Jelle
van den Biggelaar

Attorney-at-law

Jelle specializes in competition law and general EU-law. He is a quick thinker and always has a creative solution up his sleeve. Jelle advises on agreements and partnerships in both public and private sectors, such as healthcare, education, and retail. He also focuses on the intersection of competition and intellectual property law, including distribution, licensing and sustainability. In addition, he has affinity in the regulatory field, such as compliance, consumer law and  gambling regulation.

Jelle graduated cum laude from the Radboud University Nijmegen with a Master in International & European Law Advanced, specialisation competition law.  He also obtained his bachelor Legal Studies at the Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom cum laude and has a bachelor European Law School from the Radboud University Nijmegen. During his studies Jelle worked as a court clerk at the district court of East-Brabant and as law assistant for a leading Dutch law firm. Jelle has also worked as a legal adviser at the European law department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Jelle has a broad societal view with great interest in the cultural and creative sector. He obtained his Master Cultural Property Protection in Crisis Response from the University of Turin cum laude and worked as an intern for the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to UNESCO in Paris. He also wrote as a chronicler for the Netherlands Committee of Jurists for Human Rights. He furthermore participated in the Interdisciplinary Honours Programme at the Raboud University Nijmegen and in two Summer Schools in Beijing and Taipei.