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Straatman Koster Advocaten
THE MILLENIUM TOWER
WEENA 690
3012 CN ROTTERDAM
Netherlands

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Netherlands > Construction Tier 1

Straatman Koster Advocaten is a specialist real estate and construction firm which acts for corporate and government clients on projects, developments, transactions and litigation. The team handles mandates across various asset classes, such as office, residential, retail, leisure and logistical. Olivier Vermeulen heads the practice and is recommended for contracts work and disputes. Angela Minderhoud also handles dispute resolution, including litigation and arbitration. Thijs Straatman is recommended for procurement, state aid law and land exploitation.

Testimonials

‘Proactive approach, nice and helpful team, with broad knowledge and high capabilities’.

‘Angela Minderhoud is really involved and engaged, and always available’.

‘Clear and transparent communication’.

‘Angela Minderhoud stands out in in her knowledge of construction law and her way of communicating in and outside court is helpful to a come to a solution’.

‘Friendly on a personal basis and firm on the case’.

‘Angela Minderhoud is pleasant to work with and goes the extra mile for the client’.

‘Wilfried Koster provides valuable legal and commercial knowledge of the construction industry’.

‘The firm has a strong practice in the field of construction- and real estate-related dispute resolution’.

Key clients

TenneT TSO

KanAm Grund

Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin

Dura Vermeer

Union Investment GmbH

Strukton Group

Synchroon/TBI

Arcadis N.V.

KBC

Strabag

Middin

Syntrus Achmea

Hochtief

Mirus International

Museum Naturalis

Football Club AZ

Woonstad Rotterdam

Future Wind (joint venture of SIF Holding and Pondera Development)

A Lanes A15 (Strukton, Strabag, Ballast Nedam)

Evides

Woonzorg Nederland

Takeda

Vesteda

Van Herk

Demako (Belgium)

Havenbedrijf Rotterdam

Royal Properties Development

Crossing Borders Development

Vano Vastgoed

Back Vastgoed

Work highlights

Advising TenneT on a major dispute with a contractor regarding the design and build of a 110 Kv cable connection between two cities.
Advising A-lanes A15 with respect to subcontractor issues regarding the new Botlek Bridge and the highway reconstruction including negotiations and litigation.
Advising Union Investment in all legal matters regarding the Y-towers project (Covid-19 matters, extra work claims, further legal arrangements with contractor).

Netherlands > Environment and planning Tier 2

Straatman Koster Advocaten is noted in the market for its real estate and construction expertise and frequently handles the zoning, planning and environmental issues concomitant with major development projects. The practice group has recently been advising clients on the implementation on the new Environmental Act (Omgevingswet) and its impact on new projects. Experienced in litigating in both private and administrative law disputes Joost Hoekstra co-heads the team with Marinda De Smidt, who has considerable knowledge of soil pollution, permitting and enforcement matters. Anne Marie Ferwerda is also recommended.

Next Generation Partners

Anne Marie Ferwerda – Straatman Koster Advocaten

Practice head(s):

Marinda de Smidt; Joost Hoekstra

Other key lawyers:

Maaike de Wit; Anne Marie Ferwerda; Simon Tichelaar

Testimonials

‘Service is very good with a high level of knowledge on complex real estate matters.’

‘Maaike de Wit is very good and nice to work with.’

‘The team of Straatman Koster is down to earth, easy to reach and are very flexible in delivering their advice.’

‘Joost Hoekstra has good knowledge of all our cases and reaches out to different associates when expert knowledge is required.’

‘Joost Hoekstra explains cases in a clear and simple way.’

Key clients

BPD (formerly Bouwfonds/Rabobank)

Schiphol Area Development Company

Municipalities: Hoeksche Waard, Ronde Venen, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, Almere, Gooise Meren and Den Hague

Provinces: Zuid-Holland and Utrecht

Emborion

MRP

Klépierre

Vorm Ontwikkeling

Stichting Monumentenbezit

Amvest

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands Enterprise Agency)

Green Park Aalsmeer Gebiedsontwikkeling

Leiden University

Refresco

Work highlights

Advising Schiphol Area Development Company (GEM A4 Zone West) on various environmental and planning issues regarding the innovative Schiphol Trade Park.
Drafting the cooperation agreement as an independent advisor to the municipality of Den Hague, AM and BPD regarding the (re)development of (parts of) De Binckhorst neighbourhood in the Hague.
Representing Refresco in administrative-law Supreme Court proceedings brought by several nature organisations regarding a new and vital groundwater extraction permit needed to expand the Maarheeze site.

