Duet advocaten B.V.

Construction and public procurement

Zara advises and represents parties in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. She advises on and litigates a wide range of procurement and construction law matters, both in the preparation of procurement procedures and during project execution. Zara focuses, among other things, on guiding large and complex construction projects, such as the PALLAS Reactor in Petten, the renovation of the Amsterdam Museum, the development of an integrated child centre (ICC) at the Food Center site in Amsterdam, the renovation of Lelylaan railway station and the wastewater treatment plant in ’s-Hertogenbosch.

In addition to drafting and reviewing traditional construction contracts based on UAV and UAV-GC, she also drafts contracts involving advanced forms of collaboration, such as two-phase contracts (including construction teams), alliances and various Cost+ contracts (including NEC4 and FIDIC). She is also part of the drafting group for the Cost+ model agreement.

Zara is a lecturer at Conducto Training Procurement & Purchasing and an author of the SDU Commentary on Property Law. She also regularly publishes in Pont | Climate on sustainability.

Before Zara became a lawyer at Duet advocaten in 2024, she was a construction and procurement law lawyer at Croon advocaten (2021-2023).  Zara has also worked as a construction and procurement law lawyer (2020-2021) and real estate transaction lawyer (2018-2022) at Houthoff.

Dutch and English

Zara is a member of the  Dutch Association for Procurement Law (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Aanbestedingsrecht), the Association of Construction Lawyers (Vereniging voor Bouwrecht Advocaten) and the Association of Young Real Estate Lawyers (Vereniging van Jonge Onroerend goed Juristen).

Zara has a Dutch Law degree.