Mr Erik van Orsouw > Kennedy Van der Laan > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Kennedy Van der Laan Offices
MOLENWERF 16
1014 BG
P.O. Box 58188, 1040HD
Netherlands
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Mr Erik van Orsouw
Work Department
Insurance and Liability Group
Position
Partner
Career
Erik is heading Kennedy Van der Laan’s liability and insurance practice.
He is an experienced litigator in professional indemnity and insurance claims. His clients include lawyers, accountants, insurance brokers, it companies, architects and engineers, tax specialists and their insurers.
His extensive Financial Lines practice furthermore involves claims, coverage disputes and the review of domestic and international (and specifically London market) insurance policies including Crime, W&I, Art and Insurance Fraud.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
He is editor for the Dutch publication “Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht” and is a member of the Dutch associations “Vereniging voor Aansprakelijkheids- en Schadevergoedingsrecht” and “Vereniging voor Verzekeringswetenschap” and chairman of the cultural foundation “Stichting Atelier WG”.
Education
Law, University of Leiden, 1998
French public law and international relations, Institut d’Études Politiques, Parijs SciencePo, 1995
In tort law en European and comparative law, Mjur, University of Oxford, 1999,
Business and Liability, Grotius Academy, 2006
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Insurance
(Hall of Fame)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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: retail
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights