Curriculum Vitae

Lawyer

Expertises

Family law
Inheritance law
Administrative law
Art law

Education

University Leiden
– Moot Court competition cum laude
University Utrecht (cum laude)

Languages

Dutch
English

Thijs Sarneel

Thijs Sarneel is specialised in family and inheritance law.

Thijs provides an analytical approach with a strong sense of purpose, efficiency and strategy, which allows him to quickly identify the heart of your problem, then find a suitable solution.

Within family law Thijs negotiates and litigates on behalf of his clients, among those often entrepreneurs and expats (or their partners). Doing so the emphasis is regularly on complex settlements, the division of companies and real estate and financial issues. In inheritance law Thijs is involved in the division of estates and family businesses, frequently in an international context.

Thijs contributed to the International Comparative Legal Guide – Family Law 2021 (Netherlands)

Because of his special interest in the art world, Thijs also regularly deals with matters in the field of art and law.

Netherlands Bar – register of legal practice areas
Thijs Sarneel has registered the following legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):

  • Family law

This registration obliges him to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

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18 January 2021

The position of stepchildren in inheritance law (part I)

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27 July 2011

Regime of general community of property Part 3: Compensation rights

As per 1 January 2012, a legislative proposal on general community of goods and property takes effect, as announced in my previous weblogs (Part 1 and Part 2). 

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21 July 2011

Regime of general community of property Part 2: Reference date

As per 1 January 2012,  legislative proposal on general community of property regime takes effect, as announced in my previous weblog.

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