SGOA is the leading, independent non-profit centre for IT Conflict Management and is specialized in conflict prevention, mediation and arbitration in the field of IT.
SGOA is the leading, independent non-profit centre for IT Conflict Management and is specialized in conflict prevention, mediation and arbitration in the field of IT.
SGOA is the leading, independent non-profit centre for IT Conflict Management and is specialized in conflict prevention, mediation and arbitration in the field of IT.
SGOA has a specialist Privacy & Security Department due to the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the increasing importance of ICT security. More information? READ MORE
SGOA is the leading, independent non-profit centre for IT Conflict Management and is specialized in conflict prevention, mediation and arbitration in the field of IT.
Mediators
At the heart of SGOA are the independent lawyers and experts on SGOA’s list, all individuals who excel in their field of expertise. Here you can find an overview of all our Mediators.
C. Barbiers M.Sc., R.E., C.A. Interim manager specialised in recovery and/or problematic IT projects Mediator registered with the MfN (Netherlands Mediation Institute) Registered as a legal expert in the LRGD (national register of legal experts) Registered IT (EDP) Auditor, RE (NBA) Registered Accountant, RA (NOREA) Programme manager and director Interim director, operations & ICT Restructuring director Quality assurance & risk manager Controller, IT auditor and Accountant Self-employed Dutch SGOA: Legal expert (member of LRGD) and mediator (member of NMI) Lecturer/trainer in Internal Audit, IT governance, foundations of banking ZekeRE Business working group, NOREA (professional association for IT auditors) E-commerce stream manager (Ernst & Young) Lecturer in management information provision/information control (Nyenrode Business Universiteit) IT Governance course manager (Nyenrode Business Universiteit) Hoofdlijnen van beheersing van ICT: Legacy systemen (Manual ‘Automatisering v/d Informatie Voorziening’) ZekeRE Business (co-author), IT audit framework for E-commerce, NOREA Trends in ICT (co-author, annual survey by Ernst & Young) Beheersing van Client-Server systemen (Ernst & Young)
M.J. Blommestijn M.Sc., M.B.A. Partner Sourcing Advisory IT consultant and partner for BlinkLane Consulting Principle sourcing advisor for Quint Wellington Redwood Quint Wellington Redwood Dutch Chairman of HR working group, Platform Outsourcing Nederland Initiëren en beheersen ICT en BPO outsourcing (vanaf 2000) Contracteren en implementatie ICT-Outsourcing (Datacenter, werkplek, Infrastructuur, ERP, CRM, BPO) Contracteren Cloud oplossingen (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) Ontwikkelen van en Assessment op Complexe Klant-Leverancier relaties (Partnerships, Business Ecosystems) IT-Due Due Dilligence bij Mergers & Acquisitions 2008: Platform De regieorganisatie: een goede investering?, Platform Outsourcing Nederland, publication ‘Regie op uitbestedingrelaties’ 2009: Dubbelslag door uitbesteding. CIO Magazine, March 2009 2009: BlinkPaper; Outsourcing Lifecycle Strategy; Using contract expiration to your advantage. September 2009 2009: BlinkOnderzoek; IT performance barometer 2009 – 2010. Onderzoek naar en aanbevelingen over IT performance, uitbesteding en verwachte IT ontwikkelingen, November 2009 2010: Conflicten in outsourcingrelaties, TITM March 2010
J.A. van Boeschoten Ph.D. (dr.) Sourcing consultant MfN-mediator Regional director of CSC LEF Unit manager at Cambridge Technology Partners Unit manager at CSC Computer Sciences Contrasticon Dutch Mediation strength: recovery of collaborative business (as opposed to exit mediation) IT Conflictmanagement and prevention IT Sourcing IT Outsourcing Supplier / Vendor Management Making strategic sourcing and collaboration choices before you contract, IACCM Contracting Excellence Journal March 2019, with co-auteur Chris Buningh IT-Governance for the 21st century, CSC Research Full Report, with co-author Kirt Mead, February 2006 Mediation met mindmapping, TIEM, May 2010 Mediation met computer mindmapping, Nederlands-Vlaams tijdschrift voor mediation en conflictmanagement, November 2010 How to incorporate everything as a service into your organization, with co-authors D. van Dijk and P. van der Ploeg (2013), in Right Sourcing, Enabling Collaboration, R. Dijkstra, J. Gøtze and P. van der Ploeg (red.)
