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Suzanne van der Klip

Innovation Lead Amsterdam

Suzanne is the Amsterdam Innovation Lead

The Innovation Team is a motivated team of lawyers and legal tech specialists, advising legal teams on how they can use technology to work in the most efficient way possible. Suzanne advises clients on how to effectively harness cutting edge technology and GenAI for their legal practice and works closely with our global Market Innovation Group (MIG). Also, as a Corporate Knowledge Counsel, she advises on corporate transactional law issues, specialising in M&A contracting and due diligence.

Suzanne’s expertise includes extensive experience with legal drafting, various types of legal technologies, including GenAI, intelligent data extraction, document automation and deal management platforms. Her legal background covers the full spectrum of corporate law, with a focus on private M&A.

Suzanne is admitted to practice in The Netherlands and admitted to the Amsterdam Bar.

Qualifications

Admissions

Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association

Jurist, Netherlands, 1997

Academic

1990 – 1996: Leiden University Law School: bachelor’s and master’s degree (civil law)

1996: UC Law San Francisco: International Business Transactions, Secured Transactions, Negotiation and Arbitration. Combined with a US Law comparison for thesis on Piercing the Corporate Veil.

1990: United Nations International School, New York: International Baccalaureate

Languages

Dutch, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.