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Vondst Advocaten N.V
JACOB OBRECHTSTRAAT 56
1071 KN Amsterdam
Netherlands

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Netherlands > Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences Tier 2

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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.

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Polo van der Putt - Vondst Advocaten N.V

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

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Otto Swens - Vondst Advocaten N.V

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:

Polo van der Putt; Tineke van de Bunt

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)

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.

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
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

Name	Position	Profile
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