B.A.M. Cordemeyer LL.M. IT Lawyer Lawyer at Nauta Van Haersolte (now Nauta Dutilh) ABNAMRO Bank Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten Dutch Wegwijzer automatisering en recht Werken met Source Code Escrow Doing business in the Netherlands
H. de Jong mr. IT en data lawyer Lawyer IT en IT security Bird & Bird Interim legal Shell IT Lawyer IT en intellectual property law AKD Counsel Deloitte IT/EDP audit Louwers IP|Technology Advocaten Dutch Board member of the Netherlands Association for Information Technology and Law (NVvIR) Editor of the Journal for Internet Law (Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht) Latest knowledge and experiece with IT projects and (potential) IT conflicts from both the customer's and the supplier's perspective International IT oursourcing, cloud sourcing Cyber security, data protection/GDPR Agile and open source software licensing disputes SAP v. Diageo: wat zijn de gevolgen voor de licentiepraktijk?, together with Kees Daniëls in COmputerrecht Kroniek AVG-jurisprudentie mei 2018 - mei 2020, together with Chris Erents and Esmée Fonville in Privacy & Informatie
H. Franken Professor LL.M., Ph.D. Professor of ICT law Member of the Upper House of the States General Professor of Jurisprudence at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University Member of the Council of State Judge in the courts at Rotterdam Leiden University Dutch Chairman of various disciplinary committees Member of the supervisory board of an insurance company Member of the supervisory board of various social organizations Crown-appointed member of the Social and Economic Council (SER) (1992-2004) Chairman of the commission on fundamental rights in the digital era (2000) Chairman of the commission on computer criminality (1987) Chairman of the investigative commission on information technology and the law (1994-2002) InLeiden tot de rechtswetenschap (1982-2003) 10 editions Onafhankelijk en verantwoordelijk (1997) Nemo Plus (2001) Recht en Computer (5 editions since 1992, 6th edition in preparation) More than 350 articles about the theory of law, and ICT and the law
R.H.W. van Herpen LL.M. Chief Legal Officer and member Global Leadership Team, Xebia Group International since 2018 until today Director/owner MRKwadraat B.V. since 2000 until today Trainer (conflict management training) Since 2000 active as Mediator, certified by NMI (Netherlands Mediation Institute) NfM/IMI (and mediator for the Court of Justice of 's Hertogenbosch and Breda) and as a trainer especially for lawyers and mediators Lawyer Director of Stichting Geschillenbehandeling Zuivel (foundation for handling disputes in the dairy sector) Dutch Co-chair Platform Business Mediation Advisor Independent Standards Commission International Mediation Institute (IMI) Dutch representative, Mediation Training Institute International, USA Member of various national professional associations in ICT and mediation Chairman of the Corporate Mediation association Handling complaints for the NMI Chairman of the Nederlandse Mediatorsvereniging (NMv) Member of the board of the Mediatorsfederatie Nederland (MfN) Mr. Van Herpen is specialised in conflicts in business (ICT) relationships and conflicts in relationships with government authorities and employment relationships. He is a mediator for the court of justice of 's Hertogenbosch and Breda. Since 2000 he has led many mediations. More than 85% of these mediations ended with a positive result. Conflict met de mediator? Over klachtbehandeling en tuchtrecht, SDU Uitgevers 2009, The Hague (co-author) Various articles in professional journals
Chief Legal Officer and member Global Leadership Team, Xebia Group International since 2018 until today
Director/owner MRKwadraat B.V. since 2000 until today
Trainer (conflict management training)
Since 2000 active as Mediator, certified by NMI (Netherlands Mediation Institute) NfM/IMI (and mediator for the Court of Justice of 's Hertogenbosch and Breda) and as a trainer especially for lawyers and mediators
Previous job(s):
Lawyer
Director of Stichting Geschillenbehandeling Zuivel (foundation for handling disputes in the dairy sector)
