{"id":16926,"date":"2018-07-03T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T07:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watsonlaw.nl\/team\/team-3-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T17:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:31:18","slug":"willem-jan-smits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watsonlaw.nl\/en\/team\/willem-jan-smits\/","title":{"rendered":"Willem-Jan Smits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;30&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;30&#8243; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1676478669654{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Willem-Jan Smits<span style=\"color: #00c6da;\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: gilroy-regular; color: #00c6da;\">Partner\/lawyer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"introtekst\">Treading new paths and daring to take tangible steps towards the best solution. That is Willem-Jan to a tee. He is transparent, clear-cut and provides tangible advice based on his expertise and experience. Increasing opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daring to pioneer. Daring to take steps. This demands knowing more than what you do and with what goal. This also demands daring, insight and perseverance. Willem-Jan has this. If a challenge presents itself, he sets right to work. Moving quickly, he takes care of things. Clients experience him as a pleasant interlocutor, who is easy to work with. With reason. Willem-Jan is very clear, on point and explains unequivocally what has to happen. He does this with an eye for detail and results. This creates footing, direction and calm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willem-Jan started his career with a medium-sized law firm, where he quickly established himself as a specialist in insolvency law, corporate law and blockchain. After completing the specialisation course in Insolvency Law with honours and integrating his fascination with new technologies, he grew to become a lawyer who builds bridges between standard corporate law and its application on the development of new technologies, like blockchain, smart contracts and crypto currencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willem-Jan is the specialist and pioneer in the field of tokenization, token contracting and the corresponding financing phases, including seed funding and token offerings (ICO\/STO). His clients are startups and major companies with a strong interest in the application of new technologies in their companies.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"mailto:w.smits@watsonlaw.nl\" target=\"_blank\" data-hover-background-color=\"#2b9fb3\" data-hover-border-color=\"#2b9fb3\" class=\"qbutton  medium center default\" style=\"border-color: #00c6da; text-transform: none; font-size: 18px; background-color:#00c6da;\">Contact Willem-Jan<i class=\"qode_icon_font_awesome fa fa-envelope qode_button_icon_element\"><\/i><\/a>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;.emptyHidden&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotetekst\">\u201cNew technologies demand new insights\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221; 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