Sonja Kruisinga

Professional Support Lawyer Commercial Contracting & Dispute Resolution

Sonja Kruisinga joined Van Benthem & Keulen in September 2018 as professional support lawyer (not admitted to the bar) in the Commercial Contracting & Dispute Resolution practice group.

Sonja obtained her PhD from Utrecht University. The topic of her dissertation was non-conformity in the Vienna Sales Convention.

Sonja is keen on contributing to the professional development of commercial contract law in general. She draws clients attention to new developments in the field, lectures at IURA ACTUA in the Contract Law module, and regularly teaches courses in commercial law. Sonja also regularly publishes in academic journals and is an editor of the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handelsrecht and of the tijdschrift Contracteren.

Expertise

(International) contract law
International sales law
Use of general terms and conditions

About Sonja Kruisinga

Sonja studied Dutch law at Maastricht University, graduated with an LL.M. at the University of East Anglia in the UK.

Along with her work as professional support lawyer, Sonja is professor of contract law at the Open Universiteit, where she teaches commercial contract law. She is also a deputy judge at the Court of Appeal of The Hague.