J. Honkoop BI RI Sworn ICT expert Broker in hard- and software Registered as a legal expert in the LRGD (national register of legal experts) Arbiter Mediator Information analyst Member of staff of software and systems firm Director/owner of PC sales outlets geared to SMEs Enterprise architect Project, Programme, and Interim manager Self-employed (director and principal shareholder) Dutch Chairman of NVBI (Dutch association of sworn ICT experts) Chairman of the commission supervising the use of data by CR Delta/ the PZO general board (royal Dutch cattle syndicate) Member of the Board of the Platform Independent Entrepeneurs (PZO), Association Mediators Region Utrecht (VMRU) and the Association of independent IT workers IT-United Member of various dispute resolution committees Member of the working group ‘Appointing an Expert’ of the EGLE project of the European Expert & Expertise Institute EEEI at Paris (EGLE = European Guide for Legal Expertise). Project management and development methods IT architecture Copyright ICT Mainframe applications SME applications ‘Auteursrechtelijke aspecten van software’ in K.G. van der Poel, F.J.M. Ruiterman and J. Honkoop (ed.), Informatisering in Perspectief, Utrecht: NVBI 2008, pp. 86-95 Mede-auteur van: Deskundig in de Rechtspraktijk. Handboek voor gerechtelijke deskundigen in Nederland. Tweede druk. Uitgeverij Paris, ISBN 9789462512917. Auteurs: Jacques Honkoop, Nico Keijser, Ernst Peter Tamminga
R. Meeboer Consultant & Mediator IT- and data stategy consultant Risk Manager Supervision Program manager Supervisor (IT, Prudential, behavior) IT-auditor &Samhoud Dutch Supervision (IT, Prudential and behavior) IT and data governance Program and project management Risk Management IT strategy
D. van der Reijden mr. ICT Architect, Advisor Software Development Project- en programmanager ICT Legal advisor and MfN Register mediator (business conflicts) Senior Consultant Ernst & Young Management Consultants CEO Tri-IT Information Services B.V. Chief Technical Officer COOLProfs B.V. Program manager Data Conversions (independent) Digitization Program manager and program manager Data & Analytics (independent) Independent Dutch SGOA Arbiter and Mediator District mediator Rotterdam Mountain tour guide Alps and Dolomites Trainer Linux, Oracle, SQL Server, System architecture Full stack software development Low code platforms Microsoft Azure, Dotnet, Dotnet core, Java, Docker, Kubernetes Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL Cybersecurity, cyber resilience, ethical hacking Webservice interoperability: comparing IBM and Microsoft technology, 2001: white paper Tri-IT Information Services B.V. Distributed TP Monitors, 1999: Handbook Client/Server technology, Ten Hagen Stam Distributed processing with DCE and Encina, 1999: Client/Server News
A.A. Renken mr. Business Mediator (MfN Registered Mediator | CEDR Accredited Mediator); Mediator at the referral facility of the District Courts of Amsterdam, Gelderland, Midden-Nederland, Rotterdam and the Arnhem - Leeuwarden Court of Appeal; Mediator at tha referral facility of the Enterprise Chamber (Amsterdam Court of Appeal). Attorney-at-law, advisory and litigation practice in the field of corporate law, IT law, contract law and bankruptcy law; In-house lawyer at Translink Systems B.V. (introduction of public transport chip card); Project leader Legal Affairs at Libertel (now Vodafone) in connection with the construction and implementation of the second mobile network in the Netherlands; In-house lawyer at ING Bank N.V.; Deputy Judge at the District Court of Midden-Nederland. BBKW Mediation Nederlandse Teacher/trainer ADR and Mediation skills at the professional training programme for attorneys-at-law at the Dutch Bar Association; Board member of the Association for Corporate & Commercial Mediation (Platform Business Mediation); Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal Dutch Hockey Association (KNHB). Board Member of the Association for Corporate Mediation (ZAM); Board Member of the Insolvency Mediation Foundation (SIM). Ms. Renken is an experienced business mediator in the field of: IT, Telecom and IP; Insolvency; Cooperation and Contractual Relations; Finance and Insurance.
