K. Canatan

K. Canatan studied law in Groningen and was sworn in as attorney in Amsterdam in 2002. In 2001 he worked as a company lawyer at Oyez Legal Technologies in London. Mr. Canatan has worked in the criminal law unit at Abma Schreurs’s Amsterdam office from 2002 until June 2008. He has been a partner at Meijers Canatan Lawyers from June 2008.

Until October 2010 he was chair of the Dutch Association of Young Criminal Defense Lawyers (NVJSA). He is also a member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) and the Association of Supreme Court Litigators in Criminal Cases. Furthermore he acts as examiner for the Dutch Bar Association. He speaks English.

He deals with general criminal law, international criminal law (including extradition cases), criminal organisations, fraud and Supreme Court procedures.