Member Profile

Oswald Jansen, founder and owner of Resolución, is an attorney specialising in administrative law, law enforcement, administrative sanctions and (comparative) regulation. He focuses on European administrative law, economic and financial administrative law and regulation. Next to his commitment as an attorney, he held a position as a professor of European administrative law and public administration at Maastricht University (until 31 December 2019). Currently he holds a position as a guest senior lectures Global and Comparative Administrative Law at Tilburg University and as a visting scholar in residence and researcher at American University Washington College of Law.

Oswald specialises in economic financial administrative law, law enforcement, administrative sanctions and regulation. This includes the comparison of both national legal systems and European law. His command of English, German, French and Spanish next to Dutch enables him to achieve a high quality in this public law side of international trade and to assist both Dutch and international clients.

Supplementary judge in the Arnhem and Den Bosch courts of first instance

Supplementary judge in the Administrative High Court

Attorney at Holla Advocaten (Den Bosch)

Legal Counsel of the City of The Hague

Owner/attorney at Resolución (The Hague and Washington D.C.)

Academic:

Lecturer constitutional and administrative law University of Amsterdam

Senior lecturer constitutional and administrative law Utrecht University

Professor of European administrative law and public administration at Maastricht University

Visiting professor Comparative and Global Administrative law at Tilburg University

Visiting scholar in residence and researcher at the Program of Law and Government at American University Washington College of Law

Guest professorships in China, France, Spain, Sweden.

Oswald Jansen has written more than 300 comments on case law (annotaties). He publishes opinions (columns) on the website of Binnenlands Bestuur (a journal on public administration) as well as blogs on the website of Maastricht University. He is author and editor of several books and other publications on general administrative law, economic and financial administrative law, as well as law enforcement, inspection and regulation, and administrative fines.

Oswald is a member of the Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA) and of the American Bar Association (ABA). He is also member of the Dutch associations on Administrative law, European Law (NVER), Comparative Law, Competition Law (VvM). Financial Law (VFR), Food Law (VLR), Environmental law (VvM), Construction law (VBR), as well as the US association on International law (ASIL).