Ms Maaike de Wit > Straatman Koster Advocaten > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

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

Position

Maaike specialises in area and project development (inner city, extensions, transformation) and has a keen interest in spatial planning issues (urban and regional planning, permits, parking) as well as energy transition/sustainability (Label C offices, nZEB performance standard, energy saving, circularity, natural gas-free). Her clients include developers, investors, municipalities and housing associations.

Career

After graduating, she worked among other things as a senior lawyer in the real estate practice group at Houthoff Buruma until 2008 and was a Partner at Straatman Koster advocaten until 2013.
Following a period working at other law firms, she re- joined Straatman Koster advocaten, becoming a Partner on 1 March 2017.

Languages

Dutch, English

Memberships

Maaike is a member of the board of the VVJ Property Lawyers Association (www.vvj.nl) and a regular annotator for the journal ‘Bouwrecht’. She is also a member of the committee deciding on notices of objection of the Municipality of Maassluis, the Dutch Construction Law Association (VBR), the Dutch Construction Lawyers Association (VBR-A), the Administrative Law Association (VAR) and the Environmental Law Association (VMR).

Education

Maaike studied Dutch law at Maastricht University.