Mr Roelof Reinders > Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV > The Hague, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV
BEZUIDENHOUTSEWEG 57, 2594 AC THE HAGUE
PO BOX 11756
2502 AT THE HAGUE
Netherlands

Work Department

Planning and Environmental Law

Position

Roelof Reinders has been with Pels Rijcken’s Planning and Environmental Law team since 2006. His specialist practice is focused on infrastructure (road projects and coastal and dyke reinforcement), area development and nature conservation law. Public authorities and developers entrust Roelof with complex and often administratively sensitive files. His strength lies not only in his legal expertise; Roelof also has the know-how and experience to discuss the content of a project with the technical experts involved. Regardless of whether traffic models, air quality and nitrogen deposition calculations, external safety or the operation of tunnel safety installations are under discussion, Roelof knows the content and technicalities involved inside out. This provides significant added value when defending a project in court, but also, and in particular, in the preparation of decision-making. Roelof knows better than anyone else what is needed to draw up planning products and ensure, together with the project team, that the decision-making will pass the test applied by the administrative court: “Council of State-proof” we like to call it.

Roelof received his master’s degree in Dutch Constitutional and Administrative Law and European Law from Utrecht University. He is a member of the Dutch Environmental Lawyers Association and co-authored the manual Luchtkwaliteit en omgeving (Air quality and environment).

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Environment and planning

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Roelof Reinders – Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV

The Hague-based ‘best in class’ planning and environment practice at Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV is headed up by ‘very sharp, responsive and realistic lawyer’ Daniëlle Roelands-Fransen. The team’s longstanding client list is formed in significant part of public authorities. Examples of its work for its public-sector clients includes large-scale development projects, involving hundreds of new-build homes; representing the state on aircraft movements; and advising on zoning planning in Rotterdam city centre. Jelmer Procee is a key member of the team with particular expertise in cases involving compensation for loss, land development and expropriation. Infrastructure, area development and environmental conservation specialist Roelof Reinders is also a noteworthy practitioner. Liesbeth Schippers retired from the practice in November 2023.