Bas has been admitted to the Dutch BAR association in 2001. He studied at the University of Montpellier and obtained his master degree in Dutch Civil law at the University of Amsterdam. Bas started his career at Allen & Overy, a world’s leading law firm, where he worked for over 5 years. Then he joined a mid-sized Amsterdam-based law firm with a national and international practice. There, Bas managed the practice group commercial litigation and corporate law for 12 years. In 2014 Bas started his own boutique law firm.