Bird & Bird‘s group is equipped to assist its clientele with the range of professional, D&O, and cyber liability cases. The insurance side of the firm’s international disputes practice is helmed by ’impressive lawyer’ Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa who is experienced handling liability matters from machinery breakdown cases, to cyber breaches. Laura Grijpma has expertise handling the insurance side of commercial disputes at civil court and at the Dutch arbitral tribunal.
Testimonials
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‘An excellent team.'
'They dealt impressively with a topic that is innovative, being insurance coverage for damages caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. We also received excellent advice from them on the procedural questions involved in a cross-border procedure.’
‘Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa is an impressive lawyer.'
'The team has a great ability to combine legal expertise with thinking creatively and strategically, which is key for us. In addition, the team is very friendly and pleasant to work with.'
'Andrea Chao is an excellent lawyer who is very capable of providing out-of-the box solutions.'
'Arent van Gent is very knowledgeable and navigates complex legal cases in an efficient and strategic manner.'
Key clients
- Ducor Petrochemicals
- Bazan Oil Group
- Volker Wessels
- Alrov Group
- Visser & Smit Hanab
- Yelo
- Bouwcombinatie Valley Amsterdam vof
- Boele & Van Eesteren
- GroenLeven
- A. Hak Groep B.V.
- Wolters Kluwer B.V.
- Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
- T-Mobile
Work highlights
- Dealing with major coverage disputes in the Netherlands and London insurance market for errors in construction, energy and infrastructure projects, pertaining to the brand-new Amare concert hall in The Hague and a prestigious new business centre in the Amsterdam business district.
- Representing a major IT and publishing multinational in a multi-jurisdictional insurance claim related to a Zurich insurance policy subject to Dutch law and a misrepresentation claim in legal proceedings in Germany.
- Representing one of the former Supervisory Board members in one of the most prominent litigations about directors’and officers’liability of the past decade, i.e. the Fairstar/Dockwise case.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa