Houthoff acts for domestic and international investors, developments, banks and construction companies, with recent expertise regarding urban renewal plans and developments, real estate acquisitions and joint ventures, and energy project development. Practice head Herman Lohman excels in cross-border transactions and redevelopments. Dolf de Jong is well-versed in project development and purchase and sale agreements. Jan Cees Kuiken is an authority on real estate transactions. Lucas Louwerier handles a mix of real estate transactions, high-end property development, real estate financing and contractual issues, while Anna Wijnans is a go-to for commercial tenancy law issues.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Strong in-depth legal real estate knowledge and expertise. Good legal sale and purchase agreement negotiation skills.’
- ‘Lucas Louwerier stands out for client service skills, Rosalie van der Sluis for real estate expertise and Angenita Pex for sales and purchase agreement negotiations.’
- ‘Houthoff has been our trusted advisor for many years now. The firm has a broad spectrum of expertise available to the clients so they are able to pick up on a wide variety of legal projects.’
- ‘The team are our trusted advisor. The individuals properly feel like an extension of our own team as they show ownership and truly work with our interest in mind.’
- ‘The team is excellent. The best legal advisers in the Dutch real estate market; hands-on legal advice, high responsiveness, deal driven and always working at the highest level. The individual team members are really service minded (with a seamless service approach) and it is always a pleasure to work with them. ’
- ‘Lucas Louwerier is the leading partner with excellent legal and commercial knowledge. He has a strong service minded and friendly approach combined with a focus on getting the deal closed. Rosalie van der Sluis is very pragmatic and she is a hard worker. Ester de Boer is also an excellent lawyer in the team.’
Key clients
- CBRE Global Investors
- Unibail-Rodamco
- Nuveen Real Estate
- ASR Real Estate
- Amvest
- LCN Capital Partners
- Clarion Partners Europe
- Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance
- Delta Lloyd / Nationale Nederlanden
- VolkerWessels
- Wereldhave
- NSI
Work highlights
Advised the investor group led by TPG Angelo Gordon on the acquisition of a Dutch residential portfolio for around €695m from Eres.
Advised a.s.r. on the repositioning of Amvest Vastgoed and Amvest Development Fund real estate activities.
Advised Unibail-Rodamco Westfield on the €150m sale of the Stadshart Zoetermeer shopping centre.
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Practice head
Herman Lohman
Other key lawyers
Lucas Louwerier; Rosalie van der Sluis; Angenita Pex; Ester de Boer; Jan Cees Kuiken; Anna Wijnans; Dolf de Jong