Firm Profile > Hemwood > Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hemwood Offices
KEIZERSGRACHT 477
1017 DL AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Hemwood > The Legal 500 Rankings
Environment and planning Tier 3
Hemwood focuses on zoning and planning matters relating to the (re)development of inner-city housing and mixed-purpose buildings, such as hotels, offices, logistics and retail buildings and industrial sites. Key clients include developers, real estate investors, banks and institutional investors, retailers, construction companies, municipalities and other government institutions. Eefje van Bommel heads the practice.
Practice head(s):
Eefje van Bommel
Other key lawyers:
Gijs Heutink
Testimonials
‘Very personal interactions, quick, short and brief communications, saving time and making the situation easier to understand.’
‘Eefje van Bommel is sharp, quick, and gives you the impression that you are her only customer’.
‘Hands-on mentality, very experienced employees and easily accessible partners’.
‘They think in solutions as opposed to many other lawyers’.
‘The contact is directly with the lawyer that is handling the file, which is very important’.
‘Eefje van Bommel is very hands-on and easily accessible’.
‘Good and fast communication’.
‘Assertive way of dealing with environmental permitting matters’.
Key clients
Ahold
AM Real Estate Developments
Amvest
Amway Corporation
Annexum
APF International
AS Watson
Ashendene
ASR
Amrath Hotels & Restaurants
Bauhaus
Being Development
Bidfood
Bloemenheuvel B.V.
Borghese
Bouwinvest
Bun Groep
Breevast
Camelot
Caransa Groep B.V.
COD
Coltavast
CompaNanny
Coronel Beheermaatschappij
De Bijenkorf
Doniger Vastgoed
Dreef Beheer (Dekamarkt)
Dutch Green Company
Dutch Seafood Group
Equinix (EMEA)
Esprit
FNG (Claudia Sträter, Miss Etam, Expresso)
Fortress Investment Group
Greentree Properties
GebouwWest
HB Capital
HBB Groep
HBC Projectontwikkeling
Heren2
HG International B.V.
Hillborgh
Hines
Holland Immo Group
Hoorne Vastgoed
Hotels van Oranje
Innova Investments B.V.
IVY Group
Kleingouw Vastgoed
KNSF Vastgoed
Koopmans Bouwgroep
Laagraven Investments
Laeitana Vastgoed Consultancy
Levi Strauss
Maarsen Groep
Marathon Fund
Merin
Metro Properties (Makro)
Montea
Mooijer Vastgoed
Motel One
Multi Corporation
Municipality of Almere
Municipality of Hoorn
Municipality of Hulst
Municipality of Schiedam
Municipality of Sliedrecht
Municipality of Soest
Municipality of Tilburg
Municipality of Uithoorn
Municipality of Weesp
Municipality of Westland
Patrizia
Peak Development
PLUS Vastgoed
PVH (Hilfiger/Calvin Klein)
Quan
Rabobank Nederland
Redevco
Retailpark Den Bosch BV
Revive
Rockspring
Spaansen Holding
Stadgenoot
Stadswaarde
Stichting De Oude Kerk
Stichting Paleis het Loo
Suit Supply B.V.
Syntrus Achmea
TBI
Timeless
Van der Valk Investments B.V.
Van der Vorm Vastgoed B.V.
Van Lanschot Bankiers
Vastint
Verus Eerstelijns
Vivera Food Groep
VolkerWessels
Vomar
Waal V.O.F.
Wereldhave N.V.
Zinc RE
Real estate Tier 4
Hemwood has considerable experience of the administrative, regulatory, zoning and planning, environment and EU-law aspects of real estate matters. The team's advises on a number of large inner city developments, transformation projects and mixed-use developments. The team, which is headed by Gijs Heutink and Sonja van der Kamp, also handles litigation and arbitration in the real estate space.
Practice head(s):
Gijs Heutink; Sonja van der Kamp
Other key lawyers:
Niels van Tamelen
Testimonials
‘The contact is pleasant and they make legal issues understandable for non-experts’.
‘The cooperation with this agency is very nice because it is very personal’.
‘Accessible and give good advice on possible scenarios during negotiations’.
‘Niels van Tamelen can explain complex matters in a simple manner’.
