Annelies offers legal advice to our clients and provides litigation support. Her practice concentrates on IP law, contract law (IP contracts) and patent restitution proceedings. Due to her generalistic approach, she also has a keen eye for overlaps with other fields of law, such as tort, insolvency law, labor law and debt collection. As all V.O.’s lawyers, she is well aware that legal advice needs to be both accurate and practical.

In addition, Annelies is head of the Assignments and Clientrecords Department of V.O. and principal supervisor to trainee lawyers. She is also member of the editorial board of V.O.’s newsletter and the V.O. China Desk.

Working experience

• Head Legal (2026-present)
• Attorney-at-Law, V.O. (2000-2026)
• Attorney-at-Law, Van Driel & Nienhuis Advocaten en belastingadviseurs Assen (1994-2000)
• Student Trainee, Clifford Chance Amsterdam (1993)

Education

• Mediation course (Van der Hoeven/Nelissen) (2006)
• Grotius IP-law (post graduate) (2002)
• Grotius construction law (post graduate) (2000)
• Bar Exam (Beroeps opleiding Advocatuur) (1997)
• LLM in Law, Leiden University (1994)

Professional & Community Activities

• Member of the Client Council at Care Villa ‘Oud Clingendael’ (2024-present)
• Secretary Haagsche Rugby Club (2024- present)
• President of the Communication Committee Haagsche Rugby Club (2018- 2024)
• Advisor of Revision Rules for Game Matches Rugby Netherlands (2023- present)
• Member Participation Council daycare center Villa Valentijn (2002-2003)
• Member of the parents-teacher association at Nutsschool Zorgvliet (2006-2014)
• English teacher primary school (2008-2012)
• Member of the board of the charity organization Lawyers-for-Lawyers (1999-2005)
• Member of the board and president of the Dutch Young Bar Association (1996-2001)
• Member of the board and president of the Young Bar Association in the court district Assen (1996-2001)
• Member of the board of the Annual Young Bar Conference (1995)

Languages

• English
• Dutch