Ms Marinda de Smidt > Straatman Koster Advocaten > Rotterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Straatman Koster Advocaten Offices
THE MILLENIUM TOWER
WEENA 690
3012 CN ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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Ms Marinda de Smidt
Position
Marinda specialises in project development and environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law aspects. She regularly assists developers and public authorities in negotiations on area and project developments, and drafts or reviews the related contracts.
Marinda advises initiators (permit holders) and public authorities and litigates on their behalf on all aspects of environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law. As part of her practice, she also advises clients in the aforementioned fields on due diligence matters relating to mergers and acquisitions. She is also an experienced practitioner in matters relating to the Open Government Act (Wet open overheid), the successor to the Government Information (Public Access) Act (Wob).
Career
After working for nine years at De Brauw, Marinda became a Partner at Straatman Koster advocaten in 2010.
Languages
Dutch, English
Education
Marinda graduated with a Master’s in economic geography in 1998 from Utrecht University, completing her studies with a Master’s in public and business law from the same university in 2001.
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.