Education


Secondary school
Christian Lyceum Alphen aan den Rijn
Graduated 1985
Graduate
University of Leyden, Faculty of Law
Master (JD) 1991; "with honors"
Exchange program

 University of Florida, College of Law, Gainesville, FL, fall 1989
Postgraduate
 Law School, University of Chicago, IL
Master of Laws (LL.M.) 1992; "with honors"

Career


2012 - present
Wille Advocatuur BV
Lawyer and owner
Advice and litigation, pension law and employment law
2008 - 2012
 Deloitte
Director GES (TAX) and Pension Advisory (FAS)
Responsible for monitoring all legal aspects of Deloitte's advice to its clients, focusing on employment and pension law
1997 - 2008 Simmons & Simmons (formerly Trenité Van Doorne)
Lawyer Employment & Benefits group Rotterdam (in 1999 6 months at Amsterdam office)
Advice and litigation, pension law and employment law
Partner as of 1 January 2002
Practice Group Leader Employment & Benefits Rotterdam as of 1 February 2006 (responsible for 15 fee-earners en 10 secretaries)
Co-founder interdisciplinary Pension Group
Quoted in Legal 500 and Guide to the World’s Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers
1993 – 1997
 Buruma Maris (now Houthoff Buruma)
Lawyer with practice groups Corporate, Employment Law and IP
Rotterdam and The Hague
Admitted to the Dutch Bar in February 1993
1989 and 1992
 Pattillo & McKeever Law Offices    
Law clerk
Ocala, Florida, USA

Other

  • Board member (Secretary) Dutch Association for Pension Law (VP) from March 2006 – March 2012
  • Lecturer at Foundation Occupational Training for In-house lawyers (employment law: reorganizations and co-determination rights)
  • Lecturer at Kluwer’s (pension law: equal treatment and changing of pension plans)
  • Member VP (association for pension law)
  • Member VAAN (association of Dutch employment lawyers)
  • Member VHA (association of employment lawyers in The Hague)
  • Member IPEBLA (international pensions' and employee benefits lawyers association)
  • Author for several professional journals