Specialist dispute resolution and prevention firm bureau Brandeis handles a mix of contentious and non-contentious data protection mandates. Collective actions and other litigation issues are also a focus for the practice, which has a track record of work in areas such as telecoms. Vita Zwaan and Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm jointly lead the team.
Testimonials
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‘We mostly work with Vita Zwaan. We very much value Vita for — even in the most complex matters — being able to provide us with very pragmatic and accurate advice of the highest quality. Vita is very knowledgeable, which makes it very pleasant to work with her and easy to just quickly call her whenever we do not have a lot of time but still want to run things by her. Vita is also reliable and remains at our disposal 24/7 — even outside of business hours we can always count on her support if we need it. ’
‘Vita Zwaan is very knowledgeable, always available on short notice, and able to translate complex/abstract legal matters to others without legal background. Vita always looks for ways to enable our business needs and has guided (and regularly guides) us through setting up our customer loyalty programs and e-commerce ventures. ’
‘Bureau Brandeis has exhibited exceptional patience and a high level of expertise in GDPR matters. I'd like to highlight is their invaluable assistance in guiding us towards an inclusive approach to our privacy policies and protocols. Additionally, they have been instrumental in helping us navigate the complexities of GDPR within municipal and other governmental systems.’
‘Hands-on, practical mindset, yet very good knowledge of applicable laws and regulations. Strong feeling for (international) business relations.’
‘Vita Zwaan is very nice to work with. She is very approachable, understands the clients needs quickly and is able to translate them to very usable advices and working documents such as agreements ’’
‘Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm is a well respected lawyer in this field, boasting a high reputation and is very well known in media. Academic connection as well.’
‘Christiaan Alberdingk Thym has a unique multidisciplinary approach, as he is also a copyright and media expert, which is often very useful in the field of data protection and data privacy. Vita Zwaan is the other partner with whom I love to work.’
Key clients
- Hartstichting
- Pathé
- Dutch Digital Agencies
- Fieldlab Evenementen
- NewBees
- The Privacy Collective
- Stichting Massaschade & Consument
- Civinc B.V. and Stichting Civinc
- Timelex
- Studocu
- Polarsteps
- deBreij B.V.
- Alfen
- Marktplaats
- Spotzer
- Maxeda DIY Group
Work highlights
- Represented Stichting Massachade & Consument in a case against TikTok before the District Court of Amsterdam in one of the collective damages actions based on the GDPR and the new Dutch collective claim regime.
- Assisted Pathé with updating its internal and external privacy policies, taking into consideration its new business ventures, partnerships and corresponding processing activities, including a review of its privacy statements, data processing agreements and the register of processing activities.
- Advised Studocu on the possibilities for commercial communication and advertising, taking into consideration recent decisions and case law regarding (behavioural) targeting and analytics.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Vita Zwaan, Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm