Hendrik de Groot

Tel:

(+ 599-9) 461 3833

Fax:

(+ 599-9) 461 7662 / 465 2890

Education:

Doctorate exam notary law (1965), doctorate exam Dutch law, major private law, doctorate exam sociology with specializations: law sociology and organization sociology

Expertise:

Law of property, law of marital property, law of inheritance, corporate law, insurance law, commercial law, European corporate law, (use of) legal persons (by the government) and privatization.

Languages:

Dutch, English, German, French and Italian

Activities:

Hendrik de Groot is a practice advisor with our firm as from August 2007. He was a main lecturer private law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam until September 2004. He is also a practice advisor in the Netherlands with several law firms, notary offices and tax advisors. He is a frequent lecturer at courses and post academic education for schools, universities or practicing jurists, such as notaries and attorneys. He has lectured on a regular basis outside of the Netherlands (Suriname, the United States of America and (previously) Czechoslovakia and also Ethiopia). In the 1990s, together with some colleagues, he assisted Russian government officials with the drafting of new corporate legislation. He was a member of the Central Undertaking Council (Centrale Ondernemingsraad) of the University of Amsterdam for many years. He was also chairman of a medium large housing cooperation.

He is the author of several books and articles on a wide range of subjects within his expertise. His publications include:

- The Partnership in Special Contracts (De maatschap in Bijzondere overeenkomsten) by G.J.P. de Vries, 1994, p. 111-132.

- Summary of Law of Representation (Vertegenwoordiging in Kort Bestek), 1996, p. 104.

- Director's Liability (Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid) in Dossier nr. 16 of Account, Family companies (Familievennootschappen), 1994, p. 97 and further.

- Settling Disputes in the small (family) private limited company (Conflictbeslechting in de kleine (familie) BV), PAS bundle, farewell bundle Prof.mr. P.A. Stein, 1992, p. 3 and further.

- Privatization in the Netherlands (Privatisering in Nederland), Legal Weekly Magazine (Rechtskundig Weekblad), 56, 2, (Belgium) 1992, p. 41 and further and in Surinam Jurist Magazine (Surinaams Juristenblad), 3, 1993, p. 24 and further, English translation in a jurist magazine in the former Czechoslovakia.