Ole Leeuwen

Background

Ole Leeuwen was born in 1960. His documented life unfolded in the Netherlands, where he studied at Utrecht University and later practised law in Amsterdam.

Education

Ole Leeuwen is documented in connection with the University of Utrecht, with 1984 given as the year. The university was established on 26 March 1636 and has roots in the Illustrious School of Utrecht, which was founded two years earlier, in 1634. Among the oldest universities in the Netherlands, it is today the largest Dutch state university, with faculties that include law, medicine, science and the arts.

His admission to the Amsterdam bar in 1986 followed this university period and marks the earliest dated step in his legal career.

Career

Ole Leeuwen's documented career is centred on Stibbe, Blaisse & De Jong, an Amsterdam law firm in which he worked as a partner. The firm traces its origins to 1911, when David Stibbe established a practice on the Herengracht in Amsterdam.

The firm kept the name Stibbe, Blaisse & De Jong until 1991, when its Amsterdam practice merged with Simont & Simont in Brussels to form Stibbe & Simont. The merged firm became one of the most prominent law firms in the Benelux region.

His admission to the Amsterdam bar in 1986 provides the earliest dated point in his legal career, and his later work as a partner took place within this Amsterdam practice.

Membership

Ole Leeuwen was admitted to the bar in Amsterdam in 1986. Admission to a Dutch local bar places a practising lawyer within the professional body that regulates legal practice in that district.

• Amsterdam Bar , Netherlands

  1986