Attorney-at-law

Specialisation

Christine van den Berg specialises in real estate more specifically construction law and tenancy law. In the field of construction law/general purpose real estate she is involved in drawing up and assessing contracts regarding the sale of immovable property, construction, project development and restructuring. She provides legal assistance in civil-law actions, disciplinary actions and arbitration proceedings, as well as giving advice in construction disputes.

In the field of tenancy law Christine assists her clients in preparing and assessing tenancy agreements, particularly in relation to commercial and residential properties. She provides advice or carries out procedures regarding renovation projects, annoyance issues, defects, dissolutions and evictions. In addition she conducts legal proceedings and deals with disputes in the field of tenancy law. Lastly she performs due diligence investigations and risk inventories.

Christine’s motto is: ‘my aim is to act quickly and pragmatically and provide quality services, always putting the client’s interests first’.

Work experience

From 2006 to 2012 Christine van den Berg was employed by the law firm Van den Herik & Verhulst Advocaten. At first she worked as a Salaried Partner and as head of the Real Estate practice group (Tenancy law, Construction law and Procurement law). In 2009 she was appointed shareholder/director, but she retained her position as Head of the Real Estate Practice Group. Earlier Christine was a lawyer with AKD Prinsen van Wijmen NV in Rotterdam for five years, where she worked in the Commercial Real Estate practice group, specializing in Tenancy Law and Construction Law. After she graduated in Dutch Law, she started her career with Schaap en Partners in Rotterdam.

Education

• Erasmus University Rotterdam (Dutch law)
• Post-graduate specialist course in Civil Construction Law
• Post-graduate specialist course in Tenancy Law
• Grotius specialist course in Real Estate Advanced Grotius specialist course in Real Estate
• Grotius course in European and Dutch Procurement Law
• Advanced Grotius specialist course in European and Dutch Procurement Law
• Professional Governance Masterclass

Memberships and ancillary positions

• Vereniging voor Huurrecht Advocaten (VHA) (Dutch Association of Landlord and Tenant Law Practitioners)
• Vereniging voor Bouwrecht-Advocaten (VBR-A) (Construction Lawyers Association)
• Vereniging voor Bouwrecht (Construction Association)
• Lecturer Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk, Van Diemen & Van Gestel, Insituut voor Juridische Opleidingen and the Wagner Group.

Christine is the chairman of the Supervisory Board of two housing associations. She has been a certified supervisor since 2012.

Areas of law

Christine has entered the following areas of law in the register of the Netherlands Bar Association:

• Civil law
• Civil procedural law
• Real estate law/construction law
• Tenancy law

Each calendar year ten training points in accordance with the standards of the Netherlands Bar Association must be collected under this registration.

Publications

Christine is the author of various articles, scientific and otherwise, on construction law and tenancy law.