Netherlands > Real estate Tier 3

Straatman Koster Advocaten acts for businesses and government clients on large-scale area developments, project developments, construction issues, acquisitions and disposals, and leasing matters. It handles projects in the office, residential, retail, leisure and logistical sectors. Thijs Straatman and Wilfried Koster lead the team, with Straatman recommended for disputes and Koster handling development and financing matters.

Practice head(s):

Thijs Straatman; Wilfried Koster

Other key lawyers:

Simon Tichelaar; Joost Hoekstra

Testimonials

‘Service is very good with a high level of knowledge on complex real estate matters’.

‘Wilfried Koster and Thijs Straatman are two of the best real estate lawyers in the country’.

‘The team provides knowledgeable people’.

‘High-quality products delivered on time’.

‘Joost Hoekstra is always available’.

Key clients

BPD (formerly Bouwfonds / Rabobank)

Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin

Dura Vermeer

Schiphol Area Development Company

VORM Ontwikkeling B.V.

Klépierre

Municipality Rotterdam

Leiden University

Municipality the Hague

Municipality Leiden

Municipality Gouda

Province Zuid-Holland

Ministry of Economic Affairs (RVO)

Amvest

Ballast Nedam Development

Municipality De Bilt

Football Club Feyenoord

Green Park Aalsmeer Gebiedsontwikkeling

Ontwikkelings Maatschappij Lelystad Airport

Municipality Almere

JCDecaux Nederland B.V.

ProDelta Real Estate Development B.V.

N.V. Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Utrecht (OMU)

Transdev

Moervast Development

KIKX Development

Cores (Belgium)

Municipality of Amstelveen

Wereldhave

Province Utrecht

Stichting Vestia

Blauwhoed

Municipality of Eindhoven / VOF BIC

Emborion Vastgoed

Staedion

Leyten

MRP Development

Work highlights

Advising Schiphol Area Development Company N.V. on drafting the sale agreements regarding the innovative business Schiphol Trade Park based on a Bio Based Economy of approx. 140 hectares for logistic functions.
Advising the Municipality Rotterdam on a multimillion project regarding the transformation of the centre of Rotterdam Zuid and consisting of the redevelopment of AHOY (leisure centre), the public transport centre “Zuidplein”, the construction of a new international congress centre, a theatre, an Olympic sized swimming pool, housing and commercial real estate.
Advising The Province of Noord-Brabant, the municipality of Eindhoven and VOF BIC (a joint venture with Stam+De Koning / Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin NV and third parties) in relation to the Eindhoven Brainport Industries Campus project.

‘In-depth knowledge of the market sectors in which our clients do business and the challenges they face forms the basis of our advice. We achieve the best possible solutions for them within often very tight margins.’

Straatman Koster advocaten was formed in 2006 by Thijs Straatman and Wilfried Koster, both originally from Houthoff Buruma. The firm has grown steadily and now has a team of 25 lawyers and six secretaries, all of whom have previously worked for the larger law firms in the Netherlands.

Although as a niche firm we are among the smaller law firms, we are among the leaders in our field.

Besides in-depth expertise in property matters, both domestic and international (drafting property contracts, financing and cooperative structures), we also specialize in:

procurement law;
state aid law;
construction law;
landlord and tenant law;
environmental law (including land development);
general administrative law, and
compulsory purchase.

We advise, draft contracts and litigate in all these areas of law. We also have in-house expertise in preparing the tax structures for transactions and coordinating these with tax lawyers.

We have working agreements with several tax lawyers and civil-law notaries which allows us to provide comprehensive legal, notarial and tax advice should you so require.

Read more here about our expertise.

Besides the construction and property sector our clients can also be found in the following sectors:

infrastructure, groundwork, road and hydraulic engineering, industry,
energy, government,
facilities services,
transport, including public transport,
sports & leisure.

We also count several international property investors among our clients.

