Fenna van Dijk
Specialisms
Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate Law / Joint Ventures / Corporate governance / Governance in healthcare / Audit by healthcare insurance companies / Collaborations in healthcare / Medical Devices
Profile
Fenna heads the Healthcare team of Kennedy Van der Laan.
She has over 10 years of experience in the healthcare sector. It has been her focus since 2013. She is one of the few attorneys in the Netherlands who combine a corporate background with a full focus on the healthcare sector.
Fenna is co-author of the book 'Samenwerken tussen zorgorganisaties’ (Collaborations between Healthcare Organizations), a co-production of Kennedy Van der Laan and the consultancy agency Q-Consult Zorg, which has been published at the end of August 2019 by Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum. In an accessible way, this handbook deals with the corporate, tax, legal and organizational aspects that are involved when parties in the healthcare decide to join forces. This book is inspired by the drastic changes in the Dutch healthcare sector, which call increasingly for collaborations and joint ventures.
Recommendations
The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - Healthcare & Life Sciences - Ranked
Jointly led by healthcare expert Fenna van Dijk and life sciences specialist Maarten Schut, Kennedy Van der Laan's team handles the full breadth of mandates across the healthcare and life sciences segments. Combining a corporate background with a focus on healthcare, Van Dijk advises on market entry, licenses, clinical research, PPPs and drafting contracts with medical devices companies; she played a key role in the vaccine strategy concerning the Covid-19 pandemic. IP expert Schut advises multinational companies including Nutreco and Syngenta and not-for-profit institutions on conflicts relating to R&D and licensing. With the addition of Joran Spauwen, the practice has gained a specialist in IP-focused transactions in the advanced technologies sector, assisting healthcare service providers with medical devices regulation and negotiating contracts with AI suppliers. He also links the M&A practice to the healthcare and life sciences practice, focusing on innovative companies investing in the health tech industry. Counsel Sophie Van Loon specialises in contract drafting, advisory work and litigation within the life sciences field and associate Eline Lam focuses on corporate, healthcare and regulatory law.
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Testimonials
‘Fenna van Dijk and Eline Lam are not only very involved, but also accurate and reliable and think ahead in solving problems. They see not only the legal obstacles, but also the solutions and possibilities.’
Chambers Europe 2023 - Healthcare - Ranked
Fenna van Dijk of Kennedy Van der Laan is a valued presence on corporate concerns in the healthcare sector, including M&A and governance matters. She additionally advises on information sharing issues. "Fenna is very responsive. She is one of our trusted advisers."
The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - Healthcare & Life Sciences - Ranked
The team at Kennedy Van der Laan is ‘knowledgeable, practical in its approach, pleasant to deal with and delivers a high-quality product’. It is well known in the market for advising clients on corporate, governance, compliance, competition and financing matters. Fenna van Dijk co-heads the practice with over two decades of experience in commercial work; Maarten Schut also heads the team and is recommended for IP. Joran Spauwen is a new election to the partnership.
Chambers Europe 2022 - Healthcare - Ranked
Fenna van Dijk of Kennedy Van der Laan is a valued presence on corporate concerns in the healthcare sector, including M&A and governance matters. She additionally advises on information sharing issues. Clients value her pragmatism, noting her skill in "deducing what politics are in the background and reacting accordingly."
Chambers Europe 2021 - Healthcare - Ranked
Fenna van Dijk undertakes a variety of corporate matters in the healthcare sector, including acquisitions, sales and governance structures. She also advises on litigation, data protection and contractual matters.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 - Healthcare & Life Sciences - Ranked
At Kennedy Van der Laan, Fenna van Dijk assists healthcare clients with corporate matters, and IP specialist Maarten Schut advises on a range of issues in the life sciences arena including R&D collaborations, licensing work and the protection of trade secrets. The team also acts for its healthcare clients on mergers, the establishment of joint ventures, medical liability cases, disciplinary actions and data protection mandates.
Chambers Europe 2020 - Healthcare - Ranked
Fenna van Dijk frequently acts for healthcare providers on a range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, joint ventures and governance structures. Additionally assists clients with market entries, contractual and compliance matters.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 - Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
Kennedy Van der Laan has a special focus on mergers and joint ventures together with medical liability and disciplinary actions. The team is a member of Biolegis, the pan-European network of independent law firms with a focus on life sciences. Fenna van Dijk heads the healthcare team and Maarten Schut specialises in IP within the life sciences sector. Meltem Koning advises on corporate and private equity matters. The group advised the Oncode Institute, a new ‘super’ institute combining oncology research from numerous academic hospitals and research institutes. It assisted with its set up and governance, funding negotiations, and complex IP arrangements. In other work includes advising on licensing, R&D collaborations, and patent disputes.
Chambers Europe 2019 - Healthcare - Ranked
Interviewees admire Fenna van Dijk for her "personal touch and real commitment." She acts on a range of corporate mandates relating to the healthcare sector, including mergers, joint ventures and the establishment of institutions. Clients also praise her governance work, saying: "She understands complex issues and gives the most appropriate answer to questions quickly and efficiently."
Chambers Europe 2018 - Healthcare - Ranked
"Fenna van Dijk specialises in corporate law, advising hospitals, medical organisations and healthcare investors on mergers and the setting up of healthcare institutions. Clients appreciate that she "tries to understand our issues and to learn how we operate."
The Legal 500 EMEA 2018 - Healthcare
"The ‘friendly’ practice at Kennedy Van der Laan counts Ambulance Amsterdam and VUmc as clients. Fenna van Dijk and IP expert Maarten Schut head the healthcare and life sciences teams respectively; van Dijk assisted GGZ inGeest with transferring its youth mental healthcare activities to De Opvoedpoli."