Berry van Wijk

Practice Areas

Berry van Wijk is a financial regulatory expert and leads Houthoff's Financial Regulatory Team. The team advises the financial industry on all possible regulatory issues while Berry focuses on the insurance industry and financial service providers.

She assists her clients in their contact with the Dutch regulators, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), and in the implementation of regulatory legal requirements and development of new product and distribution channels. Berry also advises on the regulatory components of M&A transactions in the financial services industry.

Her expertise further lies in unit-linked insurance; she currently represents Nationale Nederlanden in a class action. She is a trusted adviser to board members and in-house counsel of several insurance companies.

Berry is chairman of the advisory committee of the Dutch Bar Association on insurance law. She is a lecturer on several post-academic programmes, such as the Insurance Law course (Leergang Verzekeringsrecht) at the University of Amsterdam. She is a member of the editorial team of the online Tijdschrift Verzekeringsrecht, Aansprakelijkheid, Schade en Toezicht (VAST).

Berry is a member of Houthoff's supervisory board. She is also a member of the supervisory boards of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital and Luxor Theater Rotterdam.