Babette Blaisse

Advocaat, Lawyer, Partner

Babette Blaisse has been a lawyer for more than twenty years and is one of the partners at Pot Jonker Advocaten. Babette specialises in European procurement law, construction law and tenancy law. She additionally conducts a broader real estate practice, in which she is involved in, among other things, the new construction and sustainability of houses and office buildings, as well as the realisation of heat and cold storage systems, the drafting of supply agreements and the construction of heat networks. This regularly involves sale and purchase  transactions and the establishment of property rights such as leasehold and building rights. 

Babette started her career in 2002 at law firm Stibbe in Amsterdam, where she was a member of the real estate section until 2015. 

Babette is involved in the Sustainability, Nature and Environment sector group within Pot Jonker Advocaten.

Specialist expertise

  • (European) Tenders
  • (Building) Contracts (UAV, UAV-GC, DNR)
  • Tenancy law
  • Energy transition, Heat Act
  • Real Estate Development
  • Public / Private co-operation

Background and related activities

  • Member of the Supervisory Board Lucia Marthas Institute for Perfoming Arts
  • Teacher Procurement Law at the Law Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Teacher at the Institute for Construction Law
  • Guest Editor at the Dutch Journal of Construction Law (TBR)
  • INSEAD, Fontainebleau: MBA business course
  • Member of the Dutch Association of Procurement Law
  • Member of the Dutch Association of Construction Lawyers

Recommendation

"Babette Blaisse-Verkooijen is a litigation and real estate specialist, she goes the extra mile for her client and is realistic in her approach to a case."

Legal 500 - 2020

"Babette quickly gets to the heart of the case, has great analytical skills, is critical and practical. Babette quickly adapts, learns and also keeps an eye on the commercial interests."

Gretha Harms, legal counsel at Randstad

"Babette is very practical and proactive. But above all she quickly understands the business objectives of the company. [...] Babette is very clear in her communication. [...]. Then it's easier to get to the point."

Weng Chie Cheung, legal counsel at Q-Park