Kneppelhout & Korthals

As founded in 1979 by Jan Kneppelhout and Benk Korthals, who later became the Dutch Minister of Justice, Kneppelhout & Korthals N.V. these days is a well-established Rotterdam based full-service law firm with more than 50 lawyers and 35 in support staff. Our lawyers all are perfectly equipped to support our customers in every way they need. We strive for an integrated, multidisciplinary approach and show our value in every respect by being the partner that helps the business of our customers move forward successfully. Our mission is therefore: ‘to help our customers move forward’.We work for large and medium-sized businesses, banks, insurance companies, central and local government, non-profit institutions and other organizations in the Netherlands and abroad. As a law firm, situated at the Gateway to Europe, Kneppelhout has a strong international character. Our lawyers and employees speak more than 15 languages, we have a China practice, Vietnam practice and a Russia desk. We also have an extensive worldwide network that enables us to quickly call on reliable, high-quality foreign lawyers with offices located throughout the world. The fact that we know these lawyers on a personal level is of course a big advantage for our customers.What Kneppelhout offers is much more than knowledge. The Kneppelhout value proposition is based not only on what we do, but also primarily on how and why we do it. We realize that ‘value-based offering’ requires a ‘value-based culture’, or to put