Cathelijne Otte

Cathelijne advises, negotiates and, if necessary, litigates on all matters related to the lease and rental of commercial investment property such as office space, logistics or industrial property, retail space, restaurants, hotels, holiday parks, healthcare real estate, homes and undeveloped property.

Cathelijne has extensive experience in negotiating new lease agreements, for example, as part of a property transaction such as sale lease back or triple net, as well as new and redevelopment projects.

Her clients include investors, developers, retailers and other end users based in the Netherlands or abroad.

Cathelijne also supports her clients in other legal areas including:

• Qualification
• Deficiencies
• Renovation
• Maintenance
• Service charges
• Service
• Rent increase/decrease
• Subletting
• Alternative bidding
• Zoning plans
• Contract termination
• Contract dissolution
• Giving notice
• Eviction
• Substitution
• Contract transfer

Clients describe Cathelijne as knowledgeable, committed and determined. She quickly gets to the heart of the matter and persists until she has all the details so she can achieve the best possible results for her client. She also has an eye for underlying issues, which enables her to proactively support her clients where necessary to help them take their business operations to a higher level.

Cathelijne has been an attorney-at-law since 2008. Previously, she worked in property law groups at Stibbe, Simmons Simmons LLP and Pot Jonker Advocaten. She became partner at Legaltree on 1 September 2024.

• Dutch Association of Tenancy Lawyers (VHA)
• Dutch Association of Young Real Estate Lawyers (VJOJ)
• Regular contributor to the Dutch Journal of Commercial Tenancy Law (Tijdschrift voor Huurrecht Bedrijfsruimte)

• Association of Tenancy Law Lawyers – Postgraduate specialisation Tenancy law (with honours)
• VBR-A/IBR – Specialist course in Private Construction law
• Leiden University – Master's in Dutch civil law