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About us

Plus One Legal is a boutique law firm based in Amsterdam, run by a small team of legal professionals with a clear focus on events, music, entertainment, media, art, and culture.
We provide legal services to creative clients, because that’s where our passion lies: supporting and enabling creativity.
Always in search of goosebump moments while enjoying all the beauty life has to offer.

We are part of a hybrid and experienced network of like-minded professionals across various disciplines, including other legal areas, tax law, accountancy, financial services, insurance, and trademark & design registration.

This allows us to fully and effectively support our clients, both in the Netherlands and internationally.

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  • Events

    • Events & Festivals

      • The Beastie Boys were right: you have to fight for your right to party. We serve many festival and event promotors, clubs, venues, locations, suppliers and production companies. We draft and negotiate agreements related to the organization, production, promotion and exploitation of events, such as:

    • Agreements

      • - Location agreements
      - Cooperation agreements
      - License agreements
      - Master service agreements
      - Production agreements
      - Supplier agreements
      - Hosting agreements
      - Sponsor and partner agreements
      - General terms and conditions of purchase
      - Terms and conditions for visitors
      - Privacy statement and GDPR agreements
      - House rules

    • Intellectual Property

      • In addition, we provide advise and services related to intellectual property (e.g. concepts, brands and design), business structure, negotiations and conflicts with collection societies (copyrights, neighbouring rights), including litigation.

    • Legal courses and workshops

      • Upon request, we provide tailor made inhouse legal courses and workshops on the legal aspects of festival and event organizing.

  • Music

    • Legal courses and workshops

      • Upon request, we provide tailor made in-house legal courses and workshops on copyrights and neighbouring rights related to music.

    • Music

      • For the love of music. We represent many artists and DJs in different genres, both superstars and upcoming talents. In addition we serve management and booking agencies as well as independent record labels, platforms and publishers. We draft and negotiate agreements related to the production and exploitation of music, such as:

    • Agreements

      • - Artist, title and recording agreements
      - Distribution and platform agreements
      - License agreements
      - Master purchase agreements
      - Producer agreements
      - Mixer and remixer agreements
      - Full rights agreements
      - Publishing agreements
      - Deed of assignment
      - Synchronization agreements
      - Management agreements
      - Booking agreements
      - Performance agreements
      - Agency agreements
      - Merchandise agreements
      - Sponsor, branding and endorsement agreements
      - Podcast agreements

    • Intellectual Property

      • We provide advise and services related to intellectual property (e.g. copyrights, neighbouring rights, trade names, trademarks and design), portrait and image rights, music rights and business structure, clearances, (sound) sampling, plagiarism, reversion of rights (back-catalogue), artist estates, collection societies (copyrights and neighbouring righs), including litigation.

  • Arts and Culture

    • Arts & Culture

      • Next to events and music, we serve clients in the field of arts & culture, such as museums, designers (e.g. graphic, web, industrial, light and stage), photographers, video producers, VJs and street artists.

    • Agreements

      • - License agreements
      - Deed of assignment
      - Production agreements
      - Sponsor and partner agreements
      - General terms and conditions of purchase
      - Terms and conditions for visitors
      - Privacy statement and GDPR agreements
      - House rules

  • Media

    Our people

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    Martijn Diepenhorst

    Partner Plus One Legal, Administrative Law and Permitting for Events and Media

    Forget Saul. Martijn Diepenhorst is the go-to lawyer when it comes to permits for events and festivals.
    Better call Martijn - he is Legal advisor to a wide range of music festivals and events in the Netherlands, from household names to emerging initiatives.

    Martijn also advises media organizations on the permits required for on-location filming of television and film productions, access to public government information, and subsidy regulations.

    He is a no-nonsense, hands-on advisor who supports our clients with dedication in their legal dealings with government authorities.

    A lawyer since 2005, Martijn brings over twelve years of experience in permit procedures and administrative law for events, festivals, and media. He works in close collaboration with a broad network of trusted, specialized advisors across all relevant fields related to event permitting.

    Memberships:
    Dutch Society on Administrative Law (VAR)

    Bjorn Schipper

    Partner at Plus One Legal, Media & Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property

    Bjorn Schipper was, so to speak, born and raised on the dancefloor.
    Since 2001, he has been a dedicated and passionate entertainment lawyer, specializing in intellectual property law.
    It’s no coincidence that Amsterdam’s former Night Mayor once called him the “Nightlife Laywer.”

    Bjorn wrote his thesis on copyright protection for turntable art.In a groundbreaking case concerning equitable remuneration for playing commercial phonograms at dance events, he represented dance organizers before the Dutch Supreme Court – and even played a white-label Italo track during his oral argument.

    He is also co-founder of The Nightlife Clerks, an informal network of like-minded professionals committed to nightlife culture.
    Bjorn is a sought-after speaker, panelist, host, and lecturer in the fields of media, entertainment, and intellectual property law.

    Board positions:
    Member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Nachtburgemeester Amsterdam (Night Mayor Foundation)
    Board Member of the Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia en -Festivals (Dutch Association of Music Venues and Festivals – VNPF)
    Board Member of Stichting Motel Mozaïque (MOMO, Rotterdam)
    Board Member of Stichting Hotmamahot
    Former Member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Streetlab

    Memberships:
    International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL)
    Dutch Copyright Association (VvA)
    Dutch Association for Media and Communication Law (VMC)

    Plus One Legal zoekt een student-stagiair(e) bestuursrecht

    Start: startdatum is flexibel vanaf Januari 2026
    Duur: minimaal 2 maanden, 3-5 dagen per week
    (duur en aantal dagen in overleg)
    Locatie: A-Lab Overhoeksplein 2, Amsterdam

    Ben jij een rechtenstudent met een interesse in het bestuursrecht en omgevingsrecht? Lijkt het je interessant om te leren hoe vergunningen voor festivals en evenementen werken? Dan hebben wij een unieke stageplek voor jou!

    WIE ZIJN WIJ?

    Plus One Legal is een boutique advocatenkantoor dat bestaat uit een sectie intellectueel eigendom en een sectie bestuursrecht, waarmee een totaalpakket voor cliënten in de muziek- en evenementenindustrie wordt geboden. Als stagiair(e) draai je mee in een klein, betrokken team waarbij je kennis maakt met de toepassing van het bestuurs- en omgevingsrecht in een dynamische en maatschappelijk relevante sector.

    WIE BEN JIJ?

    - Je volgt een universitaire studie rechten
    - Je bevindt je in de afrondende fase van je bachelor, bij voorkeur ben je al gestart met een master bestuursrecht.
    - Je hebt aantoonbare interesse in het bestuursrecht, met name in het omgevingsrecht.
    - Affiniteit met- of kennis van de muziekindustrie is een pré.
    - Je bent vanaf september of oktober beschikbaar.

    WAT BIEDEN WIJ?

    - De kans om te leren over het proces van vergunningsaanvragen.
    - De mogelijkheid om je te verdiepen in bestuursrecht in de praktijk.
    - Een inspirerende werkplek in hartje Amsterdam.
    - Kennismaking met de evenementenbranche, inclusief daarbij passende uitjes.
    - De kans om de mogelijkheden als jurist of advocaat binnen de kunst- en cultuursector te ontdekken.
    - Een heerlijke lunch en een passende stagevergoeding.

    Bij Plus One streven we ernaar een organisatie te zijn die kansen biedt, waarbij diversiteit hoog in het vaandel staat.
    Mocht je niet aan alle criteria voldoen maar wél enthousiast zijn, schroom dan niet om contact op te nemen zodat we kunnen bespreken wat er mogelijk is.

    Stuur je cv en een korte motivatie naar [email protected]

    Wij zijn doorlopend op zoek naar stagiaires. Zoek je een stage voor later in het jaar?
    Solliciteer vooral en we zoeken een startdatum in overleg.

    Heb je een Spotify-playlist die jouw vibe perfect vangt? Stuur die vooral mee! Wij zijn benieuwd naar jou én je muziekstijl.