Dutch law firm Kennedy Van der Laan Makes Stronger Push for Innovation

Continental Europe News

19
Mar
2014

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Jeroen Zweers appointed new Knowledge & Innovation Director

On 1 April 2014, Jeroen Zweers will take up the position of new Knowledge & Innovation Director at Kennedy Van der Laan. As a member of the Management Team, Jeroen will be responsible for further developing the knowledge and innovation policy within the firm of attorneys and civil law notaries. 

Before he joined Kennedy Van der Laan, Jeroen Zweers worked for Dirkzwager Advocaten en Notarissen, where he was responsible for sharing knowledge, concept design and ICT. For his work in knowledge sharing, his former employer was awarded the Golden Hourglass in 2011 for ‘best and most innovative sharer of knowledge’. 

“The arrival of Jeroen as our new Knowledge & Innovation Director means a reinforcement of our Management Team. He will play an important role in realizing our ambition to keep renewing and improving our way of cooperating with our clients. We wish to retain our high degree of client satisfaction and maintain permanent relations with our clients. Raising the level of our innovative power and the way in which we share knowledge will definitely contribute to achieving these goals”, says Bart de Man, Managing Partner at Kennedy Van der Laan.

Jeroen Zweers says about his switch: “In the past 16 years I specialized as a builder and concept designer. I share the ambition to renew the world around me with Kennedy Van der Laan. Since its establishment, the firm has shown the courage to be different from others. This appeals to me, and I look forward very much to innovating the legal profession together.”