Jaantje Kramer specializes in fraud cases and criminal cases that challenge the freedom of expression (free speech and the right to demonstrate). She is critical, (legally) curious and committed. With these qualities, she strives to make a difference in each individual criminal case. In addition to her work as a lawyer, she teaches in the Professional Education Programme for the Legal Profession of the Netherlands Bar and the joint training institute of the Dutch judicial system and the Public Prosecution Service, gives lectures and publishes articles and opinions.

Career

Jaantje Kramer obtained her LL.B in Dutch law and her LL.M in international criminal law at the University of Amsterdam and Columbia Law School in New York. During her studies, she practised in criminal law as a paralegal at various smaller and larger law firms. She also clerked at the criminal law department of the district court of Amsterdam. After her studies, she became a lecturer in criminal law and criminal procedure at the Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology at Leiden University.

In 2016, Jaantje Kramer started as a defense lawyer at Allen & Overy LLP, where she represented clients in complex and cross-border financial-economic criminal cases. In 2020, she moved to Jebbink Soeteman advocaten.

Jaantje Kramer has registered criminal law as her main area of practice in the Register of Jurisdictions of the Dutch Bar Association. Pursuant to this registration, she is obliged to obtain ten training points in this main area of law each calendar year according to the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.

Language

• Dutch
• English
• French

Memberships

• Netherlands Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• European Criminal Bar Association
• Women’s White Collar Defense Association