About

Mr William Lie, Advocaat

General Practice Lawyer

Mr William Lie is a general practice lawyer. He advices entrepreneurs on business deals, legal obligations, ownership questions, internal affairs and penal aspects of their activities and the consequences of such. He does not only advice, he also prepares the various elements and proposes and implements solutions. If necessary he starts and operates in legal procedures, both in the Netherlands as well as abroad - for as far as Dutch law is applied. There are however some type of cases in which he has more experience. These cases are briefly described as follows:

Matching Lawyer,
Bringing Parties Together

Already from the start of his career William Lie concentrated on what he called, Matching Activities. He matched international companies to enhance or create markets. Also financial aspects, such as finding investors for such developments, are part of his activities. He did this both in real estate as well as in trade- and production activities. It is not only finding the business partners, making sure they match, but also structuring the deal, the financial aspects, including financial partners and investors, as well as the proper division of the results. Also making sure the companies with ownership in those structures are managed and placed in such a way that all interests are suited.

Everything Legal for Ships, the Owners, the Business, the Crews

Apart from this William Lie, himself an enthusiastic ocean sailor, is very much involved in the maritime business, mostly on behalf of players in niche markets, both in Europe and the America’s. His activities here concern – amongst others – distribution rights and contracts as far as sales are concerned. But also, production and insurance can be part of his involvement. With it, comes also the day-to-day trouble entrepreneurs run into. Such as labour disputes, commercial and insurance disputes, but also penal liabilities ranging from smuggling to theft. One aspect of his activities in this field, is the security at sea. With special attention for security against violent intruders and piracy.

Cyber - and Data Liability,
both Civil and Penal

From the start of his professional career Mr William Lie has been involved in cases concerning tax fraud. Part of his interest in this field has to do with the penal aspects of economic and financial activities of clients and their business partners. From this and his experience with ATAR cases (see below) he developed also his speciality in Cyber Security (also Maritime) and Data Protection. With the implementation of de GDPR he was educated in the aspects of data protection and functions as DPO. Furthermore, he is specialised in cyber crime through one of the trainings programs accepted by the Dutch Bar. And he himself has been educated in the tools of ethical hacking.

Asset Tracing and Recovery

As William Lie has experiences in the penal and fiscal fraud domain, following from his experiences with these fraud cases, he also got involved in the recovery of assets and valuables stolen or defrauded from investors and the like. He has helped tracking down valuables worth many millions of Euro’s and succeeded in assisting prosecutors to arrest and bring to justice perpetrators. The handling of this type of cases requires not only an in depth knowledge of the various aspects of civil and penal law, but also being able to coordinate the players in the cases, ranging from local and international lawyers, accountants and tax advisors, to managing the contacts with local police and international organisations such as Interpol. One thing above all, is that his legal activities have an international element to it. Another aspect is that his legal work is aimed at trouble shooting, more then day to day advise. It is often case by case based. This also happens if Mr William Lie is asked to assist another firm – be it a law -, accounting - or tax firm - on aspects the firm itself his limited time available

wl@wlie.nl
+31 653 140 917

General Conditions

Article 1. Applicability These General Terms and Conditions are applicable to all client assignments to Mr William Lie, Advocaat. Mr William Lie is inscribed as civil and penal lawyer in the applicable register of the Bar Association. These General Terms and Conditions are applicable to all client assignments given to Mr William Lie, Advocaat. In the event of any amendment to these General Terms and Conditions by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, the amended General Terms and Conditions shall apply to all new client assignments as of the date of written announcement of such directly to client(s).

Article 2. Assignments All client assignments shall be accepted and carried out exclusively by Mr William Lie, Advocaat. All client assignments given to Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall be governed by Dutch law. No client assignments given to Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall ever conduce to legal advice on foreign law unless The Netherlands is party to such law or treaties and unless such advice on foreign law is specifically confirmed in writing by Mr William Lie .

