Real Estate: Leading Notaries
Netherlands
12 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Cynthia de Witt Wijnen
Europe 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by NewGround Law
Europe
Practice Areas
Cynthia de Witt Wijnen specialises in advising international property clients on commercial transactions involving hotels, offices, retail centres, and logistics hubs. She plays a key role in major transactions within the Dutch property market, including the EUR 566 million acquisition of BOOKING.COM’s HQ, the EURO 180 million purchase of Amsterdam’s Terrace Tower, and a EUR 245+ million logistics portfolio acquisition for HansaInvest. She also advised among others on the EUR 260 million purchase of a luxury five-star hotel in Amsterdam.
Representing leading institutional investors, government bodies, developers, sovereign wealth funds, and family investment firms, Cynthia de Witt Wijnen is valued for her exceptional negotiation skills, deep real estate expertise, and commercial acumen.
Career
Prior to co-founding NewGround Law, Cynthia was partner at Baker & McKenzie. She also worked for a women’s rights organization with the United Nations in New York. Cynthia started her career in 1993 with De Brauw. In 2015, she was sworn in as an assigned civil-law notary by the District Court of Amsterdam. In August 2020, Cynthia was sworn in as a civil-law notary.
Professional Memberships
Member Board of Trustees of Naturalis Biodiversity Center Netherlands
Member Board of Trustees Japanmuseum SieboldHuis Leiden
Chambers Review
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Chambers European Guide
Real Estate: Leading Notaries - Netherlands
Band 3
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
She is a very experienced and professional notary who fights for the client.
Real Estate: Leading NotariesChambers European GuideCynthia manages her team extremely professionally whilst also keeping in mind the needs and requirements of the client.
Real Estate: Leading NotariesChambers European GuideCynthia de Witt Wijnen is a very talented professional with very good human relationships.
Real Estate: Leading NotariesChambers European GuideCynthia de Witt Wijnen is a very sophisticated and knowledgeable notary.
Real Estate: Leading NotariesChambers European Guide
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