Eggo Jan joined Bird & Bird, The Hague in 2004. He studied civil law at the University of Leiden and has a post academic degree in corporate litigation. In legal practice he has more than 15 years of experience, having worked for Houthoff Buruma and the state advocate's practice of Pels Rijcken Droogleever Fortuijn previously.

Eggo Jan is head of the litigation department of Bird & Bird in The Netherlands and specialises in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration. He is experienced in handling complex liability matters (including product liability) and advises on insurance and public procurement law. He has acted on disputes for many national and international clients, including several insurance, telecommunications and IT companies and public authorities.

Eggo Jan is a member of the Dutch Associations for Procedural Law, Corporate Litigation, Procurement Law and Advertisement Law. He is fluent in Dutch, English and French.