NautaDutilh advises domestic and international real estate funds, investors, developers and contractors on infrastructure and construction projects. It is particularly well-versed in the greenfield and brownfield development of industrial sites such as data centres and chemical plants. David van Ee leads the team and focuses on project development and transactions. Van Ee also handles tender disputes and other contentious construction issues.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘NautaDutilh's team was always present. We work in confidence with them. The quality and respect of deadlines are present even when we work on several workstreams.’
  • ‘For project documents, David van Ee has high skills to conduct discussions with a large group of lenders from different countries on complex subjects.'
  • ‘The NautaDutilh team is very efficient, reliable, and provides valuable advice, even in sometimes tricky situations.’
  • ‘Friendly and in depth knowledge.’

Key clients

  • Achmea Real Estate
  • Atlassian
  • Automatic Signal
  • BNG
  • Cerner
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Econocom
  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
  • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • Expeditors
  • Invesis

Work highlights

Advised Neste Oyj on its €190m modifications of its existing renewables production capacity to enable production of Renewable Jet Fuel.
Advised lenders as lenders legal advisor on all legal aspects of the transaction, i.e. design, build and maintenance of the Afsluitdijk in the Netherlands.
Advised the municipality of Zwolle on the redevelopment of the former Hudson's Bay location in the old town of Zwolle, which is vacant since 2020.

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Practice head

David van Ee