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
Contract	Wilfried Koster	w.koster@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Thijs Straatman	t.straatman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Marinda de Smidt	marinda.desmidt@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Joost Hoekstra	j.hoekstra@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Maaike de Wit	maaike.dewit@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Simon Tichelaar	s.tichelaar@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Bas Razenberg	bas.razenberg@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Tenancy Law	Olivier Vermeulen	olivier.vermeulen@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Tenancy Law	Violet Acar	violet.acar@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Frederik van Nouhuys	frederik.vannouhuys@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Thijs Straatman	t.straatman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Caroline Lagendijk	C.Lagendijk@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Simon Tichelaar	s.tichelaar@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Matthijs van Leeuwen	matthijs.vanleeuwen@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
State aid	Frederik van Nouhuys	frederik.vannouhuys@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
State aid	Thijs Straatman	t.straatman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Thijs Straatman	t.straatman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Frederik van Nouhuys	frederik.vannouhuys@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Angela Minderhoud	a.minderhoud@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Olivier Vermeulen	olivier.vermeulen@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Matthijs van Leeuwen	matthijs.vanleeuwen@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Daan Timmerman	Daan.Timmerman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Marinda de Smidt	marinda.desmidt@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Thijs Straatman	t.straatman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Wilfried Koster	w.koster@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Joost Hoekstra	j.hoekstra@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Marinda de Smidt	marinda.desmidt@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Angela Minderhoud	a.minderhoud@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Maaike de Wit	maaike.dewit@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Bas Razenberg	bas.razenberg@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Real estate	Simon Tichelaar	s.tichelaar@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Land policy	Joost Hoekstra	j.hoekstra@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Government liability	Joost Hoekstra	j.hoekstra@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Government liability	Marinda de Smidt	marinda.desmidt@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Government liability	Bas Razenberg	bas.razenberg@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Joost Hoekstra	j.hoekstra@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Marinda de Smidt	marinda.desmidt@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Simon Tichelaar	s.tichelaar@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Maaike de Wit	maaike.dewit@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Bas Razenberg	bas.razenberg@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Company	Wilfried Koster	w.koster@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Environmental	Marinda de Smidt	marinda.desmidt@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Environmental	Bas Razenberg	bas.razenberg@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Rental	Thérèse Fraai	Therese.Fraai@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Erina Baljić	E.baljic@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and zoning	Anne Marie Ferwerda	annemarie.ferwerda@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Hugo Strang	hugo.strang@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Paul Heijnsbroek	paul.heijnsbroek@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
State aid	Paul Heijnsbroek	paul.heijnsbroek@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Rental	Thérèse Fraai	therese.fraai@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Anne de Jong	anne.dejong@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Tenancy Law	Marleen van Dijkman	marleen.vandijkman@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Environmental	Valerie de Gier	valerie.degier@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Procurement	Hugo Strang	hugo.strang@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Environmental	Tosca van Halsema	tosca.vanhalsema@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Tenancy Law	Paul Richter	paul.richter@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Contract	Paul Richter	paul.richter@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Paul Richter	paul.richter@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Construction	Matthijs de Zoete	matthijs.dezoete@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447
Planning and Zoning	Najoua Haireche	najoua.haireche@straatmankoster.nl	+31(0)102400447

Name	Position	Profile
Mr J.J Hoekstra	Joost is a real estate lawyer and specialist in project development, land…	View Profile
Mr W.J.H Koster	Wilfried specialises in project development, (urban) area development, project financing and the…	View Profile
Mrs C.R.V. Lagendijk	Caroline advises and litigates in procurement law and competition law, including state…	View Profile
Mrs Angela Minderhoud	Partner Construction and Real Estate	View Profile
Mr M Straatman	Thijs Straatman is a real estate lawyer specialising in project development, procurement…	View Profile
Mr O. Vermeulen	Olivier is a construction and property lawyer specializing in construction law, project…	View Profile
Ms M.C de Smidt	Marinda advises and litigates for initiators (permit holders) and government authorities in…	View Profile
Ms M.Y.C.L. de Wit	Maaike de Wit is specialised in complex development projects. She focusses on…	View Profile
Mr J.F van Nouhuys	Frederik is specialized in Procurement law and Construction Law. Frederik acts for…	View Profile