Register of Legal Areas
The advocates listed below have registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal areas:
- Marq Wijngaarden is registered for Criminal Law, Migration and Asylum- and Refugee Law
- Liesbeth Zegveld is registered for General practice - Civil law
- Wil Eikelboom is registered for Migration and Asylum- and Refugee Law
- Tamara Buruma is registered for Criminal Law and Cassation
- Eva Bezem is registered for Migration and Asylum- and Refugee Law
- Lisa-Marie Komp is registered for General practice - Civil law
- Barbara van Straaten is registered for Criminal Law and Victims' rights
- Brechtje Vossenberg is registered for General practice - Civil law and Victims' rights
- Dr. Channa Samkalden is registered for General practice - Civil law
- Bondine Kloostra is registered for Environmental Law
- Tom de Boer is registered for General practice - civil law
- Marieke van Eik is registered for Asylum- and Refugee Law and Environmental Law
- Flip Schüller is registered for Refugee Law
- Michiel Pestman is registered for General practice and Criminal Law
- Frederieke Dölle is registered for Criminal Law
- Elles ten Vergert is registered for General practice
- Isa van Krimpen is registered for Refugee Law
- Dora Brouwer is registered for Refugee Law
- Krit Zeegers is registered for Criminal Law and Victims' rights
- Emiel Jurjens is registered for Civil procedural law - Litigation, and Information law - Media law
Based on this registration, they are required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.
Jobs at Prakken d'Oliveira
Law internships
Prakken d'Oliveira occasionally takes on trainee lawyers who speak Dutch fluently. In principle, Prakken d'Oliveira only accepts Dutch-speaking student interns with knowledge of Dutch (procedural) law. For information about open applications for a position as a (trainee) lawyer or an administrative position, please contact
Student internships
In principle, Prakken d'Oliveira only accepts Dutch-speaking student interns with knowledge of Dutch (procedural) law. A significant part of our practice requires such knowledge. Please find the positions in the Dutch language version of this website.
Our history
On January 1st 2014, the law firm Böhler changed its name to Prakken d'Oliveira. The change represents growth that we've experienced and would like to continue. Ties Prakken and Ulli Jessurun d'Oliveira are the memory and the conscience of our firm.
Although it's difficult to pinpoint an exact date, Prakken d'Oliveira has its origins in the late eighties, when part of an Amsterdam legal collective merged with lawyers from various universities, including Ties Prakken (criminal law and human rights) and Ulli Jessurun d'Oliveira (international law and immigration law). Our firm's academic ties have only strengthened since then. Many of the lawyers at Prakken d'Oliveira have their roots in top universities.
Our link with the academic world hasn't led to an overly theoretical approach; on the contrary, it's helped us define the field of law based on real-world experience. Particularly in the area of human rights, we've conducted groundbreaking procedures.
The firm's name is associated with controversial criminal cases such as Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action (RaRa), the case against Volkert van der G. and the Wilders case (for the victims). Other high profile cases include Bosnia against Serbia & Montenegro at the International Court of Justice, compensation for the victims of the Indonesian Rawagede massacre, justice for the Bosnian staff of the Dutchbat in Srebrenica, and the Salah Sheikh case at the European Court of Human Rights, based on which the situation in a country of origin has come to play a greater role in asylum cases. The lawyers of Prakken d'Oliveira are also committed to issues at international tribunals for war crimes and genocide, such as the Cambodia Tribunal. Important cases such as these require a high level of knowledge and commitment, with which Prakken d'Oliveira distinguishes itself from other law firms.
Lawyers come and go over the years, but the character of a human rights law firm remains, and has developed and become stronger with time. We continue to develop, serving a diverse clientele: individuals, organizations and companies, both nationally and internationally.
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Complaints procedure
At Prakken d'Oliveira, we do everything we can to provide you with the very highest possible level of service. Despite this, it can occasionally happen that a client is dissatisfied with a particular aspect of our service. In this document, we explain what you can do if such a situation does arise.
Internal complaints procedure
If you are dissatisfied with the quality of the service you receive or with an invoice, we request that you begin by referring your complaint to your own lawyer. Working in consultation with you, we will attempt to find a solution as quickly as possible. We always provide clients with written confirmation of the solution.
Office contact person, complaints procedure: mr. Ph. J. Schüller
The Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession
If the consultation procedure does not, in your opinion, result in a satisfactory outcome, you can submit a complaint to the Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession (Geschillencommissie Advocatuur), with which our firm is affiliated. You may only do this after you have first submitted an objection to us, or if we have failed to respond to your complaint in writing within four weeks of the date of the submission of the complaint.
Complaints may be brought to the Despite Resolution Committee up until 12 months after the date of the written response from our office.
The Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession:
- makes decisions in the form of arbitral judgements on behalf of commercial clients, or in the form of binding advice in cases where arbitration is brought by private clients;
- is authorised to pass judgement with respect to complaints concerning the quality of the service provided by the lawyer and the size of the invoice;
- is also authorised to pass judgement with respect to damage claims, up to a maximum amount of 10,000 euros. Larger damage claims can only be submitted when the claimant explicitly limits the size of the claim to a maximum of 10,000 euros, and when the claim on the remainder is renounced in writing;
- conducts cases in accordance with the Regulations of the Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession, which apply from the moment that a complaint is submitted to the Dispute Resolution Committee.
