Corporate news
16.10.2026
NautaDutilh is launching Bluefield, its in-house approach to developing and deploying technology around the firm’s core client work and reshaping its legal service delivery in an AI-enabled world. At the same time, Elgar Weijtmans joins as AI & Innovation Partner and Niels de Jong as AI & Innovation Lead. They both join the firm on 1 November.

Bluefield brings lawyers and software engineers together in the same teams. They will develop solutions based on needs they see in day-to-day legal work. By bringing technology closer to the work itself, the firm can develop solutions tailored to the legal and business challenges clients face.

Bluefield complements the leading AI solutions already used across the firm. The platform will use NautaDutilh’s own data and operate within the firm’s security and confidentiality standards. Of course, lawyers remain responsible for client work. While technology changes the way in which we deliver our services, our lawyers’ creativity, review and judgement remain central to how we help our clients succeed.

Partners Jinne van Belle, Sybren de Beurs and Marc Orval will spearhead the development of Bluefield together with Elgar Weijtmans and Niels de Jong. Elgar Weijtmans will lead the team, while Niels de Jong will be responsible for the engineering work.

“Clients expect the highest quality legal advice, supported by technology that is relevant to the work we do for them. Bluefield brings our legal and technology expertise closer together. We are very happy that Elgar Weijtmans and Niels de Jong are joining the firm. With their expertise and commitment, we are strengthening our ability to turn ideas into practical solutions for clients.”
Sandra Spek, Managing Director of NautaDutilh
“I am very pleased to be returning to NautaDutilh, where I started my legal career. What drew me back is NautaDutilh’s combination of exceptional legal talent, a genuine clients first mindset and the ambition to keep innovating. The biggest opportunities in legal AI are close to the work itself. Bluefield gives us the opportunity to bring lawyers and engineers together around real legal questions and build solutions that make a practical difference for clients.”
Elgar Weijtmans, AI & Innovation Partner at NautaDutilh.
“There is so much happening in AI right now, and new opportunities for legal work are emerging every day. With Bluefield and Elgar and Niels joining the firm, we can explore those possibilities hands-on and put them to work on the complex matters and developments that matters most to our clients.”
Sybren de Beurs, Corporate M&A partner who co-heads the development of Bluefield.

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