Christl completed the bachelor's degree in Law (Tilburg University) and the master's degree in Private Law (UvA). During her master she did an internship and worked as a working student at a law firm at the Zuidas. After her studies, she traveled for several months and then worked as a legal assistant at a small law firm in Amsterdam. Through her work at different law firms, she found out that she really liked the legal world, but got more energy from the social side of it. Because of this, she found her match as an Associate Executive Search at Legal People.