Höcker Advocaten

Managing Partners: Jasper van Hulst, Jolien van Woudenberg, Joep Meddens

Number of partners: 9

Number of lawyers: 17

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Firm Overview:  

Höcker Advocaten is an independent law firm based in Amsterdam. The firm offers practical solutions with a clear understanding of opportunities, possibilities and obstacles in the field of both litigation and transactions. Höcker Advocaten acts for domestic and international multinationals and medium-sized companies. For cross-border matters, the firm can call in lawyers from around the globe through its international networks: Interlex Group, IAEL, Transatlantic Law and Adlaw International.

Main Areas of Practice:  

-Arbitration  

-Banking & Finance  

-Commercial Contracts  

-Commercial Litigation  

-Corporate Governance  

-Corporate Litigation  

-Corporate & M&A  

-Employment  

-Energy, Environment & Planning  

-Information Technology  

-Intellectual Property  

-Media & Entertainment  

-Mediation  

-Public Interest & Class Actions  

-Privacy 

Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration: 

Höcker Advocaten has extensive experience in all forms of court litigation and dispute resolution, such as Enterprise Court proceedings and class actions. The lawyers of the litigation team also regularly act as mediator in (delicate) business mediations and act as arbitrator in high profile disputes across a wide range of sectors.

Contact: Marc Wolters

Tel: +3120 577 77 57

Email: [email protected]

Corporate & M&A: 

Höcker’s corporate group advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a special focus on M&A, buyouts, joint ventures, restructuring and financing. The M&A team has extensive experience in cross border transactions and reorganizations and advises frequently on the relationship between directors, shareholders and other stakeholders of companies.

Contact: Paul Jongen

Tel: +31 20 577 77 04

Email: [email protected]

Employment:  

Höcker’s employment group deals with all legal issues that could conceivably arise in employer and employee relations, including workplace contracts, collective bargaining, employment disputes, codeterminations, pension schemes and benefits. The team frequently is involved in large (cross border) reorganisations.

Contact: Jasper van Hulst

Tel: +31 20 577 77 64

Email: [email protected]

IP, IT, Media & Marketing: 

The IP, IT and marketing group provides a full service to a wide range of clients in the entertainment, advertising and ICT industries and is the leading advisor of Dutch music and audio-visual rights collecting societies. Areas of expertise include copyright, trademarks, data privacy, licensing and distribution, IT contracts, advertising, media, libel and internet.

Contact: Jacqueline Seignette

Tel: +31 20 577 77 56

Email: [email protected]

Within the Höcker litigation team, there is considerable expertise in exploring, securing and enforcing the duties of care that public bodies or private parties owe towards the general public and the common good. This may involve challenging existing market practices, e.g. to create market access for new business models (renewable energy, circular economy, electric cars) or raise the level of care (responsible, transparent financial services).

Contact: Marijn Kingma

Tel: +31 20 577 77 09

Email: [email protected]

Key Clients:  

Tetrapak, Omnicom, Pluripharm, Joh. Enschedé Amsterdam, Buma Stemra, Stichting de Thuiskopie, Lira, Sony Interactive Entertainment Benelux, City of Amsterdam, Urgenda

Senior Firm Contacts:  

Jasper van Hulst  

Email: [email protected]  

Jolien van Woudenberg  

Email: [email protected]  

Joep Meddens  

Email: [email protected]