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.
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)
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 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.
Corporate Law
6 January 2026
As of 1 January 2026, Tim de Vries has been appointed as a Salary Partner in the Corporate Law team at De Clercq Advocaten Notariaat. His appointment underscores the continued strengthening of the firm’s corporate law practice.
Real Estate & Government
22 December 2025
Following our earlier blog on the Opinion of the Advocate General at the Supreme Court regarding the question of whether the (potential) ability to obtain a higher rent constitutes an interest (within the meaning of Article 7:296(3) of the Dutch Civil Code) on the basis of which a lease agreement for 290-type commercial premises can be terminated, we now discuss the judgment of the Supreme Court.
Real Estate & Government
11 December 2025
Solar panels and other forms of sustainable roofing create additional weight and pressure on the structure of a building. Sometimes things go wrong and this additional weight causes damage to the building. Can the owner then hold the installer of the solar panels or the installer of the roofing liable for that damage? In two recent cases, the subdistrict court judge in Utrecht ruled: no, that is not possible. How future cases will be decided, however, depends on the circumstances.