Van Traa Advocaten
Makkinga Willem Jan serves as the Directeur at Van Traa Advocaten since January 2018, contributing to the firm's growth and maintaining strong client relationships. Additionally, Makkinga is the Directeur eigenaar at WakkerWerk BV, providing interim management and advisory services since 2016. Previously, significant roles included Algemeen Directeur at FOX, Verre Reizen van ANWB, and Directeur uitgever a.i. at 360 Magazine. Makkinga has also held directorial positions at FreiaNL and de Persgroep Nederland, alongside co-founding and publishing nrc.next at NRC Media. Early career experience includes client services and marketing roles at prominent firms such as Leo Burnett Amsterdam, Euro RSCG, and Philips. Makkinga holds a drs/phd degree in Nederlandse taal- en letterkunde from Utrecht University and an MBA in Cross Media.
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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.