Industry focus: Media and entertainment
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV
Jordi Bierens joined Pels Rijcken’s IP, Privacy and Media team in 2017. He advises and litigates mainly on copyright, trademark law and the legitimacy of publications in the press. Within these fields of law, he acts on behalf of government agencies, national and international companies and non-profit organisations. Jordi received his bachelor’s degree in Law & Economics from Leiden University and his master's degree in Information Law from the University of Amsterdam. Before joining Pels Rijcken, he was a researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) and was associated with the competition practice of a large law firm in Amsterdam for several years. Jordi is an editor of our Supreme Court blog www.cassatieblog.nl and a member of the Dutch Copyright Law Association (VvA).
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Höcker Advocaten
Partner since 1 January 2019. Practice areas: Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Media & Marketing, Data Protection, Litigation. Marijn is an incisive attorney with a wide range of interests. She enjoys getting stuck into intricate cases and takes a particular interest in matters of Public Interest, but she also enjoys pulling out all the stops during negotiations or in interim relief proceedings. She represents a wide range of clients that includes collective management organisations, software developers, international entertainment companies and NGOs.
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV
Sikke Kingma is a specialist litigator and adviser in the area of Intellectual Property and Media Law with a special preference for cases at the interface with IT. He litigates and advises a great deal in connection with copyright law, trademark law, domain names and (in cassation) patent law. In addition, he assists clients in disputes about the legality of publications and statements on internet or in other media. Sikke is furthermore a very experienced lawyer at the Supreme Court with more than a hundred judgments to his name. With his background as an all-round civil lawyer, he runs a broad cassation practice for companies and public authorities. He is often called in by lawyers from other offices to conduct cassation proceedings, prejudicial proceedings or to contribute ideas in appeal procedures. Kingma lectures and publishes on a regular basis. He is editor of the professional journal Mediaforum and principal editor of Cassatieblog.nl, the weblog about civil cassation case law in the Netherlands.
Van Kaam IP & Media