Merel Gerritse has worked as an attorney-at-law in the Planning and Environmental Law practice group since 2025. She specializes in environmental law, with an emphasis on the (sustainable) energy transition and spatial planning
Merel graduated cum laude from her LLB Law in Society, the civil effect program and her LLM in Constitutional and Administrative Law at VU University Amsterdam. During her studies she gained experience, among other things, as a student intern at Pels Rijcken and as an advisory student member of the faculty board.