Van Traa Advocaten

Transport & Logistics

Partner

Since joining Van Traa in 2015, Jolien has specialised in maritime law and related international private law issues at the firm. She regularly publishes and lectures on various maritime law subjects and is recommended by the leading legal directories.

Dutch, English, German

Jolien is a member of the Dutch Association for Transport Law (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vervoerrecht (NVV)) a member of the board of the NVV General Average Committee (Averij-grossecommissie van de NVV) and a member of WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association).

After Jolien completed her first Master in Leiden, she went on to pursue a Master in Maritime Law at the University of Southampton, which she attained in 2005. In 2017, Jolien obtained her PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her dissertation was titled 'General Average, Legal Basis and Applicable Law.’ Jolien has also published a book ‘General average and the presence of fault’ which was printed in 2004.