Mr Joost Hoekstra > Straatman Koster Advocaten > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Straatman Koster Advocaten Offices
THE MILLENIUM TOWER
WEENA 690
3012 CN ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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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 > Environment and planning
The environmental and planning law team at Straatman Koster Advocaten has ‘thorough knowledge‘ of complex issues concerning environmental and nature protection law. The group is adept at handling advisory and litigious work for public and private sector entities. Joost Hoekstra specialises in environmental law, and often assists with project development, land acquisition, and planning matters. Marinda de Smidt handles environmental permits and enforcement issues. The duo co-head the practice.
Netherlands > Real estate
Straatman Koster Advocaten is a Rotterdam-based niche firm that excels in real estate and construction issues. As specialists, the team assists clients with the full range of real estate issues including sales and leasing, operation and maintenance. The firm is well versed in advising on PPP/PFI area development projects and its clients range from property developers, corporates and construction companies to engineering firms, financial institutors and investors. The team is co-led by Thijs Straatman who focuses on project development and procurement law, Wilfried Koster who advises on area development, Marinda de Smidt who specialises in negotiating and drafting contracts for real estate transactions and Joost Hoekstra who excels in project development and land acquisition.