Norbert J. M. Munnik

Background

Norbert de Munnik was born in 1953. His documented life centres on the Netherlands, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and built his professional career.

Education

Norbert de Munnik studied law at Leiden University, graduating in 1981. Founded in 1575 by William of Orange during the Eighty Years' War, Leiden is the oldest university in the Netherlands. It was established to educate the citizens of the northern provinces and to supply the government with trained men in many fields.

In 1982 he was admitted to the bar in the Netherlands. The same year he completed a traineeship in Paris and then joined the Rotterdam law firm NautaDutilh, where his professional career developed over the following decades.

Career

He worked as a partner of Resident Associates.

He joined NautaDutilh, a Dutch law firm based in Rotterdam, in 1982 after a traineeship in Paris and worked there as a lawyer until 1990. He became a partner of the firm in 1990 and retired from it in 2018. From 1995 to 2000 he served on the firm's Executive Committee, where his responsibilities included human resources, quality control, and facility management. From 2010 to 2015 he managed one of the firm's practice area groups.

His legal practice covered general administrative law, environmental and energy law, food safety and health law, and export control. He represented clients including DuPont, Teijin Aramid, Norfolkline, PPG, Honeywell, several health care institutions, and local governments. His environmental work involved permitting and dealings with government authorities.

He published articles in the Staatscourant, the Dutch government gazette, and frequently spoke on environmental law topics. In 2011 he wrote about a government court action concerning remediation after a fire at Chemie-Pack, and in January 2012 he co-wrote with Jolize Lautenbach an article on the legal dispute over an RWE power plant.

Later he served as a deputy judge (plaatsvervangend rechter) at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, the Gerechtshof Amsterdam. Courts of appeal in the Netherlands hear appeals from lower courts in their district, and the Amsterdam court sits in the capital region's judicial structure.

Works

• article

  • Government takes Chemie-Pack to court over remediation following fire

    (Article by Norbert de Munnik, published by NautaDutilh in...)

    2011
  • RWE power plant struggle reaches final legal stages

    (Article co-written with Jolize Lautenbach for NautaDutilh...)

    2012

Membership

Norbert de Munnik is a member of the International Bar Association and the American Bar Association. The International Bar Association was founded in 1947 by national bar associations meeting in New York and is the world's leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The American Bar Association, founded in 1878, is a national voluntary professional association of American lawyers.

His board and advisory roles reflect his involvement in nature conservation and foundation work. He served on the board of the Hustai National Park Trust in Mongolia, which takes part in the reintroduction of the Przewalski's horse, a wild horse species reintroduced to Mongolia. He chaired the board of the Foundation De Stadshof in Utrecht and the supervisory board of the Foundation Tale of a Tub in Rotterdam, sat on the board of the Foundation Chimbo in Amsterdam, and was a member of the advisory board of Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe, a national park in the Veluwe region of the Netherlands.

• International Bar Association

• American Bar Association , United States

• Board member

  Hustai National Park Trust , Mongolia

• Chair of the board

  Foundation De Stadshof , Netherlands

• Board member

  Foundation Chimbo , Netherlands

• Chair of the supervisory board

  Foundation Tale of a Tub , Netherlands

• Member of the advisory board

  Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe , Netherlands

Interests

• Nature conservation, including board service for the Hustai National Park Trust in Mongolia and an advisory board role for Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe in the Netherlands.

References

• Norbert de Munnik, NautaDutilh expert profile Lexology expert profile of Norbert de Munnik as a NautaDutilh lawyer.
• Norbert (N.J.M.) de Munnik, NautaDutilh staff profile NautaDutilh profile describing his specialisations in general administrative law, environmental and energy law, and food safety and health law, and his partnership from 1990.
• Norbert De Munnik, LinkedIn profile Professional profile listing his experience at NautaDutilh from 1982 to 2018, his firm leadership roles, and his board and advisory positions in nature conservation and foundations.
• Board, Chimbo Foundation Foundation board page describing his years as a partner of an international law firm in the Netherlands, his environmental and nature conservation practice, his board role with Hustai National Park Trust, and his judicial service at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.