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Vondst Advocaten N.V Offices
JACOB OBRECHTSTRAAT 56
1071 KN Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Vondst Advocaten N.V > The Legal 500 Rankings
Netherlands > Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences Tier 2
Netherlands > Industry focus: Information technology Tier 2
The boutique firm Vondst Advocaten N.V excels in outsourcing transactions, IT projects, litigation and data protection, and provides support to other law firms in tech-related M&A projects. Polo van der Putt, a renowned ‘true expert’ in new technologies such as big data analytics and AI, leads the team with his proficiency in IT contracts, litigation and data protection. Tjeerd Overdijk handles cases at the intersection of IT and intellectual property, including software rights enforcement, database rights, software patents and domain name disputes, and Herwin Roerdink is experienced in data protection and online marketing, serving data-driven clients in the FMCG, media and automotive sectors.Practice head(s):
Polo van der Putt
Other key lawyers:
Tjeerd Overdijk; Herwin Roerdink; Tineke van de Bunt
Testimonials
‘They have a profound understanding of the legal basics in combination with the skill to come up with pragmatic advice.’
‘Very knowledgeable individuals with a down-to-earth mentality.’
‘The team is incredibly knowledgeable on recent trends and what to look out for in legal proceedings and contracts with technology firms.’
‘Vondst puts energy into really understanding the business of their clients to optimise their advice.’
‘Polo van der Putt is a true expert in his field of expertise and very approachable and available.’
Key clients
Centric
Priva
SURF
Inergy
Translink
Novamedia
SPH
PGB
Randstad Groep Nederland and Randstad Holding
Softproviding
Reset National
Aalberts
Workrate
Assai Software Services
Dimensys
Retail Unity
Work highlights
- Advised Dutch IT service provider Centric in various disputes, including litigation against a municipality and a dispute with Uniface.
- Advised IT service provider Softproviding in an ERP deal with meat processor Vion.
- Advised pension fund PGB in various outsourcing and technology transactions.
Netherlands > Intellectual property: Patents Tier 3
Netherlands > Data privacy and data protection Tier 4
Vondst Advocaten N.V assists with GDPR compliance, as well as related matters such as data privacy issues related to M&A deals, assisting clients with investigations that arise as well as data breach notifications. Innovative businesses make up a portion of the firm’s client base from sectors including retail, media and clinical research. Practice head Herwin Roerdink is experienced in data protection and online marketing matters, often lecturing on e-privacy law. IT specialist Polo van der Putt assists with issues involving new technology, while newly promoted partner Tineke van de Bunt is well-versed on GDPR compliance audits and M&A data privacy mandates.Practice head(s):
Herwin Roerdink
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘A down to earth expert team that always delivers, cooperates, thinks along and is always available. What it differentiates from other legal companies is the personal touch due to it’s relatively small practice. Innovations have been in legal counselling.’
‘It is especially Herwin Roerdink that stands out for me. Knowledge translated to practice.’
‘Herwin Roerdink & Tinke van de Bunt: Great availability, very efficient, and always deliver on time.’
‘In our experience, finding legal professionals that truly understand privacy are rare. Therefore we were very pleased to find Vondst Advocaten to assist us in this regard.’
‘Generally, we take to take a pragmatic view in respect of our contractual agreements, therefore we need to work alongside a legal team that thinks similarly. We have found this to be the case with Vonst Advocaten and especially Teneke van de Bunt.’
Key clients
Funda
Dutch Postcode Lottery
StrausWolfs
Bergman Clinics
Credit Europe Bank
Shimano
Retail Unity
The DPO Center
Hunton Andrews Kurth (new referrer)
Vondst Advocaten N.V > Firm Profile
The firm: Vondst was founded in 2007 as a boutique firm that focuses exclusively on IP, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, IT and data protection. All its partners have previously worked in these fields for well known international and national law firms. Since its start, Vondst has almost doubled in size.
Areas of practice
Patents and technology: This practice primarily focuses on litigation. Our attorneys handle both local and international cross-border patent cases. In particular, Vondst advises and litigates in the areas of pharma and life sciences, the chemical industry, mechanical engineering, and IT. Vondst also assists clients in the local and cross-border exploitation of their patents and technological know-how.
Trademarks, designs, copyrights and unfair competition: Vondst advises and litigates on the full range of these fields. As Vondst is primarily a contentious firm, we use Dutch and foreign trademark agents to assist in the filing of applications for trademark protection for our clients. With respect to copyrights and design protection the practice is not limited to traditional works like books and other kinds of writing, but actually more often involves product design, game and software concepts, databases and other information products and software.
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences: The attorneys at Vondst have years of litigation and advisory experience with regard to common legal issues in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, including the registration of medicines and medical devices in a national, European or other context, parallel imports, counterfeiting, licensing, good clinical practice, reimbursement and pricing matters and advertising.
Plant variety rights: Vondst advises businesses specialized in breeding or exploiting plant material in the horticultural, fruit growing and seed industries about the possibilities available to protect the products they have developed and their breeding and horticultural methods, and about licensing and other types of exploitation agreements.
IT and sourcing: Vondst assists clients in contentious and transactional IT matters, such as in the field of sourcing, cloud computing, IT projects (agile and waterfall), license agreements, IT related public procurement, distribution and other commercial contracts, the protection of technology and information, illegal software and audits, internet, e-commerce and domain names.
Data protection: Vondst advises clients in matters involving compliance with law and regulations, including the GDPR and ePR, processing agreements, fines, damages and liability, enforcement by supervisors, data breaches, (online) marketing, information security, profiling, research, privacy policies, internet of things and smart devices. The lawyers of Vondst repeatedly and successfully have assisted clients in enforcement matters against the Dutch data protection regulators.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Patents & Technology | Otto Swens | ||
Patents & Technology | Ricardo Dijkstra | ||
Patents & Technology | Arvid van Oorschot | ||
Trademarks, Designs, Copyrights & Unfair Competition | Tjeerd Overdijk | ||
Trademarks, Designs, Copyrights & Unfair Competition | Herwin Roerdink | ||
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences | Otto Swens | ||
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences | Ricardo Dijkstra | ||
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences | Arvid van Oorschot | ||
Plant Variety Rights | Tjeerd Overdijk | ||
IT & Sourcing | Polo van der Putt | ||
Data Protection | Polo van der Putt | ||
Data Protection, online marketing | Herwin Roerdink |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Herwin Roerdink | Herwin is a partner at the firm and specializes in intellectual property,… | View Profile | |
Otto Swens | Otto Swens is co-founder and partner. Otto’s practice has a focus on… | View Profile | |
Polo van der Putt | Polo is partner at the firm and heads the IT and sourcing… | View Profile |