Sander Oorthuys


Attorney-at-law

Sander specialises in contract law. His activities include negotiating and conducting lawsuits involving, for example, agency and distribution law, franchises, contracts and purchase agreements (including company takeovers).

Specialisation

His wide expertise ranges from drafting and negotiating agreements to conducting the related proceedings, including the levying and lifting of attachments. Sander’s clients are to be found in the retail, production and wholesale sector, both on a national and on an international level. He regularly publishes articles in the field of contract law and is a frequent lecturer for both lawyers and students on subjects such as the law of civil procedure and the technique of conducting oral pleadings.

Work experience

Before co-founding Legatree in 2008, Sander worked for well over six years as a lawyer at the Rotterdam office of NautaDutilh, where he specialised in transport law and corporate and commercial litigation.

Memberships & ancillary positions
  • Dutch Arbitration Association
  • Dutch Association of Procedural Law
  • Vereniging Incasso- en Procesadvocaten (VIA)
Education
  • Grotius Academy, Nijmegen, Mergers and acquisitions 2016
  • Grotius Academy, Nijmegen, National and international contracts 2010 (cum laude)
  • Radboud Universiteit 2002 (privaatrecht)

Testimonials

De Nieuwe Zorgorganisatie (The New Care Organization) has become acquainted with several Legaltree partners in multiple issues and proceedings and around multiple procedural legal issues. First and foremost, the expertise of Jan ter Horst, Willemijn Lever and Sander Oorthuys stands out. Their advice is 'to the point', which has helped our organization to focus better and has enabled it to act and act at a higher level. In procedures, there is always an open eye for the interests of us as clients, but the balanced advice is also determined by risk assessment and reasonableness. As a result, we as Legaltree clients have always been optimally supported.

H.K. Swaters
De Nieuwe Zorgorganisatie

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