Jan Holthuis

Jan Holthuis, partner and lawyer at BUREN, is Dutch qualified lawyer registered at the Amsterdam Bar, a solicitor in England and Wales. He is a registered arbitrator at the China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and at the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHAIC). Jan founded HIL International Lawyers & Advisers in 1995. HIL became the first Dutch law firm licensed in China by the Chinese Ministry of Justice in 2004. In 2016 Jan merged the HIL practice with Buren.

Apart from commercial and corporate law transactions, Jan specializes in international technology transfers, China related product liability claims, food and agriculture investments and international arbitration.

Jan is a guest lecturer on Chinese commercial and corporate law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and on Chinese agriculture law at Wageningen University. Since 2017, he is the Chair of the Agriculture Law Committee of the International Bar Association. Jan has been involved in several politically sensitive China related international transactions and litigations.

Special Qualifications:

– Registered arbitrator at the China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission

– Registered arbitrator at the Shanghai International Economic Trade arbitration Commission

– Chairman of the Agriculture Law Committee of the International Bar Association

Memberships:

– International Bar Association

– Amsterdam Bar association

– The Economist Corporate Network

– China-Europe Business Association

– Netherlands – China Business Council

– European Union Chamber of Commerce

– American Chamber of Commerce

– Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China

Publications:

– Dutch chapter of Agribusiness, Getting The Deal Through (GTDT), London, October 2019

– China chapter of Agribusiness, Getting the Deal Through (GTDT), London, October 2019

– China chapter of Dispute Resolution, Getting The Deal Through (GTDT), July 2019

– Plant Variety Rights Versus Plant Patents: Legal Developments and Frictions in a Regional Perspective, general editor, (IBA) Business Law International, May 2019, Vol 20 No 2, page 95 – 136

– China chapter of Shareholders’ Rights’, Global Practice Guide, Thomson Reuters, London, editions 1996 to date

– Agricultural Law in China, Global Practice Guide, general editor,Thomson Reuters, London, editions 1995 to date

– Agricultural Law in the Netherlands, Global Practice Guide, general editor,Thomson Reuters, London, editions 1995 to date

– Technology Transfer Agreements with China, EU SME Center, Guideline 2014

– Law as Instrument: The Process of Direct Investment Authorization in China, contribution to China’s Legal Reforms and their Political Limits, Curzon, Hamburg 2002