You cannot appeal against a judgement by the Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession.
As a law firm, we can also refer unpaid invoices for collection to the Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession.
The Dispute Resolution Committee was established on 1 June 1999, and falls under the Foundation of Dispute Resolution Committees for consumer affairs (SGC) and for the professions and business (SGB) in s’ Gravenhage, the Netherlands.
Contact details:
Secretary, Dispute Resolution Committee for the Legal Profession
Bordewijklaan 46 (2nd floor)
2591 XR The Hague
tel. 070 - 310 53 10
PO Box 90600
2509 LP The Hague
Disciplinary law
Finally, it is possible to file a disciplinary complaint with the Bar Association. We would like to refer you to the website of the Amsterdam Bar Association for further information.
Contact
Linnaeusstraat 2-A, 1092 CK Amsterdam, phone +31 20 344 6200,
fax +31 20 344 6201, info@prakkendoliveira.nl
Please note: Use the address Linnaeusstraat 2 for car navigation, smart phone navigation or 9292.nl.
Route - by public transport
From Amsterdam Central Station (15 minutes):
Take metro 51, 53 or 54 and get off at the ‘Weesperplein’ stop. From Weesperplein, take tram 19 (direction Diemen Sniep) and get off at the ‘Eerste van Swindenstraat’ stop (three stops). Walk back along the park. The entrance is on your left hand side, to the left of the entrance of the 'Tropenmuseum'. Approximately a one-minute walk.
Or:
Take tram 14 (direction Flevopark) and get off at the 'Alexanderplein' stop. Walk toward the east in the direction of Alexanderkade. Turn left to Mauritskade/the s100. Turn right and walk down the Linnaeusstraat. The entrance is on your right hand side, to the left of the entrance of the 'Tropenmuseum'. Approximately a six-minute walk.
From Amsterdam Muiderpoort Station (11 minutes):
Walk toward the southwest, cross the train overpass and follow the Domselaerstraat until you reach the Linnaeusstraat. Turn right and walk down the Linnaeusstraat until you pass the Oosterpark. The entrance is on your left hand side, to the left of the entrance of the 'Tropenmuseum'. Approximately an eleven-minute walk.
Or:
Take tram 1 (direction Osdorp de Aker) or tram 3 (direction Zoutkeetsgracht) and get off at the ‘Linnaeusstraat/Wijttenbachstraat’ stop. Walk toward the west down the Linnaeusstraat until you pass the Oosterpark. The entrance is on your left hand side, to the left of the entrance of the Museum of the 'Tropenmuseum'. Approximately a four-minute walk.
From Amsterdam Amstel Station (15 minutes):
Take metro 51, 53 or 54 in the direction of Central Station and get off at the ‘Weesperplein’ station. Then take tram 19 (direction Diemen Sniep) and get off at the “Eerste Van Swindenstraat” stop (three stops). The entrance is on your left hand side, to the left of the entrance of the 'Tropenmuseum'. Approximately a one-minute walk.
Approximately a five-minute walk.
Or:
Take bus 37 (direction Molenwijk) and get off at the ‘Linnaeusstraat/Wijttenbachstraat’ stop. Turn left on the Linnaeusstraat until you pass the Oosterpark. The entrance is on your left hand side, to the left of the entrance of the Museum of the Tropics. Approximately a four-minute walk.
By car
From Rotterdam:
Take the A4 in the direction of Amsterdam/Leiden. At the Nieuwe Meer interchange, take the A10 in the direction of Centrum. Leave the motorway at exit 12 to the s112 in the direction of Amsterdam-Centrum/Duivendrecht/Diemen-Zuid/Amsterdam-Zuidoost. This road changes into Gooiseweg (s112). At the roundabout, take the first turn right onto the Wibautstraat (s112). Turn right towards Mauritskade in Amsterdam-Oost (s100). Merge at Mauritskade. Follow this road for 1 km. At the end, turn right onto the Linnaeusstraat.
From The Hague:
Take the A12 in the direction of Amsterdam/Utrecht/Rotterdam. At the Prins Clausplein interchange, take the A4 in the direction of Amsterdam/Leiden. From here, follow the directions from Rotterdam.
From Utrecht:
Take the A2 in the direction of Amsterdam. From the A2, change to the s110 (Nieuwe Utrechtseweg).
Turn right to President Kennedylaan (s110). Keep following this road, the President Kenendylaan, straight ahead into the city. This road changes into the Amsteldijk. Drive down Amsteldijk for around 2,4 km and turn right onto the Toronto bridge (s100). Keep to your left and continue driving to Mauritskade (s100). Follow this road for 1 km. At the end, turn right onto the Linnaeusstraat.
From Alkmaar:
Take the A9 in the direction of Amsterdam/Haarlem. Change highways at the Badhoevedorp interchange to the A4 in the direction of Amsterdam. Continue towards the A10. Leave the highway at exit 12 and follow the s112 in the direction of Amsterdam-Centrum/Duivendrecht/Diemen-Zuid/Amsterdam-Zuidoost. This road changes into Gooiseweg (s112). At the roundabout, take the first turn right onto the Wibautstraat (s112). Turn right towards Mauritskade in Amsterdam-Oost (s100). Merge at Mauritskade. Follow this road for 1 km. At the end, turn right onto the Linnaeusstraat.