Anne ten Brummelhuis

Specialisms

Health Law / Public Law / Collaborations in Healthcare / Medical Devices / Medical Disciplinary Law

Profiel

Anne is an Attorney at Law at the Healthcare practice group.

She has experience as an attorney in the health care sector since 2009. Anne advises and represents care providers and care professionals in cure, care, and the social domain.

Her expertise lies in the fields of market regulation and funding, contracting of care, the right of complaint and disciplinary law, mandatory care, administrative health care law, supervision and enforcement.

She advises her clients among other things about collaborations and governance, chain care, the funding of care, quality regulation and patients’ rights. She also assists individual care providers in disciplinary proceedings. In addition, she assists care providers during investigations by supervisory authorities, such as the IGJ and the NZa.

Before joining Kennedy van der Laan, Anne worked as an attorney at a law firm in the care practice group and as an attorney in a large mental health care institution. Anne completed the Grotius course in Health Care Law in 2017. Anne regularly publishes articles. She chairs two complaints committees. Anne is also a member of the Dutch Healthcare Law Association.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 - Healthcare & Life Sciences - Ranked

A 'large team with very broad and in-depth knowledge', Kennedy Van der Laan‘s practice is known for advising a diverse range of medical device companies and institutes, with a particular specialism in the oncology space. Practice co-head Fenna van Dijk is noted for her longstanding corporate expertise, advising numerous directors of healthcare institutions and branch organisations on collaborations and M&A, while Eline Lam is well versed in governance and collaboration mandates. IP specialist and co-head Maarten Schut is particularly adept at handling matters concerning trade secrets and publishing for academic hospitals and other not-for-profit institutions. Additionally, Schut regularly represents clients in negotiations and disputes concerning R&D and licensing. Anne ten Brummelhuis has vast knowledge of patient rights, tariff regulation, the Youth Act, and the Social Support Act, allowing her to handle a range of e-health and regulatory mandates.

Testimonials

• ‘Eline Lam has a great sense of our organisation’s needs and level of advice. Anne ten Brummelhuis is a reliable expert.’
• ‘Kennedy Van de Laan (Fenna van Dijk and Eline Lam) has helped us, having the great ability to thoroughly understand our questions and wishes, and translate regulations and legal aspects into daily practice within our organisation. Fenna van Dijk and Eline Lam are great individuals to work with. Very professional, flexible, and forward thinking.’

The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - Healthcare & Life Sciences - Ranked

Jointly led by healthcare expert Fenna van Dijk and life sciences specialist Maarten Schut, Kennedy Van der Laan's team handles the full breadth of mandates across the healthcare and life sciences segments. Combining a corporate background with a focus on healthcare, Van Dijk advises on market entry, licenses, clinical research, PPPs and drafting contracts with medical devices companies; she played a key role in the vaccine strategy concerning the Covid-19 pandemic. IP expert Schut advises multinational companies including Nutreco and Syngenta and not-for-profit institutions on conflicts relating to R&D and licensing. With the addition of Joran Spauwen, the practice has gained a specialist in IP-focused transactions in the advanced technologies sector, assisting healthcare service providers with medical devices regulation and negotiating contracts with AI suppliers. He also links the M&A practice to the healthcare and life sciences practice, focusing on innovative companies investing in the health tech industry. Counsel Sophie Van Loon specialises in contract drafting, advisory work and litigation within the life sciences field and associate Eline Lam focuses on corporate, healthcare and regulatory law.

Testimonials

‘Fenna van Dijk and Eline Lam are not only very involved, but also accurate and reliable and think ahead in solving problems. They see not only the legal obstacles, but also the solutions and possibilities.’