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Quinten Kroes

Quinten Kroes

Europe 2026

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About

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Europe

Practice Areas

Quinten is a partner at Brinkhof and a member of the Executive Board. His area of work concerns the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sectors. He advises and litigates on telecoms, media and privacy regulation. Quinten also has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts such as IT and licensing contracts. The area of law Quinten has registered with the Dutch bar is privacy law.

Quinten has represented several electronic communications network providers in proceedings before the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and in court. These cases involved various issues such as network access, tariff regulation and consumer protection. Additionally, he has provided advice to telecom companies and radio broadcasters on the allocation of frequencies in recent years. In the field of data protection, Quinten advises companies from a variety of sectors. he assists them in ensuring compliance with data protection regulationsand has also supported several companies during investigations conducted by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA).

Career

JD Amsterdam (1995); Loeff Claeys Verbeke (1995-2000); Allen & Overy (2000-2010).

Professional Memberships

Association for Media and Communication Law (VMC), Privacy Law Bar Association (VPR-A) (board member), Privacy Law Association (VPR), International Association for Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Publications

Quinten is an active author and contributes regularly to legal publications. He holds the position of chair of the editorial board of the media and communications law journal Mediaforum. Quinten is the author of the book E-Business Law of the European Union, published by Kluwer International, and co-author of Privacy- en gegevensbeschermingsrecht, Tekst & Commentaar (Kluwer).

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

TMT: Telecommunications - Netherlands

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Individual Editorial

Quinten Kroes is one of the leading data protection and telecommunications lawyers in the Netherlands, with particular experience acting for clients on contentious cases, such as defending data protection enforcement proceedings and commercial disputes regarding fibre network infrastructure. He assists clients with GDPR compliance, data-sharing regulations and the impact of data protection regulations on streaming. Quinten Kroes also advises on compliance with Dutch and EU telecommunications regulations, as well as representing them in licence fee disputes and matters concerning the 5G roll-out in the Netherlands.

TMT: Data Protection - Netherlands

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Band 1

Individual Editorial

Quinten Kroes is one of the leading data protection and telecommunications lawyers in the Netherlands, with particular experience acting for clients on contentious cases, such as defending data protection enforcement proceedings and commercial disputes regarding fibre network infrastructure. He assists clients with GDPR compliance, data-sharing regulations and the impact of data protection regulations on streaming. Quinten Kroes also advises on compliance with Dutch and EU telecommunications regulations, as well as representing them in licence fee disputes and matters concerning the 5G roll-out in the Netherlands.

Strengths

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  • Quinten Kroes is at the top of his game.

    TMT: TelecommunicationsChambers European Guide
  • Quinten Kroes is very knowledgeable, has good business sense and is nice to work with.

    TMT: TelecommunicationsChambers European Guide

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