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Ferry H.J. van Schoonhoven

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Real estate law, rental law, lease.

Position

Lawyer, partner.

Career

Ferry has been with Lexence since 1992. Before that he worked for Loeff Claes Verbeke and Thompson Hine in Washington D.C., U.S.A. Ferry is author of the Praktijkboek Huur en Verhuur (practical book on renting and letting) and the Handboek Vastgoed (real estate manual), and sits on the editorial board of the journal Onroerend Goed. He teaches at various specialised training institutions such as ASRE, ATWR and Euroforum. Ferry is chairman of the Japan Festival Foundation, the Rotary Amsterdam Spinoza and the Nieuwe School Foundation. He is a permanent member of the Dutch yearly trade mission to Japan. Ferry is recommended in the Legal500 and in Legal Experts EMEA. He advises and litigates for national and international companies in the area of leasing, redevelopments, renovations, and sell-and-lease-back constructions. In addition to this he handles complex, mostly real-estate related, legal proceedings.

Languages

Dutch, English, Spanish.

Member

Member of the Vereniging van Huurrecht Advocaten (Dutch leasing law society).

Education

Ferry read Dutch law and International law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and obtained a Master of Comparative Law (M.C.L.) from the University of Illinois, U.S.A. He was admitted to the Bar in 1985.

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