Haarlem, 1950
Partner, admitted to the bar in Amsterdam in 1974
Corporate law,
employment and labour law and general practice
Education:
University of Amsterdam, Dutch law; postgraduate training: Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation and binding opinion)
Languages:
English, German and French
Specialism:
Contracts, media law, travel law, sports law, ‘problem cases’ and test cases.
Additional specialisms, activities, positions:
Columnist (in various magazines such as Sportbestuur en Management,
Reisrevue, Management Scope, Must, Voetbal Online and De Contractspeler) and
author of several books, namely Achter de Blinddoek van Vrouwe Justitia, De
Rechter en het been, De Klant is Koning, Fairplay (soon to come out).
Various advisory positions with e.g. Nederlands Centrum Directeuren en
Commisarissen, VVCS and the CFK and in the travel industry.
Editor of Anton
Sportzaken.
Regular contributor to radio and TV shows (BNR, Tros Radar, VARA
Kassa, SBS6, Radio 1, RTL4 and Talpa).
Handles special cases such as the
test case brought by professional football players claiming their share in
broadcasting rights and an employee’s right to non-economic damages, which
before then had not been recognised (Sinnige/Rank Xerox, in the
eighties).
Manager/coach of Dutch Lawyers (football team of Dutch
lawyers).
Certified Mental Coach and co-author of 'Hoe ga je ermee om'
(with Frits Löhnen, due early 2007).
Member of Vereniging van Arbeidsrecht,
Vereniging voor Sport en recht, the International Forum of Travel and Tourism
Advocats (IFTTA) (co-founder) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
The Man Behind the Lawyer:
A sociable, creative, colourful and cheerful person, with an interest in spiritual issues. Pim plays the guitar and loves sports, one of his favourite subjects in his publications. A manager/coach of Dutch Lawyers (football team of Dutch lawyers), he likes to keep in shape with fitness. But more so because he knows that a healthy spirit resides in a healthy body.
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Telephone: +31 (0) 20-2060740