Ms Marit van der Pool > Kennedy Van der Laan > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Kennedy Van der Laan
MOLENWERF 16
1014 BG
P.O. Box 58188, 1040HD
Netherlands

Work Department

Insurance & Liability Law

Position

Partner

Career

Marit advises and litigates on professional liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, and in the broad field of insurance law. Marit represents accountants and civil-law notaries in both civil-law and disciplinary proceedings. She also advises insurers about coverage issues, the interpretation of insurance contracts, and the drafting of policy terms and conditions. For her insurer clients she worked on large (international) coverage issues. For example, Marit represented directors’ and officers’ liability insurers in the settlement of the shareholders’ claim against Fortis, and she litigates for insurers in disputes concerning the insurance of directors and supervisory directors of Imtech.

She also advises regularly in international insurance matters. At Kennedy Van der Laan, she is the contact of Global Access Lawyers, a worldwide platform that provides parties in the insurance sector easy access to reputable specialists in insurance and liability law.

Memberships

Marit is a member of the Corporate Litigation Association (VCL) and the Dutch Association for Liability and Compensation Law (VASR).

Education

As a student, Marit completed the Honours master Commercial Legal Practice. She passed the post-graduate Grotius specialization course Enterprise & Liability cum laude.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Insurance

(Next Generation Partners)

Marit van der Pool – Kennedy Van der Laan

Kennedy Van der Laan advises on standalone insurance law and associated regulatory issues, covering both Dutch and European matters for a client roster that includes insurers, brokers and public bodies. The group handles a range of insurance products, with particular focus placed on casualty, property and engineering and financial lines coverage in addition to a growing class actions practice. The insurance side of the practice is headed by a team consisting of Erik van Orsouw, Chris van Dijk, Frits van der Woude, Peter van den Broek and Petra Oskam, with Jan Broekhuizen taking the lead on matters of insurance regulation. Marit van der Pool joined the firm’s partnership ranks in September 2023, with a defence and coverage practice centred around D&O and professional indemnity claims.