Mrs Katinka Verdurmen > act Fort Advocaten > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

act Fort Advocaten
Teniersstraat 1
1071 DX Amsterdam
Netherlands

Work Department

Franchise / Real Estate

Position

Managing Partner

Career

Katinka Verdurmen advises, negotiates and litigates on the leasing of commercial space, agreements between franchisors and franchisees, franchise disputes and the structuring of franchise organisations.
Katinka represents numerous large domestic and foreign retailers, project developers, investors, franchisors and franchisees.

She is an editor-in-chief of the trade publications Tijdschrift voor Huurrecht Bedrijfsruimte and Selectie & Essentie Huurrecht, and a lecturer at the Real Estate Business School.

Katinka Verdurmen has been ranked as a leading individual since 2018 in the  EMEA edition of the Legal500 in the section Industry Focus “Retail”.

She has also been recommended in the Real Estate section since 2018.

Languages

English, Dutch

Memberships

Katinka Verdurmen is member of the Leasing Practioners Association.

Education

 

 

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Industry focus: retail

(Leading individuals)

Katinka Verdurmenact Fort Advocaten

Real estate and corporate advice form the key pillars of act Fort Advocaten‘s retail practice, which covers transactional matters, franchising, employment issues and disputes. Members of the team act for clients in the food and household goods sectors, in addition to investors with holdings in the retail sector. Practice co-head and managing partner Katinka Verdurmen handles both transactional and contentious real estate transactions and leases, and acts for both franchisors and franchisees on franchise agreements. Petrol sector specialist Dirk van den Berg co-heads the team, handling leasing matters for retailers.

Netherlands > Real estate

Specialists in corporate and real estate law, act Fort Advocaten is known for its work in the retail, hotel and leisure segments. The practice handles both contentious and non-contentious issues, and is jointly led by Pieter Twaalfhoven, Katinka Verdurmen, Dirk van den Berg and Mirre Vermeer, who excel in a broad range of real estate matters. Asmara Kalter assists the team with civil real estate law issues and commercial contracts.