Curriculum Vitae

Lawyer / associate partner

Expertises

General contract law
Administrative law
Construction law
Neighbour law
Tenancy law
Debt collection
Purchase and sale of real estate (including complex transactions)
VvE law

Education

Civil law, Leiden University
Tenancy law specialist training Association of Lease Lawyers (VHA)

Memberships

Member of the Association of Rental Law Lawyers (VHA)
Flat Lawyers Association
Real Estate Table, Sociëteit De Witte, The Hague (chairman)
Real Estate Society Haaglanden

Ancillary activities

Lecturer/speaker at various clients and events

Publications

“Temporary substitute accommodation and other arrangements when work is carried out on the leased property”, Journal of Tenancy Law In Practice, no 6, October 2014
Various weblogs on www.gmw.nl and Real Estate Journal
“Leading Lawyer Rental Law”, Rental Law Journal, Academy of Legal Practice, June 2016 and June 2019

Languages

Dutch
English
French
German
Spanish

Marie-Christine Veltkamp-van Paassen

Marie-Christine Veltkamp-van Paassen is an experienced real estate lawyer.

She has been active since 1998 in the field of tenancy law, purchase/sale of real estate, administrative law and construction law.

Marie-Christine is a member of the Association of Lease Lawyers (VHA) and deals with complex issues, both in terms of residential as well as business premises law. Her practice further focuses on real estate and general contract law. Marie-Christine also gives lectures and courses in the field of tenancy law in which the day by day experiences of her audience is placed central. She acts on behalf of housing associations, municipalities, the catering industry, medium and large enterprises and individuals. She combines strong analytical skills with a resolute approach.

Netherlands Bar – register of legal practice areas
Marie-Christine Veltkamp-van Paassen has registered the following legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):

General practice
Tenancy law

This registration obliges her to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

Get in touch with Marie-Christine

+31 (0)70 7101140

+31 (0) 6 39113895

m.veltkamp@gmw.nl

Articles

4 September 2024

What is the value of common property in a Homeowners Association?

It's not an uncommon situation: a member of the Homeowners Association (HOA) expands their garden or rooftop terrace beyond the boundaries of their private section and later asks the HOA to legalize this change.

28 August 2024

What can a landlord do against administrative enforcement?

Recently, six important rulings were published by the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State, clarifying when administrative enforcement is possible against a landlord.

20 May 2024

To what extent is the requirement that residential accommodation is the primary place of residence mandatory for contractual joint tenancy?

Most tenancy agreements for residential accommodation include the requirement that the accommodation is the primary residence.

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