Ms Astrid van Noort > Ekelmans Advocaten - Insurance & Corporate > The Hague, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Ekelmans Advocaten - Insurance & Corporate
ANNA VAN SAKSENLAAN 30, 2593 HT DEN HAAG
PO BOX 93455
2509 AL DEN HAAG
Netherlands

Work Department

Insurance & Liability

Position

Partner

Career

Astrid van Noort is a lawyer/partner at Ekelmans Advocaten. Astrid works within the Insurance & Liability section and is Head of the Privacy Desk. She has also held the role of Managing Partner within the firm since 2020.

Astrid works for large non-life insurers, health insurers and industry associations with a focus on insurers.

Experience

Astrid was a board member of the Young Bar at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, a board member of the Netherlands Young Bar Foundation and vice-chairman of the Permanent Training Foundation for the district of The Hague. She also held a board position at the SEFD (Stichting Examens Financiële Dienstverlening) and is a member of the Privacy Law Association.

Astrid is additionally active as:

  • Expert Partner of the Association of Insurers, focus area: Insurer-related Privacy Issues
  • Lecturer NIVRE, Certification Programme, Privacy Law Module
  • Lecturer NIBE-SVV, Serious Injury Course
  • Chairman of the day for VNO-NCW, information meeting on the AVG

Education

In 2010, Astrid completed the postgraduate specialisation course in Personal Injury (with distinction) at the Grotius Academy. She studied Dutch law at Leiden University and also passed the propedeutic exam of a degree in medicine. Furthermore, she studied European law and international private law at the Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg (France).

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Insurance

Ekelmans Advocaten – Insurance & Corporate ‘understands the commercial and practical aspects of the insurance industry like no other’, focusing on healthcare-related insurance matters as part of a broader general liability practice that also handles D&O, professional liability and insurance fraud matters. Jan Ekelmans manages a broad spectrum of claims, ranging from medical device recalls to life insurance and aviation issues, while Astrid van Noort focuses on personal injury and income protection disputes. Professional and corporate liability fall within the practice of Frank Schaaf, while Daan Spoormans handles both insurance and corporate litigation. Fleur van Kersbergen acts for clients and their insurers who are facing professional negligence suits. Former practice head Hanco Arnold departed the firm in September 2023.