Willem Jan Noordhuizen

Member of the Council since March 2019

Born in Rotterdam on June 30th 1964

Career

1989- 1996

Master’s in Dutch Civil Law, at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands;

1996 - 2000

Law clerk (gerechtsauditeur) for the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden), section Civil Law;

1995 – 1999

Managing Director TMF Nederland B.V;

2000 - 2004

Judge with the court of The Hague (Arrondissementsrechtbank s Gravenhage), section Civil Law;

2004 - 2009

Member of The Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands-Antilles and Aruba, as judge stationed in Aruba, August, 2004 and on Sint Maarten, August, 2006;

2003 - 2012

CEO of the TMF Group Holdco B.V.;

2009 - 2013

Judge with the court of appeals of Amsterdam (Gerechtshof Amsterdam), section Civil Law ;

2013 - 2014

Member of The Joint Court of Justice of Auba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, as judge stationed on Aruba;

2014 - 2018

President of the Committee on Supervision of Attorneys (Raad van Toezicht voor de Advocatuur);

2018 – Present

Admitted to the bar on Augustus 21, 2018 (Aruba), civil Law Lawyer at De Cuba Wever Attorneys at Law

Education

VWO

1989

Master’s in Dutch Civil Law

Secondary Activities

2009

Co-author of the book Nederlands-Antilliaans en Arubaans huurrecht;

2003 - present

Co-founder and member of the editorial staff of the weekly magazine Kluwer Dutch civil law jurisprudence (Nederlandse Jurispruntie Feitenrechtspraak);

2017 - present

Member of the board of the Foundation Post Academic Education of Legal Professionals (Stichting Professionele Ontwikkeling Praktijkjuristen)