Eversheds Sutherland’s global co-head of intellectual property Thera Adam van Straaten has been the firm’s Dutch office senior partner since May of this year. She is also the co-head of its global intellectual property practice.

In this interview, she reflects on the trajectory to becoming a managing partner within a global law firm, the defining moments of her career, her thoughts on the topics of the day – such as whether vaccinations should be mandatory – and how she plans to build the Eversheds brand in the Netherlands.