‘The practice has highly motivated employees who, based on excellent case knowledge, provide practical advice’.
‘Process quality goes hand in hand with goal-efficiency’.
‘The partners are extremely committed to the client’s interests, and radiate personal commitment.‘
‘The partners are accessible and available’.
Key clients
Ahold
AM Real Estate Developments
Amvest
Amway Corporation
Annexum
APF International
AS Watson
Ashendene
ASR
Amrath Hotels & Restaurants
Bauhaus
Being Development
Bidfood
Bloemenheuvel B.V.
Borghese
Bouwinvest
Bun Groep
Breevast
Camelot
Caransa Groep B.V.
COD
Coltavast
CompaNanny
Coronel Beheermaatschappij
De Bijenkorf
Doniger Vastgoed
Dreef Beheer (Dekamarkt)
Dutch Green Company
Dutch Seafood Group
Equinix (EMEA)
Esprit
FNG (Claudia Sträter, Miss Etam, Expresso)
Fortress Investment Group
Greentree Properties
GebouwWest
HB Capital
HBB Groep
HBC Projectontwikkeling
Heren2
HG International B.V.
Hines
Holland Immo Group
Hoorne Vastgoed
Hotels van Oranje
Innova Investments B.V.
IVY Group
KEES – MARK tower utrecht
Kleingouw Vastgoed
KNSF Vastgoed
Koopmans Bouwgroep
Laeitana Vastgoed Consultancy
Levi Strauss
Maarsen Groep
Marathon Fund
Merin
Metro Properties (Makro)
Montea
Mooijer Vastgoed
Motel One
Multi Corporation
Municipality of Almere
Municipality of Hoorn
Municipality of Schiedam
Municipality of Sliedrecht
Municipality of Soest
Municipality of Tilburg
Municipality of Uithoorn
Municipality of Weesp
Municipality of Westland
Patrizia
Peak Development
PLUS Vastgoed
PVH (Hilfiger/Calvin Klein)
Quan
Rabobank Nederland
Redevco
Retailpark Den Bosch BV
Revive
Rockspring
Spaansen Holding
Stadgenoot
Stadswaarde
Steengoed B.V.
Stichting De Oude Kerk
Stichting Paleis het Loo
Suit Supply B.V.
Syntrus Achmea
TBI P.J. van Eesteren
Timeless
Van der Valk Investments B.V.
Van der Vorm Vastgoed B.V.
Van Lanschot Bankiers
Vastint
Verus Eerstelijns
Vivera Food Groep
VolkerWessels
Vomar
Waal V.O.F.
Wereldhave N.V.
Zinc RE
Hemwood > Firm Profile
The firm
The firm was formed in 2005 as a niche in administrative and property law by former Hogan Lovells equity partner Gijs Heutink. It has since gained in size up to three equity partners and a total of seven lawyers and three staff members. The firm is now known as a top-tier firm in its niche on administrative, environmental and property law. The work scope has been extended from a particular focus on administrative, European and environmental law to a full scope on the real estate and government industry.
Areas of practice
Gijs Heutink Advocaten is a boutique law firm specialising in government and regulatory (environment and planning), real estate and construction. The firm consists, as of 1 January 2018, of seven lawyers (three partners and four associates). It is proud to serve and advise first-tier clients: (re)developers, real estate investors, banks, retailers, construction companies and government. The firm is best known for complex inner-city (re)developments (retail, residential, mixed purposes) and large-scale projects (outlet centres, large-scale retail projects, heavy industries). Gijs Heutink Advocaten focuses on both litigation and advising on permits, zoning and environmental issues, and construction and procurement, and property and development contracts.
Relevant partner expertise: Eefje van Bommel in all issues on building permits, zoning and planning including transformations and environment. Gijs Heutink in large-scale retail or residential projects, including construction and procurement, restructuring of zoning plans and related contracts. Iskander Haverkate in zoning and planning, especially related to European law issues.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project development, zoning and planning | |||
| Environmental and administrative | |||
| Property and commercial landlord and tenant | |||
| European law | |||
| Public procurement and tenders | |||
| Construction | |||
| Commercial and administrative litigation and arbitration |