Business Mediator (MfN Registered Mediator | CEDR Accredited Mediator);
Mediator at the referral facility of the District Courts of Amsterdam, Gelderland, Midden-Nederland, Rotterdam and the Arnhem - Leeuwarden Court of Appeal;
Mediator at tha referral facility of the Enterprise Chamber (Amsterdam Court of Appeal).
Previous job(s):
Attorney-at-law, advisory and litigation practice in the field of corporate law, IT law, contract law and bankruptcy law;
In-house lawyer at Translink Systems B.V. (introduction of public transport chip card);
Project leader Legal Affairs at Libertel (now Vodafone) in connection with the construction and implementation of the second mobile network in the Netherlands;
In-house lawyer at ING Bank N.V.;
Deputy Judge at the District Court of Midden-Nederland.
W.F.R. Rinzema LL.M. Lawyer IT law Counselor at Amsterdam court of appeal Arbitrator for several national and international institutes MfN geregistreerd Mediator Partner and member of the board of Stibbe Chairman of the Netherlands Association of Computer Lawyers (VIRA) Ventoux Advocaten, IP/IT Communications practice group Dutch Deputy justice at Amsterdam court of appeal Arbitrator for SGOA Arbitrator, Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) Arbitrator for WIPO en ICC Lid van de Landelijke Selectiecommissie Rechters (LSR) Vicevoorzitter klachtencommissie cliënten en naasten Lister Deputy justice at Arnhem-Leeuwarden court of appeal Deputy judge for the court in Utrecht Expert ''Commissie van Aanbestedingsexperts'' Problemen bij IT projecten Aanbestedingskwesties, overheid Problemen bij samenwerkingsvormen Kennis van ICT in de financiële sector (banken en verzekeraars) Kennis van ICT in de gezondheidszorg Annotatie bij vonnis Rechtbank Amsterdam 18 december 2019 'Smart v. Allsafe''- Computerrecht 3/2020 Annotatie bij Hoge Raad 11 oktober 2019 'Fraanje v. Alukon'- Computerrecht 3/2020 Hoe kan de kwaliteit van ICT systemen juridisch meetbaar worden gemaakt? - Computerrecht 2014/150 Strategies for Resolutions in IT Quality Disputes - iTech 2013 Diverse other publications
J. Slager LL.M. Lawyer Company lawyer for Union Oil, Hewlett Packard and Bull Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten Dutch Member of supervisory board of SIDN Chairman of SGOA (from 2010 to March 2020) Wegwijzer automatisering en recht Werken met Source Code Escrow Het arbitraal kort geding (in serie recht en praktijk, nr 169 Van Geschil tot Oplossing) Various articles in professional journals
L. Viergever mr. Founder and partner Project Moore Advocaten IT/Privacy lawyer Business mediator Lawyer at the Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (section IP / IT) Researcher at Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam Project Moore Advocaten Dutch Lecturer at Grotius IT Law (e-commerce and electronis signatures) Lecturer at Grotius Privacy Law (formal obligations of the controller) Member of various (specialists) associations: - VIRA (Association of Computer Lawyers) - VPR-A (Dutch Association for Privacy Lawyers) - NVvIR (Dutch Association for Information Technology & Law) - VPR (Dutch Privacy Law Association) Lecturer and speaker at various trainings and seminars on IT and privacy Editor of Magazine for Internet Law IT-projects: development (waterfall, agile/scrum), implementation, ERP, bespoke, IP rights IT contracts, including NLdigital, ARBIT/GIBIT, general terms and conditions Outsourcing: cloud, licenses, source code release, SLA, exit IT/Tech: software, hardware, implementation- and project management, license contracts, exploitation agreements, blockchain/smart contracts, IoT Privcacy: GDPR, processor agreements, SaaS, Cloud, Al, compliance, security, DPIA, accountability, transfer of personal data Privacy in de clouds, Megazine for Internet Law Is our privacy regulation 'big data proof'?, Magazine for Internet Law Book Outsourcing, the legal guide to practice (co-author)
