Ms Femke Stroucken > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS Offices

CMS
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Ms Femke Stroucken

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+31 20 3016 328 femke.stroucken@cms-dsb.com View profile

Work Department

Real Estate & Construction

Position

Partner

Career

Femke Stroucken works in the Real Estate & Construction Practice Group of CMS. As a notary Femke specialises in property and area development, from transformations of vacant office buildings to turn-key new constructions. Femke also advises in international commercial real estate transactions and real estate funds (buying and selling, restructuring and financing). Femke assists with asset registration with the Dutch land registry and advises on structuring ownership and usage rights under Dutch law.

She has a strong focus on Blockchain technology and she is very active within the Dutch Blockchain Coalition. She advises corporate clients on ICO’s and other blockchain solutions with a focus on real estate and fund management. Her clients include national and international investors and banks, project developers and government institutions.

Languages

Dutch, English, German

Memberships

  • Lecturer Real Estate Business School
  • Board member Stichting Veiling Bedrijfs OG

Education

  • Real Estate Law, Grotius Academy for Post-Graduate Law Studies
  • Notarial Law, University of Amsterdam
  • Dutch Law, University of Amsterdam

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Real estate

CMS handles both domestic and international real estate transactions, project development, environmental and zoning issues, financing, lease transactions and security rights matters. Complex transactional work for the department includes real estate acquisitions, financing and development for investors, fund managers, developers, occupiers and asset managers. The practice has also been growing its ESG expertise, advising clients on the impact and regulatory expectations of ESG-related law. Arnout Scholten co-leads the practice with Femke Stroucken. Scholten specialises in complex real estate transactions, major refurbishments, area redevelopments and turnkey sale and purchase contracts. Civil notary Stroucken advises on transactions, project development and financing and is also skilled in ESG-related issues such as sustainable energy projects. Corporate real estate specialist Jan Peter IJspeert advises on project development, asset transactions and ESG issues. Also noted is Tijmen Brüne, who has recently been assisting with sale and leaseback matters. Hein van der Meer left the firm in January 2023.

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