Mr Joost Hoekstra > Straatman Koster Advocaten > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Joost Hoekstra
Position
Joost Hoekstra specializes in area and project development, environmental law (including land exploitation) and land acquisition (including expropriation). He works (mainly) for governments, developers, builders and housing corporations. He also regularly acts as a consultant/contract writer in area developments for multiple parties who engage him jointly.
Career
Joost studied Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam and (for one year) Italian law at the Università degli Studi di Siena. After completing his studies, he worked at AKD in Breda from January 2005. He has worked at Straatman Koster advocaten since April 2011 and was appointed partner in January 2012. He has been a shareholder of Straatman Koster advocaten since January 2017.
Languages
Dutch, German, English, Italian
Memberships
He regularly publishes on the topics of his practice in journals including Construction Law, the Journal of Construction Law, Real Estate Law and the Journal of Soil. He is (co-)author of the book ‘Juridisch Handboek Transformatie en Renovatie’, published in 2019 by Berghauser Pont Publishing. He also regularly acts as a lecturer (Spryg, Berghauser Pont, various professional associations). In March 2017, he was appointed a board member of the Association of Expropriation Lawyers (VOA).
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Real estate
Straatman Koster Advocaten is a specialised firm that focuses on real estate, construction and environmental law. The team handles a number of environmental, zoning and planning law cases and lease law issues. It also advises on PPP/PFI area development projects and real estate development projects across a number of real estate assets including office, residential, leisure and logistics. Practice co-heads Thijs Straatman and Wilfried Koster lead the department, utilising their expertise in real estate and construction law as well as project development. Joost Hoekstra is experienced in land acquisition and environmental issues, while Marinda de Smidt is known for her expertise in real estate contracts. Violet Acar and Marc Marcusse are also noted.
Netherlands > Environment and planning
At the helm of Straatman Koster Advocaten‘s Rotterdam-based environment and planning practice are real estate expert Joost Hoekstra, who has broad experience in project development matters, and the ‘service-focused’ Marinda de Smidt, who alongside associate Najoua Haireche, is an ‘expert in the Nature Conservation Act’. The practice has significant experience handling matters regarding zoning aspects of new developments in the energy sector in particular. Additionally, it is well-equipped to advise on environmental matters, such as advising and litigating for the Province of Ultrecht on licensing regulations surrounding the shooting of birds and foxes. Team changes include the departure of Anne Marie Ferwerda to an in-house role in January 2023.