Source Zuidas Amsterdam Development OfficeZUIDAS
Then & Now
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This beautiful aerial photograph
was taken in the 1970s and shows a
view of Zuidas looking south-east. In
those days, the Prinses Irenebuurt
and Buitenveldert neighbourhoods
were bisected by Zuidelijke
Wandelweg, a road that divided two
polders with a height difference of
1.5 metres. Encircled by poplars
and stands of willow trees, this was
a beloved corner of Amsterdam
for well over forty years. During
the construction of Buitenveldert
(top right), the road was sanded
over. Area development began
with the academic hospital on De
Boelelaan in 1960, followed in 1961
by the RAI’s Europahal (top left).
The rest of the road was swallowed
up by the A10 south motorway,
which opened in 1981 and whose
contours are already visible
here. To the right is a patchwork
of sports pitches. The lighter
area on the left is now the WTC
Amsterdam. In the lower left corner
is the Roman Catholic cemeter y in
Buitenveldert. The road running
from left to right across the centre
of the photo is Parnassusweg, with
Beethovenstraat parallel above it.- 53
LEGALLEGAL NEWS
DENTONS LAUNCHES LEGAL CONSULTANCY
WITH OVER 50 FORMER GENERAL COUNSELS
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, which also acquired Boekel as of 1 April this year,
recently introduced Nextlaw In-House Solutions: a strategic consultancy offering advisor y
ser vices to in-house counsels. More than fifty former general counsels from around the globe
were recruited for Dentons’ new enterprise, which will advise legal departments on a wide
spectrum of issues, from cost management to compliance issues, to the implementation of
new technologies. Nextlaw In-House Solutions will also offer interim in-house support to legal
teams when and as needed.FRESHFIELDS NEW PARTNER REMUNERATION MODEL TOPS OUT AT £3M
As of 1 May next year, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will be revising its remuneration system
for partners. From that moment, all partners will be judged according to the same criteria,
including performance and profitability. This will widen the gap of pay difference between
partners, with star performers potentially able to earn up to 3 million British pounds - six
times the salar y of bottom-rung partners. The new remuneration model also applies to the
Amsterdam office. This follows in the wake of modest changes to their lockstep systems,
previously announced by Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Allen & Over y.CMS FIRST DUTCH LAW
FIRM TO USE WATSON
CMS used the opening of its new office
in Zuidas as an chance to share recent
strides in legal tech with the rest of the
world. Most notably, not long ago CMS
became the first Dutch law firm to employ
IBM’s self-learning supercomputer,
Watson. IBM Watson offers CMS an
artificial intelligence tool that may one
day be able to take over some of the work
as yet done by lawyers. An initial pilot
with the software is already underway in
the firm’s labour law practice, according
to Katja van Kranenburg, partner and
project trailblazer at CMS, who calls this
opportunity to experiment with Watson a
‘no brainer’.Source: advocatie.nlTHE NEW AMSTERDAM COURT BY KAAN ARCHITECTEN