Van Baren Legal Advice (VBLA) offers professional legal advice and support for companies and independent contractors. We specialise in intellectual property law, in particular (international) copyright, trademarks, design right, and neighbouring rights. We don’t offer patent services.

We like to help our clients protect their intellectual property assets in the most effective manner. We also provide them with the tools to conduct business in a legal responsible way.

We also like to build informal and personal business relationships.

VBLA was founded by Arjen van Baren, who has a masters degree in civil and criminal law. After working for the judiciary in the Netherlands for about 9 years, Arjen decided to start its own business late 2016, while living in London. In 2018 he moved back to the Netherlands, his home country. Arjen has gained knowledge of and is experienced in both English and Dutch law. His current clients are therefore mainly based in the UK and the Netherlands.

Arjen has obtained a postgraduate diploma from King’s College London as well as a postgraduate certificate from Harvard Law School, both in the field of copyright law. He is a certified trademark paralegal of the Chartered Institute of Trademark Attorneys in England.

Furthermore, Arjen acts as a consultant for South Bank Legal, a boutique commercial law firm based in London.

For more information about Arjen, please refer to his personal LinkedIn profile.