"My specialist fields are corporate law and partnership law. Including contract law, corporate acquisition and insolvency law. All involving highly complex legislation. The more complex, the more businesses need assistance. You could say I make a living out of the complexity of trading.
In my practice I prefer preventing problems to resolving them. Preventing a problem means that I have protected my client from mistakes and problems. To do this I need to be able to understand my client's business and imagine myself in his position and I believe these are my greatest strengths. In business terms this has clear advantages: preventing problems for my clients ensures that my clients lead me to new clients. They like the fact that I explain matters clearly and tell them where the pitfalls lie; and they pass this on.
Contracts are central to my work. If you record agreements correctly you know exactly what you're getting into in the event that a conflict arises. And the person with whom the conflict has arisen knows that too. That's why I start every new matter by making a list of all the important issues. Then I choose the right construction to deal with each issue. I do this by listening attentively to my client and thinking myself into his situation. The contract has to fit his situation and wishes perfectly. It's like making a tailor-made Italian suit. This way, many court proceedings can be avoided and if it ever does turn out to be necessary to go to court my client will have a much stronger position.
I started out as an attorney in January 1998, I was hired because they were looking for someone with excellent command of both the English and the German language. That is why I always had clients from both English and German speaking countries. I joined ‘SMART Advocaten’ as a partner in January 2010. Before I joined ‘SMART Advocaten’ I worked as deputy judge for a while. An exciting and enriching opportunity for a lawyer, but for me the role doesn't have enough personal involvement with the people concerned. As a lawyer acting for companies and individuals, I enjoy the personal involvement and the interaction that form part of the profession. Standing next to someone and thinking up solutions together and getting matters sorted out properly, for me those are the things that make my profession the best profession there is."
Martijn de Schepper has more than 14 years of experience in legal practice, including more than 13 years as an attorney. He was also a judge for a time. In 2006 he successfully completed the specialist training "Insolvency law for insolvency practitioners" and in December 2007 he completed the Grotius training course in Partnership Law and Corporate Law with an equally successful result.
His roles outside work have included, to mention but a few: formerly a member of the committee for objection notices and ombudsman matters in Eindhoven and currently a member of the successor objection notices committee as chairman of the public order assembly. In addition, Martijn De Schepper has served as a city councillor in Eindhoven and carried out various roles within the political party D66, including chairman of the Eindhoven local branch and the De Kempen local branch. He was also chairman of the customer committee for Waalre district council and of the works council for the law firm where he trained and is currently chairman of the Image Culture foundation and a member of the board of the Eindhoven Legal Society.
Martijn de Schepper is registered as an attorney with the Dutch Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten). See here.
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