AMSTERDAM – 10 Jan. 2022 – The Amsterdam office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Real Estate Practice with the addition of Karen Hilwerda. Her move follows the office’s recent addition of Robert Hardy to its Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Practice.
“Karen’s arrival is another significant step in the expansion of our Real Estate Practice and the continued development of the Amsterdam team overall. We look forward to additional strategic growth in 2022,” Amsterdam Co-Managing Partners Cees van Oevelen and Thomas van der Vliet said.
“We are delighted with Karen’s arrival. Her focus on representing national and international institutional investors, real estate funds, developers, governments, and end-users is very much in line with our practice and our strategy of building teams with experienced professionals,” Amsterdam Real Estate Practice Chair David van Dijk said.
“Greenberg Traurig’s international profile, its offering of wide-ranging disciplines to provide clients with optimal advice, and the firm’s tremendous drive are all reasons why the move to Greenberg Traurig is a logical choice for me,” Hilwerda said.
Hilwerda, whose practice centers on real estate transactions, commercial leasing, and project development, joins the firm as an associate. She earned her LL.M. in Private Law, her LL.B. in Dutch Law, and her LL.B. in Notarial Law from the University of Amsterdam.
About Greenberg Traurig's Real Estate Practice: The Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Practice is a cornerstone of the firm and recognized leader in the industry. The firm’s real estate attorneys deliver diversified and comprehensive counsel for property acquisition and investment, development, management and leasing, financing, restructuring, and disposition of all asset classes of real estate. The team draws upon the knowledge and experience of more than 450 real estate lawyers from around the world, serving clients from key markets in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The group’s clientele includes a broad range of property developers, lenders, investment managers, private equity funds, REITs, and private owners. The firm’s real estate team advises clients on a variety of matters across a broad spectrum of commercial, recreational, and residential real estate, including structured equity and debt and the hybrids.
About Greenberg Traurig Amsterdam: Greenberg Traurig Amsterdam is an integrated part of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, an international law firm with more than 2,300 lawyers, tax consultants, and civil-law notaries and 40 offices worldwide.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2,300 attorneys in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 25 on the Am Law Global 100. The firm is net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage and Mansfield Rule 4.0 Plus Certified. Web: www.gtlaw.com