Ms Marijn (M.E.) Kingma > Höcker Advocaten > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Höcker Advocaten advises on a range of transactional, advisory and contentious matters in the media entertainment space, as well as handling IT and data protection matters in the area. The firm is particularly well known for advising on collective management of rights and acts for music, audio-visual and literary rights collecting societies in a range of other issues. Strengths of the practice include strategic advice, litigation, licensing negotiations, contractual and tariff disputes, and corporate governance. Jacqueline Seignette acts for national and international clients in the entertainment and IT sectors. She leads the team, which includes ‘extremely knowledgeable media and entertainment lawyer’ Marijn Kingma and Joep Meddens, who focuses on advertising and collective rights law.

Höcker Advocaten has an established reputation in relation to acting for collective rights organisations with cases that have have resulted in industry-wide settlements of copyright issues. Jacqueline (J.M.B.) Seignette  who is the chair of the Dutch Copyright Association heads the team that includes Joep (J.W.A.) Meddens  and Marijn (M.E.) Kingma , both of whom are notable for their copyright expertise. The team also handles a range of trade mark infringement cases and anti-piracy matters for international entertainment companies.