Astrid Sixma
Specialisms
IT contracts / IT Litigation / E-commerce / Privacy / Software & IP / Artificial Intelligence
Profile
Astrid specializes in IT law. She advises both suppliers and customers in IT projects, including procurements, and in drafting and negotiating various IT contracts, including in the FinTech domain. Astrid also litigates in disputes concerning IT contracts, failed IT implementations, and IP infringements of software. Besides, Astrid represents clients in innovative projects concerning the Energy Transition.
Background
Astrid graduated from Groningen University in 2008 (cum laude) and during her master studies she also studied at McGill University, Montreal. Before she joined Kennedy Van der Laan, she worked at two big Dutch law firms and an Amsterdam niche firm. Astrid completed the VIRA/Grotius post-graduate specialisation course in Information Law. She is editor-in-chief of Mediaforum, the journal of the Vereniging van Media- en Communicatierecht (VMC) and she is a member of the Vereniging Informaticarecht Advocaten (VIRA) and the Vereniging Privacy Recht (VPR).
