Legal & Compliance
that works.

Clear Assessment, Practical Solutions,
Fast Execution.

Founded by Dries Duijnstee in 2026, DF Advisory helps organizations build legal and compliance capabilities that accelerate decisions, reduce risk, and enable growth.

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About Dries

Dries Duijnstee

"Combining board-level expertise with hands-on execution, I bring clarity and stability in situations that demand speed and sound judgment."

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Years experience

I am a senior legal & compliance leader with 25+ years of experience across Europe, Africa and Asia, including extended time living in South Africa and China.

I bridge law, governance, and business strategy to help organisations navigate growth, transformation, and high-stakes decisions with confidence.

I have led legal and compliance teams in healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and consumer sectors — supporting scale-ups, multinational corporates, and private equity.

My background includes executive leadership roles, serving as board secretary and operating at C‑level during periods of rapid change.

My approach is pragmatic and outcome-driven: clear assessments, practical solutions with real impact, and rapid implementation without unnecessary complexity.

Career highlights:

  • ● Chief Legal Officer at Versuni (formerly Philips Domestic Appliances)
  • ● Head of Legal at Philips — Amsterdam, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Eindhoven
  • ● European Legal Counsel at NavTeq
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Services

01

Interim General Counsel

I build and transform legal and compliance capabilities with stability and strategic direction, creating a future-proof function that reduces risk, improves efficiency and supports business growth.

  • ● Assess legal risk and capability - identify gaps, prioritise risks, and address immediate issues.
  • ● Shape a right-sized, cost-effective function that aligns with business needs.
  • ● Leverage AI and optimise processes to shorten turnaround times, provide real-time insight, and reduce manual work.
  • ● Enhance governance and compliance with clear roles, reporting structures, and decision-making frameworks that accelerate execution.
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Senior Interim Counsel

I provide immediate support where legal capabilities are stretched – delivering rapid onboarding and decisive execution to keep the business moving.

  • ● Drive complex high value projects to completion with effective contracting and deal execution.
  • ● Manage external counsel and litigation to ensure efficiency, cost control and strong results.
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Compliance Architecture & Crisis Response

I create practical, coherent frameworks that reduce risk, are straightforward to implement and establish clear lines of defence.

  • ● Deploy clear rules and governance foundations that everyone can follow.
  • ● Deliver targeted training that cuts through complexity and makes compliance easy to do.
  • ● Set up a speak-up process that people trust and actually use.
  • ● Partner with management in a crisis, conduct investigations, and drive remediation for continuous improvement.
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Works Council Matters

With many years' experience as company-side director for Works Council matters, I guide management through Dutch Works Council processes during organisational change and transformation.

  • ● Shape clear, honest communication that builds trust.
  • ● Take a "first-time-right" approach to ensure compliance while keeping momentum.

Who I Work With

High-growth scale-ups and technology companies

Building legal capability without slowing the business.

Organizations in transformation

Enabling the legal function to move fast and help lead the change.

Companies relying heavily on external counsel

Bringing high-value work in-house for better oversight and cost efficiency.

Businesses expanding into emerging markets

Supported by on-the-ground experience.

Why DF Advisory

Senior expertise without long-term cost

GC-level capability and leadership, delivered flexibly, and supported by smart use of AI.

Transformation that works in practice

No theoretical consulting – I design, implement, and embed solutions that stick.

Speed, clarity, and stability

I get the picture quickly and move change forward without slowing the business.

A proven track record of professionalising legal

Building functions that meet investor expectations and support value creation.

Get in touch

Interested in working together? I'm happy to discuss how I can help your organization.

+31 6 27 13 12 69
+31 6 27 13 12 69
dries.duijnstee@outlook.com
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands