Pieter Colijn

Background

Pieter Colijn was born in 1954. His documented education and professional life are connected with the Netherlands, where he studied at Leyden University in the early 1980s.

Education

Leyden University is the name used in his record for Leiden University, a Dutch institution whose law faculty is one of the university's seven faculties and teaches across campuses in Leiden and The Hague. In the decades before his studies, Dutch legal education was reorganized: the Education Act of 1960 defined specialisms within law, and a master's degree could be taken in Dutch law, notarial law, or constitutional law.

The qualification listed in his record, candidate civil law notary, refers to the first stage of the Dutch notarial profession. A kandidaat-notaris works in a notary's office under the notary's responsibility, and the profession handles matters such as the transfer of real estate, company formation, wills, and nuptial agreements. His record links his 1983 studies at Leyden University with this qualification.

Career

Colijn practised as a lawyer and held the position of partner at Resident Associates.

In a law firm, a partner typically shares in the firm's ownership and helps direct its legal business, and the record places Colijn in this role within that practice.

References

• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer directory that listed the subject as a reputable lawyer.