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Dorine ten Brink

Dorine ten Brink

Ploum, Netherlands

Work Department

Commercial contractsIT & privacyArbitrationArbitration and alternative dispute resolution

Position

Attorney at law, partner

Career

Dorine was the firm’s only female founder. She specializes in contract law and has a commercial advice and litigation practice. Dorine is involved in drawing up and negotiating various commercial contracts in fields including agency, distribution, (international) purchasing and general conditions. She has a lot of experience advising on IT contracts, covering subjects such as licensing, software as a service, cloud contracts, e-commerce, etc. Under previous legislation Dorine already advised on privacy aspects, but with the implementation of the GDPR privacy has become a real hot issue. Dorine advises on all aspects of privacy law, including complex international data transfers, whistleblower policies and online marketing. In addition, she is frequently involved in civil proceedings, for example relating to failing IT projects, and in disputes about attributable failures, dissolution, cancellation, authorization, price/payment, liability and tort.

Languages

Dutch, English, German

Memberships

Dutch Arbitration Association Netherlands Association on Dutch Civil Procedural Law Netherlands Association of Computer Lawyers (VIRA) Netherlands Association of Privacy Law Netherlands Association of Information Technology and Law

Education

Dorine graduated from Erasmus University, Rotterdam in Company Law and Private Law in 1991. In 1996-1997 she completed the IT Law program at the post-graduate Grotius Academy and became a member of the Netherlands Association of Computer Lawyers, a small and (still) exclusive group of specialized IT-lawyers in the Netherlands. Dorine began her career at NautaDutilh. At Ploum she is active as a lawyer and partner.

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