Mrs Kriek Wille > Van Doorne > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
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JACHTHAVENWEG 121
1081 KM AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 75265, 1070 AG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mrs Kriek Wille
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Work Department
Intellectual Property & Media; Technology, Media & Telecom; Consumer Goods, Retail, Food & Beverages; Cyber Security
Position
Kriek heads the IP / Media practice and is co initiator of the Media & Technology Sector Team. In trademarks and general IP law, Kriek is both litigator and trusted advisor, with special focus on – online/digital – business and media, and unfair competition matters. She is especially skilled in handling complex strategic problems and files.
Career
Kriek is a traditional IP lawyer with a strong track record in IP structuring, sponsoring, endorsement, (media) production and licensing projects. Kriek advises cultural and major retail organizations on the protection of design. She specializes in cases on media publicity (TV, print, online), communication and advertising law. Kriek is member of the Board of the Cobra Museum business club. Kriek has specific expertise in commercial litigation, both before national and international Courts (EUC), regularly speaks on issues of IP law and authored a handbook on IP rights in bankruptcies. In the past, Kriek worked for the Ministries of Economic Affairs and Justice where she was involved in policy and legislation on intellectual property and civil law. Her affinity for strategies on managing media attention was kindled when she was director of a foundation that worked for better relationships between celebrities and the media.
Languages
English, Dutch
Memberships
- Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM)
- Dutch Copyright Association (VvA)
- The Netherlands Advertising Law Association (VvRr)
- Dutch Federation for Media and Communications Law (VMC)
- Honorary Judge at the Court of Appeal in The Hague
Education
- Dutch Law, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1989
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Industry focus: Media and entertainment
(Firms to watch)In January 2024, IP expert Kriek Wille who has in-depth experience advising large international entertainment companies, and Dominique Geerts, a further standout lawyer who handles IP and advertising infringement cases, left Van Doorne to found their own firm &Co Advocaten.
Netherlands > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
(Firms to watch)‘Excellent lawyer’ Kriek Wille and ‘talent‘ Dominique Geerts left Van Doorne to set up their own firm &Co Advocaten in January 2024. The practice focuses on IP matters alongside advice surrounding advertising, media and commercial contracts.
Netherlands > Industry focus: Food
The food and beverages team at Van Doorne focuses on the corporate and commercial aspects of food matters, often assisting clients with product recalls, contracts, and liability as well as IP, regulatory and finance-related issues. The team is able to advise on a wide breadth of issues faced by multinational and local food brands, manufacturers and companies, regularly handling cross-border commercial and regulatory food and beverage matters. Lisette Bieleveld leads the food practice and is she is the primary litigator for food-related issues and industry legislation. She also advises clients on commercial contracts, including franchising and distribution and service agreements. Florence Verbeek advises on complex food law issues including recalls, consumer and product liability, as well as being the point of contact with NVWA for the firm. IP-related food matters are handled by Kriek Wille.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Mediation
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: retail
- Insurance
Firm Rankings
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Energy
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Investment funds
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Employment
- Project finance and PFI
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Dispute resolution: class actions