Van Traa Advocaten
Alicia Zwanikken is an experienced legal professional currently serving as an Advocaat at Van Traa Advocaten since September 2019. Previously, Zwanikken held the position of Jurist vervoersrecht at evofenedex from August 2017 to August 2019 and worked as a Wetenschappelijk docent Handelsrecht at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam from August 2014 to August 2017. Additional experience includes serving as Office Manager at Horvat & Partners from August 2008 to July 2014 and as a Bijlesleraar for StudentsPlus Bijlessen between August 2010 and January 2012. Zwanikken's early career involved a student internship at Kneppelhout & Korthals Advocaten in September 2010 and an ambassadorship at Erasmus University Rotterdam from August 2007 to August 2008. Educational qualifications include the Beroepsopleiding Advocaten completed in March 2022, an LL.M. in Maritime Law from 2012 to 2014, and dual Bachelor's degrees in Law and Criminology from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Additionally, Zwanikken completed a multi-language Cambridge Proficiency program in 2005-2006 and graduated from Titus Brandsma Lyceum with a Gymnasium degree in 2005.
Van Traa Advocaten
Founded in 1898, the firm has grown through the years into a law firm with an international scope. Nevertheless, Van Traa is a firm in which the people have both feet firmly on the ground and take time to create a good personal relationship with their clients. A firm where a pleasant work climate is highly valued. Therefore - despite the busyness and devotion required by our work - at Van Traa there is always time for a laugh. Van Traa is specialized in international trade, transport & logistics and insurance & liability. All these areas of activity often involve legally complicated cases. At Van Traa we try to get to the essence of the problem quickly and to create clarity. To make matters clear, that is our objective as Van Traa. Our firm counts over 35 lawyers - a size that makes it possible to deal with larger cases that require a specialized team. On the other hand it is also a size where everyone knows each other well and where know how and specialized knowledge is shared and passed on from the older generation to the younger.