H.W. Wefers Bettink LL.M. Advocaat/mediator IT, Internet and IP Partner IT, Internet en IP Houthoff Buruma (1993-2015 Associate Houthoff Buruma (1991-1993) Associate Nauta Dutilh law firm (1987-1991) Co-ordinator World Bank Project Revision Shipping Laws (Indonesia 1984-1987) Staff lawyer Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (1980-1984) Wefers Bettink Mediation - Arbitration - Strategic advice Dutch Legal counsel in residence Yes!Delft (start up program Delft University) Arbitrator Netherlands Arbitration Institute; Arbitrator and mediator WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) WIPO Panelist in domain name cases since 2000; involved in around 125 decisions Lecturer Grotius Academy ICT law programme (2015: Software, property law and IP; 2001-2014: Electronic contracts) Member of the IP Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Bar Association (2006-2012). Intellectual Property Disputes (proprietors, licenses, infringement) Disputes about IT contracts and in the execution of IT projects Disputes about cooperation contracts (joint venture, R&D, distribution) Shareholder disputes Start ups Digitalisation of the civil legal proceedings: consequences for the litigation practice (in Dutch) Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging 2015/1 Software relations– E.D.C. Neppelenbroek (review in Dutch) Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht 2015/1 Digital litigation in civil law (in Dutch) Computerrecht 2015/1 Domain name law in: Intellectual property and ICT, Series Monographs Law and Information Technology (in Dutch), SDU, July 2015 IP and the Internet, The Netherlands (with Thomas de Weerd) Globe Law and Business, May 2014
H.W. Wefers Bettink LL.M. Advocaat IT, Internet and Intellectual Property (focus on Technology) Mediator for Business Disputes (IP, Technology, Contracts) and Shareholder Disputes Arbiter for IT and Contractual Disputes (SGOA) Partner IT, Internet en IP Houthoff Buruma (1993-2015 Associate Houthoff Buruma (1991-1993) Associate Nauta Dutilh law firm (1987-1991) Coördinator World Bank Project Revision of Shipping Legislation (Indonesia 1984-1987) Legal Staff Member Ministry of Transport (1980-1984) Wefers Bettink Mediation - Arbitration - Strategic advice Dutch Arbitrator Nederlands Arbitrage Instituut )NAI) Arbitrator and mediator WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) WIPO Panelist in Domain Name Disputes; decided around 200 cases since 2000 Investigator Enterprise Chamber, Appeal Court Amsterdam (2021) Legal Counsel in Residence Yes!Delft Incubator program Delft University (2015-2022) Lecturer Grotius ICT-law academy (2001-2021) Member Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Netherlands Bar Association (2006-2012) (2006-2012). Dispute Resolution IT Contracts (EPD, Outsourcing, SLA, Source Code Escrow) Intellectual Property (e.g. copyright on software, patents, protection of know how, trade marks, domain names) Data Security and Integrity, Privacy Licensing Contracts Various publications on copyright (software et al.), domain names, IT contracts and electronic contracting
P. Wit mr. ing. IT/Privacy Lawyer Business mediator Board member Kennedy Van der Laan Software engineer, designer and project lead bij Capgemini Information-analyst Kinetics Technology International Kennedy Van der Laan te Amsterdam Dutch Lecturer Grotius Academy IT-law (SaaS and Cloud) Member Financial Committee Kennedy Van der Laan Member supervisory board Foundation Combined Creatives Board member Kennedy Van der Laan Sync (legal tech) Board member Association IT lawyers (VIRA) Treasurer in the board of Foundation Muziek Opmeer IT-projects (development, implementation, exit, research & development) Outsourcing (including Transfer of Undertaking, exit, renegotations, escalations) Cooperations/M&A (including joint ventures and acquisitions) Telecommunication (regulation, interoperability, access, IoT, MVNO and other commercial contracts) Privacy (set-up, design and management data exchanges, inter alia in health, retail and e-commerce sectors) GC's verantwoordelijk voor preventie, detectie en reactie (informatie) veiligheid De Service Level Agreement, een bijzondere overeenkomst Outsourcing: beter contracteren, echt samenwerken E-health zonder juridische obstakels Gederfde winst is ook schade
