Houthoff
Houthoff is a popular choice for insurers and their insureds facing class action suits, with the firm handling several such cases over the past year, including those tied to the alleged mis-selling of unit-linked insurance products. The practice also assists with regulatory matters, focusing on prudential insurance and business conduct, as well as the launches of new insurance products, while also providing transactional support. Berry van Wijk leads the team, with a regulatory practice that covers both life and non-life insurance products and issues tied to M&As. Huib Lebbing specialises in contentious insurance matters, with a particular focus on health and safety-related incidents. Former practice co-head Hans Londonck Sluijk co-founded his own firm, insurance boutique Londonck & Kos, in January 2023.
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Testimonials
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'Huib Lebbing is a great lawyer, who uses efficiently his legal knowledge, human skills and humour to get things done. For large claims with public exposure that also need case management, he is the go-to person in the Netherlands.'
'Houthoff's team focuses on the more complex cases. When dealing with such matters, the team not only has a clear added value legally, but also strategically. Attention is not only paid to substantiating the legal position, but also to achieving solutions.'
'In their mutual cooperation, they draw up procedural documents, which impress with their completeness and good factual substantiation. In this process, all potentially relevant angles are analysed and weighed.'
Key clients
- AIG
- a.s.r.
- Achmea/Centraal Beheer
- Allianz
- Aon
- Atradius Credit Insurance
- AXA XL
- CNA
- De Goudse
- Generali
- HDI-Gerling
- Lifetri
- Marsh
- MS Amlin
- NN Group
- Onderlinge 's Gragenhage
- Soderberg & Partners
- Swiss Re
- The Ardonagh Group
- Tokio Marine
- Yarden
Work highlights
- Acted for AIG and its insured Lincoln Electric BV in relation to litigation following allegedly unsafe working conditions in the latter's Dutch steel cable welding factory.
- Represented Tate & Lyle and its insurer AXA XL in the aftermath of a global product recall concerning animal feed supplied to hundreds of businesses in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium.
- Advised Onderlinge 's-Gravenhage on the sale of its entire second pillar pension portfolio to Zwitserleven.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Berry van Wijk