Petra Heemskerk

Practice Areas

Petra Heemskerk is an experienced lawyer and Head of our Real Estate and Construction Practice Group. She has broad experience in European Law and Procurement Law. She is the lead partner of the mobility sector group, which focuses on public transport, logistics, automotive and infrastructure. Her mobility sector group has a broad expertise in a wide range of mobility related aspects as sustainability, privacy issues, competition law challenges, contracting new city concepts, smart contracts and blockchain.

In the field of procurement law, Petra assists both contracting authorities and tendering companies. She focuses on the preventive assessment of tender processes, co-editing of tender documents and also represents clients in tendering disputes. In addition, she advises on public-private partnerships.

Clients include Qbuzz, NS, Royal BAM Group, Centric, Strukton, IBM and IVU.

Career

Joined CMS in 2006. Partner since 2010. Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice Group since 2022.

Professional Memberships

• Chairman of the Dutch Association for Procurement Law

• Judge at the court of Rotterdam

• Member of the supervisory Board of Equipe Zorgbedrijven

Personal

Languages: English, Dutch

Education