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

The practice at Kennedy Van der Laan has strong capabilities advising its insurance sector clientele on the gamut of EU and Dutch regulatory matters, as well as assisting with intricate aspects of policy formation. In addition, the team is well-placed to handle complex contentious matters, including product liability cases spanning industry sectors from property to engineering, and handling fraud-related issues. A number of specialists sit at the team’s head, being Erik van Orsouw whose expertise includes professional liability, D&O claims and international coverage disputes; liability specialist Chris van Dijk; ‘smart and modest lawyer’ Peter van den Broek; regulatory expert Jan Broekhuizen; Petra Oskam who assists insurers in PI cases; and professional indemnity and liability specialist Marit van der Pool.