Areas of law: IT and Internet law, intellectual property, procurement law, acquisitions, outsourcing. Hanneke Slager’s main area of work is IT and the Internet. She advises and litigates on national and international IT contracts, such as project agreements, Saas and ASP agreements, outsourcing, service level agreements, general conditions, certification such as ISAE3402 and 3000, all kinds of web contracts, national and international distribution contracts, copyright on software, database protection, IT conflicts and their resolution, including mediation or arbitration. She also advises clients on procurement law and litigates as and where necessary.
In addition, she assists in acquisitions of or by IT companies.
Hanneke graduated in 1982 from Groningen University where she specialized in civil law and socio-economic law. She began her legal career in 1981, initially as junior legal counsel at Unocal, before going on to work for Hewlett Packard Nederland and later as head of legal affairs at Bull Nederland. She has been a partner of Cordemeyer & Slager since 1989. She acts as mediator and arbitrator in IT disputes.
Hanneke is a member of the Dutch Association of Information Technology Lawyers (VIRA) and the Dutch Association for Information Technology and Law (NVvIR).
Publications (in Dutch)
She is the author of many articles in a wide range of magazines and professional journals, particularly on the subject of IT law.
February 2009: co-author of series on Recht en Praktijk (169), ‘van geschil tot oplossing’, Chapter 4: ‘Het arbitraal kort geding: opbergen of oppoetsen’.
Co-author of ‘Wegwijzer Automatisering en recht’ (1990);
Co-author and final editor of ‘Werken met Source Code Escrow’ (1989).
Hanneke is regularly invited to speak at seminars and conferences.
She is lecturer at the Juridische Academie (http://www NULL.dejuridischeacademie NULL.nl/) and the Grotius Academy where she teaches IT law.
Present ancillary positions
Hanneke Slager has been a member of the Governing Board of the Foundation for the Resolution of Automation Disputes (SGOA) since 2002, and its chairman since January 2009.
Since May 2005 she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Internet Domain Registrations in the Netherlands (SIDN).
email: J.Slager@cordemeyerslager.nl (J NULL.Slager null@null cordemeyerslager NULL.nl)
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