Maurits Fornier

Legal information designer

Bio

Maurits is co-founder of Patroon. He started his career in 2011 at Freshfields where he worked in the litigation and arbitration practice group. That's we he first started using infographics to support written submissions and hearings. In 2015 he decided to fully focus on the power of design in the legal world, and started Patroon. Maurits is seen as frontrunner in the legal design field. He regularly speaks and teaches about the subject.

Recent projects

Summarising government policy about parental leave

Visualising complex competition law concepts

Creating a clear privacy policy

Engaging employees to make sustainable choices

Bridging the gap between citizens and legal professionals

Explaining complex proceedings about MH17 disaster

Integrating company values in employment agreement

Enabling lawyers to use the power of legal design

Creating visual columns about case law.

Explaining restructuring legislation to prospective clients

Visualising corporate governance policy

Creating a clear contract for an influencer agency

Creating a legal design platform and templates for a law firm

Publications / Speaking / Teaching

Various keynotes about Plain Contracting for companies.
'Competition Law and Legal Design' - Masters course at Utrecht University.
'Legal Design for Lawyers' - LegalPlanet course for lawyers.
Legal design and general counsel - GCN Conference 2018
ZegalCon 2018

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Patroon Legal Design B.V.
Hamerstraat 19-1
1021 JT Amsterdam

Patroon Legal Design B.V. is not a law firm and communications with the company are not protected by the attorney-client privilege. We cannot provide any kind of legal advice. Templates provided by Patroon are not customized for any particular client and are not a substitute for a lawyer.