Jaap has been practicing law since 2000. After studying at the University of Utrecht and an LLM program at the University of Nijmegen, Jaap acquired extensive experience with international transactions at Clifford Chance (Amsterdam, Warsaw and London) and EY Law, focusing primarily on corporate, real estate and finance transactions and regulatory advice.
In addition, Jaap has worked 5 years as head legal of a Dutch bank going through a major restructuring. The inhouse experience combined with doing corporate and real estate transactions in various parts of the world, provide extra edge that enable Jaap to close transactions successfully.