Pels Rijcken
Dutch law firm in The Hague providing legal advice and litigation services, including as the office of the State Advocate of the Netherlands.
Pels Rijcken is a Dutch law firm founded in 1969 and based in The Hague. It provides legal advice and representation to clients both in and out of court, and serves as the office of the State Advocate of the Netherlands; the current State Advocate is Reimer Veldhuis. The firm ranks among the Netherlands' leading law firms and advises clients nationally as well as internationally.
Its practice spans administrative law, commercial law, corporate law, litigation and court representation, and public sector legal advisory. Clients include government bodies, municipalities, provinces, water authorities, supervisory authorities, institutions in education and healthcare, and national and international businesses.
The firm employs more than 340 people, among them over 200 attorneys-at-law. Its name derives from the 1969 merger of the firms of Leonard Pels Rijcken and Eduard Droogleever Fortuijn, originally Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn. The stated emphasis of the practice is high-quality, tailored legal work on complex issues with social relevance.