Willemien Bischot and Dimitri van Hoewijk jointly lead the team at Van Doorne, which is noted for its vast expertise in healthcare governance, particularly from a regulatory perspective. The group also handles numerous digital health mandates involving patient data. Healthcare specialist Bischot primarily advises academic hospitals, and elderly and special needs providers with corporate governance and funding issues, while van Hoewijk focuses on market access, often assisting pharma companies and investors with reimbursement matters. Louis Jonker is an expert in technology who has vast regulatory knowledge, particularly in relation to digital innovations and disruptive tech. Tax specialist Daniëlle Westerhoff advises on M&A and collaborations, while Siego Boslooper is well-versed in handling restructuring and corporate governance-related mandates.
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‘Dimitri van Hoewijk is very knowledgeable, fair but strong in negotiations, sharp on details.’
‘What I find unique is the seamless collaboration between lawyers with diverse specialisations-’
‘Van Doorne has a multidisciplinary team of lawyers who specialise in health law. As a result, they are able to provide clients with good and specialist support with a broad view. They are flexible and quickly deployable. ’
‘Van Doorne's lawyers take a broad view of an issue, look not only at the short-term profit, but also at the longer-term effects, and are open and honest in their advice.’
‘Van Doorne has senior expertise. They also have very good knowledge of the health care sector.’
‘We do business with Willemien Bischot. She not only has senior expertise, but also shows a senior problem-solving role in complex meetings. Her reaction is to the point and swift. I see great value in her advice.’
‘The healthcare team has relevant expertise. They combine extensive insider-knowledge of the healthcare sector with extensive legal expertise. Their experience is very valuable, they have seen a lot. ’
‘Willemien Bischot is the key partner. She really understands how the healthcare business works. Easy to work with. Clever and wise. Quick responder. Very to the point reactions. Real value for our business.’
Leading individuals
Willemien heads Van Doorne’s Healthcare & and Life Sciences practice. Willemien advises healthcare providers, private investment companies and related community interest companies on such issues as mergers and joint ventures, funding and financing, corporate governance, contractual relationships with healthcare insurers, municipalities and grant providers, disputes, employee relations, restructuring and recovery. She also assists clients in raising private capital.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Willemien Bischot, Dimitri van Hoewijk