His practice covers the full range of dispute resolution and advice with an accent on contracts (public and private), letters of intent, joint ventures, governance, directors' liability, boardroom counseling, conflict of laws (private international law); international administrative and employment law.Edgar has authored publications on various areas of the law, in particular on private international law, and lectures at Euroforum on the subject of international commercial contracts, at HvA on legal management and is an editor of the business law journal Juridisch-up-to-Date and Kluwer Real Estate. He studied law and European law at the University of Leiden and has been an attorney and trial lawyer since 1989.Edgar has been President of the Adviescommissie Regelgeving, an advisory committee to the Board of the Dutch Bar Asssociation. He was head of the management team of Smithuijsen Winters & De Vries and he was responsible for the corporate section of his firm. Skills: strategy, creativity, solution oriented. Making complicated things simple, assurance. Able to identify underlying problem. Acted in several responsibilities: attorney-at-law, boardroom counsel, leading practice group, CEO law firm. Fact based with an open eye for change and for people.

Personal: independence, trust and strong sense for main and side issues. People oriented. Inspiring and empowering people to achieve better results. Strong collaboration skills (people, society, companies, institutions). Affinity with relationship building and vision on market positioning and market development.Legal specialisms: Contracts, Joint Ventures, Strategy, Governance, Directors' liability, Private International Law (Conflict of Laws), International Administrative & Employment LawAs a co-founder and general counsel of OPERATIE NL, Edgar is responsible for its legal affairs and ensures that OPERATIE NL can rapidly expand its projects and sustain long term growth in the project development market.