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Kennedy Van der Laan is best known for providing corporate advice to healthcare clients, with deep expertise in collaborations, M&A, and joint ventures. Fenna van Dijk heads the healthcare team and has considerable experience as a corporate lawyer. IP expert Maarten Schut focuses on life sciences, advanced technologies and trade marks; he is an experienced litigator.

Practice head(s): Fenna van Dijk; Maarten Schut
Other key lawyers: Sophie van Loon

• ‘The lawyers are very well informed about developments in healthcare’.
• ‘What’s very nice is that the lawyers are very accessible’.
• ‘They are very clear in their explanation. no complicated legal language’

Experienced team advising on a range of corporate matters, including joint ventures, acquisitions and governance issues. Additionally assists with contracting and data protection matters. Predominantly represents healthcare providers.

Interviewees commend the team's dedication to the client, one dubbing it "customer-oriented."

Represented company X in its defence against U-diagnostics' claim of unlawfully restricting access to the Covid-19 testing market.

Fenna van Dijk undertakes a variety of corporate matters in the healthcare sector, including acquisitions, sales and governance structures. She also advises on litigation, data protection and contractual matters.

At Kennedy Van der Laan, Fenna van Dijk assists healthcare clients with corporate matters, and IP specialist Maarten Schut advises on a range of issues in the life sciences arena including R&D collaborations, licensing work and the protection of trade secrets. The team also acts for its healthcare clients on mergers, the establishment of joint ventures, medical liability cases, disciplinary actions and data protection mandates.

Experienced team advising on a range of corporate matters, including joint ventures, acquisitions and governance issues. Additionally assists with contracting matters. Further experience acting for start-ups on the establishment of their businesses. Predominantly represents healthcare providers.

Clients observe that the team is "very knowledgeable and practical." Additionally clients highlight that the group is "result and client-oriented."

Fenna van Dijk frequently acts for healthcare providers on a range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, joint ventures and governance structures. Additionally assists clients with market entries, contractual and compliance matters.

Kennedy Van der Laan has a special focus on mergers and joint ventures together with medical liability and disciplinary actions. The team is a member of Biolegis, the pan-European network of independent law firms with a focus on life sciences. Fenna van Dijk heads the healthcare team and Maarten Schut specialises in IP within the life sciences sector. Meltem Koning advises on corporate and private equity matters. The group advised the Oncode Institute, a new ‘super’ institute combining oncology research from numerous academic hospitals and research institutes. It assisted with its set up and governance, funding negotiations, and complex IP arrangements. In other work includes advising on licensing, R&D collaborations, and patent disputes.

Represents clients in medical liability claims and disciplinary cases, as well as advising health institutions on mergers, joint ventures and investments in the healthcare sector. Additionally advises on governance and compliance mandates. Also acts on matters of confidentiality and data protection. Further experience advising start-ups on the establishment of their business in the Netherlands.

Clients praise the lawyers' "accessibility and customer-oriented attitude," going on to add: "They provide tailor-made solutions that match our demands."

Advised Oncode Institute on funding arrangements and affiliation agreements with partner institutes following its establishment.

Interviewees admire Fenna van Dijk for her "personal touch and real commitment." She acts on a range of corporate mandates relating to the healthcare sector, including mergers, joint ventures and the establishment of institutions. Clients also praise her governance work, saying: "She understands complex issues and gives the most appropriate answer to questions quickly and efficiently."

The ‘friendly’ practice at Kennedy Van der Laan counts Ambulance Amsterdam and VUmc as clients. Fenna van Dijk and IP expert Maarten Schut head the healthcare and life sciences teams respectively; van Dijk assisted GGZ inGeest with transferring its youth mental healthcare activities to De Opvoedpoli.