Van Doorne

Criminal Defense & Investigations

Vanessa is part of the Criminal Defense, Investigations & Business Conduct Team. She focuses on criminal and regulatory enforcement, investigations and business conduct.

Vanessa has broad and longstanding experience in cross-border investigations and enforcement by various regulatory bodies. She is solution orientated and provides substantive and strategic advice to board and management and works closely with the various expert teams within our firm, as well as with external experts. Her areas of expertise include financial economic crime, fraud, bribery and corruption, work place environment, integrity and whistleblowing matters.

Having worked as in-house legal counsel she helps clients to strengthen their business conduct programs and advices on internal policies and procedures, including speak up. Driven by personal experience, she has an additional focus on the healthcare and education sectors, non-for-profit and on the (semi) public domain. She is one of Van Doorne’s lead partners on ESG.

The combination of her experiences make Vanessa a unique lawyer and trusted advisor who well understands the dynamics in the various fields, knows how to deal with stakeholders in sensitive matters and is able to look further than the mere legal issue.

She is founder of a foundation for complex care (2CU) and chairs the supervisory board of the Jeroen Pit Huis.

English and Dutch

Vanessa is actively involved in social initiatives in the healthcare sector and holds several positions. She is the founder of the Complex Care United Foundation (2CU, "to see you") and member of the independent working group 'Wij zien je Wel', commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. She also is member of the editorial staff of the Magazine Bijzonder Strafrecht & Handhaving ("Corporate Criminal Law & Enforcement").

Vanessa studied tax law and criminal tax law at the University of Leiden.