Projects:

Heineken International B.V.: interim senior lawyer Digital & Technology: 05/2022- 01/2023. Responsible for procurement process improvement, IT Procurement and GDPR compliance.

HP Nederland B.V.:  Interim Country Counsel Netherlands, managing the NL legal team, responsible for all commercial, corporate, compliance legal matters relating to the Dutch HP entity in NL and supporting EMEA business, including M&A. Also Managed a challenging pension restructuring.  Amongst others member of the HP Crisis Management Team for Corona. (02/2020 – 11/2022)

Backbase B.V.: Interim Legal Counsel (09/2021-01/2022). International procurement for regulated banking environment.

www.50plusmobiel.nl: mobile telecom provider, responsible for commercial legal support and  regulatory compliance (11/2020 – current).

ACTION retail: Assignment in real estate development, sale and lease back and international M&A. Set up of international ventures. (03/2019-01/2020)

  • Negotiation of real estate transactions (Poland, France)
  • M&A Transaction preparation and fulfilment
  • Negotiation of Construction Agreements (Poland, France)
  • Negotiation and drafting of Solar Panel installation/financing NL (Sunrock)
  • Supply Chain contracting
  • IT contract negotiation

NLZiet: regulatory positioning, wholesale procurement, sales (2019-2020)

The Sales Force: negotiating international agency & distribution (2018-2019)

FinTech firm:  Advice on Competition law Compliance and Privacy (2017)

Liberty Global B.V.:  Legal Director IT & Media acquisition (11/2016 09/2018)

  • Strategic Commercial Contract Negotiation (IT/SaaS services)
  • Content Acquisition:  studio deals, managing licences / IP rights 
  • Manager of an international legal team
  • Ensuring GDPR compliance

NRGValue:  M&A, finance contracts, real estate development, competition law advice on sharing of information with franchise partners & compliance, procurement & distribution. (2015-2016)

Ziggo B.V.:– 6 mths.: content acquisition, B2B, tenders and mobile T&Cs for handset loans (2015-2016)

Teleena: regulatory positioning, strategic partnerships, HR-contracts (2016)

Searchdog: advice on strategic IT partnerships (2016)

Mood Media: update of general terms and conditions (2015-2016)

Vodafone Libertel (2008-2015):

  •  Member of Commercial Committee
  • Interim Manager of Legal Dept.
  • Competition Law Compliance Officer and Finance Compliance Officer
  • Multiple M&A projects & strategic Partnerships (o.a. Sizz, Belcompany & Necxt acquisition, hollandsnieuwe brand setup)
  • Real estate deals, wholesale agreements, (online) distribution, advertising, outsourcing (TUPE), IT procurement
  • Supporting business teams (commercial deals/ tenders/ compliance/ issues)
  • Managing litigation in commercial disputes (including advertising, agency and wholsale)
  • Negotiated international Vodafone-TomTom data & traffic deal (NL, UK, IE, GE, SP, IT)
  • Support of Vodafone Global Enterprise in pan-european deals (outsourcing)
  • Managed the consequences of a 3-day outage of the network in 2012 following a data center fire (including negotiating with business customers and insurance)
  • Responsible for managing ACM (Competition Authority) following dawn raid in 2011 as Competition Law Compliance Officer
  • Initiator and Project Manager for implementation online of competition law compliance tool (2014-2015) 
  • Trained personnel in multiple (30+) competition law compliance sessions
  • Set up and negotiated legal framework for Franchise and dismantled it later (2012-2014)
  • Responsible for managing consequences of Handset Finance ruling of  Supreme Court in 2014/2015 with AFM (Finance Authority) including lobby with industry peers and developed compliant solution (lease/loan).