Coen Drion is widely recognized as one of the leading practitioners of civil and commercial law in the Netherlands. He provides strategic advice to clients on their most important issues, including commercial and civil disputes, litigation before the courts, and other forums. Prior to joining Jones Day, he served as a Justice in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands for five years, after having been in private practice for more than 20 years.
Coen is regularly asked to serve as an mediator or arbitrator. In his prior private practice he served as an expert investigator, appointed by the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals, in the matter of Fortis (a large Belgian/Dutch financial). The investigation concerned the takeover of Fortis by three major European banks and the subsequent rescue of Fortis by the Dutch, Belgian, and Luxemburg states in the midst of the financial crisis. Coen also has extensive experience in technology-related issues and has advised large corporations and the Netherlands government.
Coen is a member of the editorial board of many legal publications and has authored more than 150 articles, spanning a wide variety of legal subject matters. He continues to publish regularly and also lectures on civil and commercial law issues to business lawyers on such topics as how Anglo-American law and practices influence the law and practice in the Netherlands and beyond.
Coen has received the highest possible recognition by Chambers and other legal periodicals, including honors for being the best IT lawyer in the Netherlands.
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Altre Pubblicazioni
- 24 March 2020
Corona and the Law, NJB 2020, p. 813 - December 2019
Free Riders, NJB 2019/42, p. 3151 - 25 October 2019
Towards a Choice for Shorter Contracts?, NJB 2019, p. 2699 - September 2019
Chronicles Patrimonial Law, Advocatenblad 2019-7, p. 62-80 - July 2019
Gerrymandering, NJB 2019/28, p. 1999 - June 2019
The Unsafe Human Being in an Expanding World, NJB 2019, p. 1593 - May 2019
The Course of the Supreme Court on Financial Securities: Time for Reactions by the Contract Drafter?, ORP 2019/4, p. 23-26 - April 2019
Law and the 'Paper Reality', NJB 2019, p. 489 - February 2019
The Theme of a Case, NJB 2019, p. 383
- 19 November 2019
Influence of Anglo-American Contracts on Dutch Contract Interpretation, (Post-Graduate) Lecture for Grotius Academy International Contracting - 7 October 2019
Anglo-American Contracts in the Dutch IT Environment, for Grotius Academy on IT Law - 26 September 2019
International Contracting, How to Use Anglo-American Contracts and Know Their Background, For Academy for the Practice of Law - 26 June 2019
Recent Developments in Patrimonial Law, Follow-Up Course for Grotius Academy International Contracting - 24 June 2019
Anglo-American Influences on Dutch IT Contracts, for Grotius Academy on IT Law - 21 May 2019
Agreements under Anglo-American Influence and Contract Interpretation Rules, for Grotius Academy on International Contracting - 2 April 2019
Privatissimum, speech on Supreme Court for selected Leiden law students - 21 March 2019
Speech on International Contracting on Annual IT Law Conference - December 19, 2018
The Supreme Court under Scrutiny, SDU Event - November 20, 2018
Agreements under Anglo-American Influence, Grotius Academy National and International Contracting - May 22, 2018
Agreements under Anglo-American Influence and Contract Interpretation Rules, for Grotius Academy on International Contracting - April 16, 2018
International Contracting for Academy for Legal Practice - December 8, 2017
Course for Law@Work and Boom Legal Publishers, The Supreme Court Under Scrutiny - November 20, 2017
Grotius Academy on International Contracting, Course on Anglo-American Contract Law and Dutch Contract Interpretation Rules - November 6, 2017
International Contracting for Academy for Legal Practice at Castle Waardenburg - May 12, 2017
Conference on 25 Years New Civil Code and Vienna Sales Convention: Speech on 25 years Supreme Court Precedents on Private International Law, Vienna Sales Convention and Foreign Law - May 11, 2017
Grotius Academy on International Contracting, Course on Anglo-American Contracts and Contract Interpretation - April 11, 2017
Course on International Contracting for Academy of Legal Practice at Castle of Waardenburg - February 16, 2017
Course on International Contracting for Academy of Legal Practice - January 19, 2017
Course on International Contracting for Legal Departments and Technology Transfer Unit of Erasmus Medical Center of Rotterdam - December 19, 2016
Law@Work Post-Graduate Course "Doorpakken Vermogensrecht": Recent Developments in Contract Law - December 13, 2016
Kluwer Course "The Supreme Court under Scrutiny" - December 9, 2016
The Judge Activist?, Conference in Honor of Inaugural Lecture of Ybo Buruma, Radboud University Nijmegen - November 28, 2016
Grotius Academy, Follow-Up Course IT Law, Recent Contract Law Developments - November 21, 2016
Grotius Academy National and International Contracting, Course on International Contracting - November 14, 2016
Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk (Academy for Legal Practice), Course on International Contracting - October 14, 2016
Seminar Crisis: How to Manage? - October 14, 2016
Crisis Management: Prepare for the Unexpected - Setember 6, 2016
Grotius Academy on IT Law, post-graduate course on Anglo-American contract law and contracting practices and how to deal with Anglo-American boiler plate clauses under Dutch law - June 14, 2016
"International Contracting", post-graduate course for Academy of Legal Practice (Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk) - June 9, 2016
Annual Meeting of Dutch Lawyers' Association for Distribution, Franchise and Commercial Agency Speech entitled "The Supreme Court speaks through its judgments, but what does it say?" - May 10, 2016
"The Influence of Anglo-American Contracts and Contracting Practice on Dutch Practice" and "Interpreting Commercial Contracts and Boiler Plate Clauses" | Grotius Academy, Post-Graduate Course on National and International Contracting - March 11, 2016
"Checking and Drafting of Contracts" | Kluwer, Post-Graduate Course - March 8, 2016
Life interview | Dutch Young Bar Education Program, Kick-Off Meeting - February 11, 2016
"International Contracting" | Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk, Post-Graduate Course - December 21-22, 2015
"Recent Contract Case Law of the Supreme Court" | Law @ Work, Post-Graduate Course - December 15, 2015
"The Supreme Court under Scrutiny" | Kluwer, Post-Graduate Course - December 1, 2015
"Directors' Liability" | Corruption and Sanctions Event Amsterdam - December 1, 2015
Anti-Corruption Congress - November 27, 2015
"International Contracting" | Academy for Legal Practice, Post-Graduate Course - November 17, 2015
"The Influence of Anglo-American Contracts and Contracting Practice on Dutch Practice" and "Interpreting Commercial Contracts and Boiler Plate Clauses" | Grotius Academy, Post-Graduate Course on National and International Contracting - October 7, 2015
"Recent Contract Case Law of the Supreme Court" and "Contracting in a Digital Environment" | Grotius Academy, Post-Graduate Course on National and International Contracting - October 5, 2015
"Contracting with the Government" | OSR, Post-Graduate Course - October 2, 2015
"The Influence of Anglo-American Contracts and Contracting Practice on Dutch Practice" and "Interpreting Commercial Contracts and Boiler Plate Clauses" | Kluwer, Post-Graduate Course - September 1, 2015
"The Influence of Anglo-American Contracts and Contracting Practice on Dutch Practice" and "Interpreting Commercial Contracts and Boiler Plate Clauses" | Grotius Academy, Post-Graduate Course on IT Law
- University of Groningen (LL.M. 1988)
- Amsterdam
- Justice, Supreme Court of the Netherlands (2010-2015)
Recommended by The Legal 500 for dispute resolution: commercial litigation and noted as "an excellent commercial litigator" (2017)
Awarded Leyden University's 2017 "best external teacher" prize in legal post-graduate program
- Dutch and English (fluent); French and German (elementary)