Mr Derk-Jan van der Kolk > Van Traa Advocaten > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Van Traa Advocaten Offices
MEENT 94
3011 JP ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Derk-Jan van der Kolk
Work Department
Insurance & Liability
Position
Partner
Career
Derk-Jan van der Kolk joined Van Traa as a partner in 2011. Before which he had already affirmed himself at a renowned law firm, where he worked as a lawyer for 25 years. Derk-Jan specialises in insurance and liability law, with a focus on personal injury and loss of dependency, fire and environmental damages, including asbestos issues. He advises insurers and companies regarding company liability, fraud, fire, technical insurances, professional liability and on insurance policies and injury.
Derk-Jan is recommended by the leading legal directories.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
Derk-Jan is a well-known name in Van Traa’s personal injury branch. He was vice-president of the Personal Injury Lawyers’ Association (Vereniging van Letselschade Advocaten (LSA)) from 2004-2010. Since 2010, he has been the chairman of the Quality Committee of the LSA. Derk-Jan was a member of the editorial board of the ‘Letsel & Schade’ magazine. Derk-Jan has completed the Grotius ‘Personal Injury’ specialisation course.
In the past, Derk-Jan was a member of the Compensation Committee of the Sexual Abuse of the Roman Catholic Church in The Netherlands (Compensatie Commissie Seksueel Misbruik van de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk in Nederland). Derk-Jan furthermore chairs the General Church Council Protestant Denominations Rotterdam-Noordrand (Algemene Kerkenraad Protestantse Gemeente Rotterdam-Noordrand). Derk-Jan is a member of the Association for Insurance Science (Vereniging voor Verzekeringswetenschap (VvVW)), the Association for Liability and Damages (Vereniging voor Aansprakelijkheids- en Schadevergoedingsrecht (VASR)) and the Dutch Insurance Bourse Association (Vereniging Nederlandse Assurantie Beurs (VNAB)).
Education
Utrecht University, Grotius post doc specialisation course on liability law
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Insurance
Van Traa Advocaten is noted for its record in transport-related insurance matters, with the firm advising on both the drafting of terms and conditions, and on disputes relating to both professional liability and personal injury in the transport and logistics sector. The team also takes instructions tied to the neighbouring area of international trade. Practice head Robert Pessers advises on claims arising out of transport accidents, with a particular focus on the aviation industry, covering professional and person injury liability matters, in addition to advising on construction all risks cases. Robert de Haan handles policy advisory work in relation to transport insurance, with Derk-Jan van der Kolk taking the lead on personal injury disputes. April 2023 saw professional liability and fraud specialist Marko Jongkind return to the firm from VanNiekerkCieremans B.V.