Utrecht

Peter

Tennekes

Real estate and construction, Procedural law, European and international law, Procurement law

About Peter Tennekes

Peter Tennekes is a partner who works from the Utrecht office. Peter runs a civil law practice and heads the Real Estate & Construction practice group.

Within his practice, Peter is particularly active in the following areas of law: construction and procurement law, liability law, contract law, real estate law (especially rentals and purchases), international law and litigation.

For the first few years of his working career, Peter was a lawyer in Utrecht. At the end of 2008, he made the switch to business. His thinking behind this was to return to the legal profession at some point, where the experience gained in the business world would make him even better placed to assist companies as a lawyer. This makes him a stand-out lawyer within the legal profession. He knows better than most how things work inside a company. This means that he is good at communicating with business people, knows how companies operate when they are the opponent and is good at helping the judge to understand why a company makes certain choices. The latter is an important skill, as judges are often interested in precisely that aspect during hearings.

Peter has worked as a corporate lawyer at Ballast Nedam and as Head of Legal Affairs & Contract Management at Imtech Traffic & Infra (now Dynniq). After the investment company Egeria bought the healthy Imtech Traffic & Infra division from Royal Imtech's trustee, they asked Peter to set up that Legal Affairs & Contract Management department. Peter joined Van Diepen Van der Kroef after this assignment was over. Because of his success, Peter became a partner rather quickly.

Peter is married with a daughter and a son. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his children and does a lot of spinning and bicycle racing. Peter also likes watching football, so he can often be found at the football ground and on the sideline watching his footballer son, and he enjoys listening to podcasts and music.

Areas of law / specialisms

Real Estate & Construction
Litigation
European and international law
Public Procurement Law
Function
attorney, partner
Lawyer since
2005
Locations
Utrecht
languages
Dutch English French
Areas of law
Real estate and construction, Procedural law, European and international law, Procurement law

Education

  • Law at the University of Groningen (majoring in Private Law, graduating in Business)
  • Postgraduate professional training of the Netherlands Bar
  • Construction Law Summer School at the University of Cambridge
  • Various specialist courses to deepen knowledge and skills in construction and procurement law, but also in the other areas of law listed below

Examples of work

  • Conducting legal proceedings, for example in connection with a major recruitment dispute between two electrical contractors, the construction of a high school, the construction of a town hall, the construction of a hotel, the construction of a large block of flats, and various industrial construction and infrastructural works, and for a large travel organisation, but Peter can also often be found in court for procurement and tendering cases.
  • Advising and assisting various large and medium-sized companies (including combinations) on large infrastructural projects (both "wet" and "dry", such as roads, bridges, tunnels, lighting, locks, jetties, energy and rail, both in the contracting phase (including tenders) and in disputes, including court and arbitration proceedings).
  • Advising and assisting various large and medium-sized companies (including consortiums) in large residential and non-residential construction projects, both at the contracting stage (including tenders) and in disputes, including court and arbitration proceedings.
  • As regular lawyer, advising and assisting a major contractor in industrial construction, both at the national or international contracting stage and in disputes, including court and arbitration proceedings.
  • As regular lawyer, advising and assisting a real estate family, which owns and manages between EUR 100 million and EUR 200 million worth of real estate.
  • Advising on the conclusion of large IT contracts.
  • Advising on the construction of solar parks, including procurement law issues.
  • Advising and assisting various companies in concluding international building contracts and other contracts, such as the construction of a jetty in the Caribbean, the construction of several petrol stations in Belgium and the procurement of engineers and steel in Croatia).
  • Assisting with various acquisitions in the construction industry and their further completion, including acquisitions from bankruptcies.
  • Representing estate agents and private individuals in disputes concerning the purchase, sale or refurbishment of homes (including against the architect).

Memberships and ancillary activities

  • Dutch Corporate Lawyers' Society
  • Construction Law Association
  • Lecturer in Contracting for Buyers
  • Teacher of real estate agency training programme

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