Tim de Vries

Tim de Vries

Salary Partner

Corporate Law

Tim guides entrepreneurs and investors and provides them with advice on a range of issues they deal with on a daily basis. He takes a flexible, pragmatic and solution-oriented approach to his work.

Tim is a motivated attorney with a keen eye for detail. The comprehensive experience he has gained through a wide variety of transactions give Tim an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge on M&A processes, and on the drafting, reviewing and negotiation of contracts. When it comes to handling disputes, Tim provides his client with a clear, realistic assessment of their position in readily comprehensible language. He is an experienced dealmaker and negotiator.

Education

Grotius Academy – postgraduate specialist course in Company and Liability

Leiden University – Law (Master’s degree in Corporate Law)

Leiden University – Public Administration (Master’s degree in Crisis and Safety Management)

Career

Tim joined De Clercq in 2014 and has been an attorney since January 2015. During his studies, Tim worked in the funeral industry, completed several internships, and worked as a PADI diving instructor in St. Maarten for several months.

Tim’s daily practice

Tim focuses both nationally and internationally on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, business succession, management buy-ins and buy-outs and joint ventures in a wide range of sectors. He also provides advice on establishing structures and restructuring, strategic collaborations between shareholders and partners, drafting and reviewing commercial and other contracts, and a wide variety of issues that entrepreneurs and investors encounter on a daily basis. Tim regularly handles conflicts within companies, such as disputes between shareholders, directors or partners, and advises and litigates in matters concerning liability in general and directors’ liability specifically.

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The latest developments

Real Estate & Government

Penalty clause in NVM contracts is less often fully awarded

28 April 2026

The standard Nederlandse Vereniging van Makelaars (NVM) residential purchase agreement provides that if one of the parties fails to comply with its obligations under the agreement, the other party may terminate (rescind) the contract. The defaulting party must first be given formal notice of default. Upon termination of the agreement, the defaulting party will generally forfeit a penalty of 10% of the purchase price.

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Corporate Law

The explanation of technical requirements in procurement tenders

17 April 2026

Last month, we successfully represented a contracting authority in summary proceedings before the District Court of The Hague. The central question was whether a delivered machine complied with the knock-out requirements set out in the tender. However, beneath this lay a more fundamental legal question: how does the court interpret technical requirements?

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Real Estate & Government

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has held that a 3% rent uplift clause may be unfair, and that the landlord must demonstrate that the increase is necessary

15 April 2026

At the end of 2024, the Supreme Court held that an indexation clause providing for an annual 3% increase in the rent under a lease agreement is, in general, not unfair. I previously wrote a blog on this topic: A rent increase clause with an annual 3% uplift is generally not unfair.
 

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