Within the framework of the fulfilment of client assignments, Mr William Lie, Advocaat, is authorized to call in third parties on behalf of the client. Where possible this shall be effected in consultation with the client, on the understanding that selection of bailiffs shall take place without consultation, in principle. Mr William Lie, Advocaat, is authorized to accept liability limitations from such third parties on behalf of or at the expense of the client.

The client shall indemnify Mr William Lie, Advocaat, against any claims by third parties and the expenses to be incurred by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, in connection with these claims, if these are in any way connected with the work carried out for the client. Client assignments shall be carried out exclusively for the benefit of the client.

Third parties cannot derive any rights from the contents thereof. If the client informs third parties about results of work carried out by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, the client shall be held to inform such third parties thereof in writing and client will make copies of such available to Mr William Lie, Advocaat.

Mr William Lie, Advocaat, keeps track of personal data in their client records. The records are kept exclusively at the registered office of Mr William Lie, Advocaat. Upon request thereto, access may be obtained. For the duration of the legal obligatory period after closing a case, the file concerned shall be stored in the archives of Mr William Lie, Advocaat, after which it shall be destroyed without further notice.

Article 3. Remuneration Mr William Lie, Advocaat, is entitled to a periodical adjustment of the fees applied by Mr William Lie, Advocaat. As of the year 2025 and until otherwise announced, a standard fee of €270,00 (two-hundred-and-seventy Euros) ex costs and taxes is applicable unless an agreed fee structure agreement is closed. The fee notes to be sent by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall be paid within 14 days, in the absence whereof the client shall be in default, in which case the client shall be held to reimburse to Mr William Lie, Advocaat, all judicial and extra-judicial collection charges, including but not limited to the full legal fees incurred to this end, as well as the statutory interest.
Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall at all times be entitled to request advance payments for work to be carried out and expenses to be incurred. These shall be set off upon termination of the client assignment or, as the case may be during the assignment.

Article 4. Liability The liability of Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall at all times be limited to the sum insured that shall be paid in such case under the professional liability insurance policies taken out by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, in case pursuant to the insurance cover notes. These insurance policies have limited cover, inter alia with respect to the amount of the damages and the number of insured events per year. Upon request access may be obtained to the insurance cover note. Should no payment be made by virtue of aforementioned insurance policies, regardless of the grounds, the liability of Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall be limited to two times the fee invoiced by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, in connection with the case concerned during a twelve month period directly preceding the date on which the event leading to liability occurred.

Should no payment be made by virtue of aforementioned insurance policies, regardless of the grounds, the liability of Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall be limited to two times the fee invoiced by Mr William Lie, Advocaat, in connection with the case concerned during a twelve month period directly preceding the date on which the event leading to liability occurred. In the event that Mr William Lie, Advocaat, calls in third parties, Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall not be liable for failure to perform on the part of such third party except for failure to perform on the part of Mr William Lie, Advocaat, itself to which the provisions here above are applicable.
If the client brings legal action directly against a third party, the client shall indemnify Mr William Lie, Advocaat, against any claims by such third party in connection with such liability claim as well as against all expenses to be incurred by Mr William Lie, Advocaat.

Article 5. Disputes All our services are subject to a complaints procedure as made mandatory by the Bar Association of the Netherlands. If a complaint is not resolved after being handled in accordance with the complaints procedure, it may be submitted to the court of law specified hereinafter. The legal relationships to which these General Terms and Conditions apply shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Dutch law. The competent courts in Rotterdam shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any and all disputes between Mr William Lie, Advocaat, and the principal. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sentence, Mr William Lie, Advocaat, shall have the right to institute proceedings in any competent court of the principal's seat or place of business. Mr William Lie, Advocaat, holds office in Rotterdam and is registered with the Commercial Register under number 66804485

In specific cases - such as ATAR, Matching, Research and Reconnaissance - in which no client/relation has paid any remuneration or fee, Mr William Lie has the right to use information received or – found/ recovered in these cases for his own further purposes, such as publication, his journalistic activities and the like.

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