About Us

Attorney Geertjan Van Oosten

After studying Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam, Geertjan van Oosten has been practicing law since 1992. The first 4.5 years he worked at the leading law firm Trenité van Doorne. In 1999 he started his own law firm with others. In October 2007 he started Van Oosten advocaten. In June 2015 this led to the formation of Van Oosten Schulz De Korte Advocaten and in 2019 of Huzi Associates. Geertjan specializes in public, corporate law, criminal and regulatory law, focusing on all aspects of economic criminal and regulatory law. He assists companies, including multinationals (including Finance Firm, chemical, raw materials, pharmaceutical and medical industry) and their directors. A large part of his practice involves advocacy and interaction with governmental bodies. He is also one of the few lawyers in the Netherlands who represents lawyers, civil-law notaries, doctors, accountants and bailiffs in disciplinary proceedings. His services are highly sought after and Geertjan enjoys strong relationships with various well-regarded media outlets.

Geertjan completed the specialist course in criminal law at the Pompe Institute of Utrecht University and the Special Business Criminal and regulatory Law course at the VU. Since 2008 he has been the secretary (and acting chairman) of the board of the Dutch Association of Defence Counsel (NVSA). For ten years, he was the criminal law portfolio holder and chairman of the editorial staff of Advocatenblad, the official journal of the Netherlands Bar Association, and a member of various Ministerial Working Parties and consultations on behalf of the Netherlands Bar Association.

Expertise

• * General and financial/economic criminal law
• * Administrative law
• * Environmental, product liability and other issues entailing criminal liability
• * Disciplinary law and professional conduct issues
• * Risk and reputation management

Experience

* Acting for a number of chemicals producers and energy companies in various administrative law proceedings arising out of pollution regulations
* Representation of a Caribbean trading company in proceedings against the public prosecutor for the release of a multimillion claim for the settlement of a foreign arbitral award
* Acting for a foreign airliner in litigation concerning preferential treatment by the Dutch State of the national airliner KLM