Huib Lebbing
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Huib leads Houthoff's Corporate Crime and Investigations & Public Enforcement practice groups, and heads the Health, Safety & Environment sector.
He specialises in civil liability matters and acts as defense counsel, mainly in the context of health and safety law. He litigates, advises and conducts confidential internal investigations for clients concerning imminent (group) claims, liabilities and compliance with health and safety regulations. Huib is an experienced litigator in complex, media-sensitive cases, particularly those involving liability in the health and safety context. His work involves class actions, as well as product liability and compliance in the area of employer liability. Huib advises industry clients, organisations and companies faced with the consequences of large-scale accidents or disasters.
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Leading PartnerLegal 500, Insurance (2025 Edition) -
"Huib Lebbing is very knowledgeable, with a highly developed analytical mind."Legal 500, Healthcare (2025 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, Class Actions (2024 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, Healthcare and Life sciences (2024 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, Insurance (2024 Edition)
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"A client mentions that Huib is 'a legal expert in his field of expertise, but also brings in-depth knowledge on other aspects of the case'."Chambers Europe, Insurance (2023 Edition)
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"A client mentions: 'Huib is good at high-level summaries and drilling deeper if needed'."Chambers Europe, Insurance (2023 Edition)
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"A client says: 'Huib is articulate and clear'."Chambers Europe, Insurance (2023 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, Insurance (2023 Edition)
Qualifications & Experience
- Dutch Law (University of Amsterdam)
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Advised the on the Toronto Stock Exchange listed WSP Global Inc., one of the world's leading professional services firms providing engineering and design services to clients in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Environment, Power&Energy, Resources and Industry sector as well as offering strategic advisory services, on the acquisition of multidisciplinary consultancy- and engineering firm Lievense
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Assisting Verwater Group in their crisis management and legal affairs in the acute phase of a huge asbestos contamination involving delivery of asbestos' contaminated grit
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Counsel to the Dutch Association of Insurers to advise the industry and the Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering on strategic matters concerning occupational exposure to Chrome-6
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Defense counsel to Waagner Biro, the design-build contractor for the machinery of the Botlek Bridge in the Netherlands, which is the world's biggest vertical lift bridge, and its insurers in liability issues against a joint venture consisting of a.o. Strabag, Strukton and Ballast Nedam
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Advising the world's largest privately owned global tank container leasing company in dealings with the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT).
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Represented a.o. Alcodis S.A. in an agrifood product liability matter involving product recalls in several countries worldwide.
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Represented Goodyear Dunlop in litigation resulting from a series of incidents.
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Defense counsel to Vetropack Holding AG in a product recall claim against a Dutch worldwide Brewery.
