Mrs Annemieke Hendrikse > Van Doorne > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Van Doorne Offices
JACHTHAVENWEG 121
1081 KM AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 75265, 1070 AG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mrs Annemieke Hendrikse
Work Department
Insurance Law: Litigation; Financial Institutions: Insurance; Cyber Security
Position
Annemieke (LLM UCL) heads Van Doorne’s Insurance team. She works in Van Doorne’s offices in Amsterdam and London.
Annemieke is an expert on insurance law and Directors & Officers liability.
Annemieke handles disputes on behalf of and between insurers. She advises on coverage and is an experienced litigator in coverage disputes. Her clients often instruct Annemieke and her team in complex and cross-border cases. She frequently represents primary and/or excess layers in (cross-border) discussions between the different layers of an insurance tower and/or different programs.
She mainly focusses on general liability, D&O liability, professional liability, fraud and cyber insurance.
Annemieke also frequently acts as monitoring counsel at the request of insurers to liaise between defence counsel of different insureds, to get the best result for all insureds in cases of (potential) conflicting interests between insureds.
In addition, insurers instruct Annemieke as defence counsel for D&O’s of companies and non-profit organisations, including housing corporations and healthcare institutions, in national and international disputes.
Annemieke frequently publishes and lectures on the subject of D&O liability and insurance. She is a member of the editorial team of the online publication “VAST” (magazine for insurance and liability law, including regulatory law).
Career
Annemieke joined Van Doorne in 1997, becoming a partner in 2011. Frequently lectures and publishes, in particular on D&O liability.
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Dutch.
Memberships
Annemieke is a member of the Advisory Committee on Insurance of the Dutch Bar Association.
Education
Annemieke graduated from Maastricht University in 1996 and, in 1997, she gained a Master’s Degree from the University of London (UCL).
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Insurance
(Leading individuals)As part of the firm’s dispute resolution practice, Van Doorne‘s ‘very knowledgeable team’ handles contentious D&O and product liability claims, is active on the W&I and financial lines fronts and is experiencing growth with its cyber claims practice. In addition, the team takes on disputes between insurers and brokers and assists insurers with the drafting of key policy terms. Annemieke Hendrikse heads the practice, specialising in D&O liability matters and is frequently mandated to act as monitoring counsel by insurers, who also consult her on policy conditions. Wieke van Eekhout represents insurers and insureds in cross-border civil liabilities disputes, acting for the former on coverage matters, while Saloua Tanouyat focuses on D&O and financial lines litigation. Willeke van Spanje left the firm in May 2023, having been appointed as a district court judge.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Mediation
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: retail
- Insurance
Firm Rankings
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Energy
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Investment funds
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Employment
- Project finance and PFI
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Dispute resolution: class actions