About Anke
Anke is a lawyer/partner at La Gro in the areas of Administrative Law and Data & privacy. She advises and litigates (mainly for public authorities) on a variety of administrative law and privacy matters mainly in the areas of undermining, public order, data processing in partnerships, the Open Government Act (Woo) and secrecy.
Anke herself worked at a large municipality for several years and experiences this as an advantage when advising municipalities. She knows how things work within a municipality and she is well versed in politically sensitive files.
Anke is a committed team player and an ideal sparring partner, both on an official and an administrative level. She has a pragmatic attitude and an eye for detail.
Expertise
- Public order
- Subversion
- Privacy
- Open Government Act (Woo)
Qualifications and experience
- 1995, Leiden University, Dutch Law
- 2002, Netherlands Institute for Construction Law, Public Construction Law
- 2011, Netherlands Institute for Construction Law, Private Construction Law
- 2006-2011, legal counsel at a large local authority
- 2017, Tilburg University, Postgraduate Specialisation Programme in Privacy and Personal Data
- 2023-present, member of the NOVA Administrative Law Advisory Committee
- Lecturer in Undermining, Privacy and Personal Data at Berghauser Pont
- Member of the Construction Law Association (VBR)
- Member of the Administrative Law Association (VAR)
- Member of the Association for Privacy Law (VPR)
Recent cases
- Advising (and litigating on behalf of) public authorities in respect of closures of homes and businesses under 13b Opium Act or the Municipalities Act where data sharing issues play a role.
- Advising authorities in the area of enforcement of APV provisions in relation to data sharing with police and the Care and Safety House.
- Advising (and litigating on behalf of) public authorities on Woo requests (Open Government Act) in highly politically sensitive cases where some or all of the information is subject to secrecy.
