindhoven
Netherlands

Work Department

Transport & Trade

Position

Partner

Career

Haco van der Houven van Oordt is a lawyer and partner at AKD. He is an international litigation specialist with a focus on shipping and offshore. Haco has extensive experience with disputes involving marine accidents and the construction and operation of ships and offshore objects.

Haco is proficient in the preparation and execution of an international litigation strategy. He is an expert in the field of attachments and the enforcement of securities and frequently litigates in connection with marine insurance. Haco is regularly involved in disputes in and around the Dutch Caribbean. Clients appreciate his drive and creativity which often lead to original solutions.

Haco lectures maritime law at Utrecht University and is an editor of the maritime and insurance law review ‘Schip & Schade’. He is also a member of the supervisory board of the Maritime Museum and of the International Working Group on Polar Shipping – Subgroup Antarctic Shipping of the Comité Maritime International.

Memberships

Haco lectures maritime law at Utrecht Law College and is editor of maritime and insurance law report Schip & Schade. Haco is supervisory board member of the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam.

Education

Haco obtained his law degree at the University of Leiden in 1997.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Transport

(Hall of Fame)

Haco van der Houven van OordtAKD

AKD‘s transport practice ‘combines legal expertise with practical business acumen’ serving international and domestic clients with the full gamut of matters in the sector. Led by Sebastiaan Moolenaar, the team provides ‘creative solutions to complex legal challenges’ across the shipping, aviation and logistics sectors, acting as litigators and advisors for prominent international companies. Haco van der Houven van Oordt is an ‘out of the box thinker’ and a maritime law specialist who is active domestically and in the Caribbean. Annemieke Spijker is recognised for her work in the logistics sector, but is also a respected litigator in her own right. Pieter Den Haan advises shipping underwriters and major insurers on liability claims relating to shipping casualties.