Van der Feltz Advocaten

About the firm: Van der Feltz advocaten is an independent boutique law firm based in The  Hague, with a strong focus on the markets of construction and real estate, government, industry and energy. The firm’s lawyers advise and litigate on both private law and public law matters often operating at the interface of the two. They have a deep understanding of how local and central government operates and of the relevant interests of the governmental bodies involved.

Areas of expertise: public law, including zoning and planning law, energy law, construction and leasing law, governmental liability, environmental (criminal) law, expropriation, procurement law and state aid, tax law and Supreme Court litigation.

Clients range from the public sector (utility, water companies, local and regional authorities, (municipalities, provinces, environment agencies), to businesses active in:

• (sustainable) energy projects;
• Construction, project development, infrastructure projects
• the industrial sector (oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, heavy industries)

The firm has a strong scientific profile. Jacques Sluysmans, partner, has been a professor of expropriation law at Radboud University Nijmegen since 2013. Almost all of the firm’s lawyers teach at universities and commercial institutes and publish articles in academic law journals on a frequent basis.

All of the firm’s partners originate from (construction and real estate departments of) major top-tier law firms in The Netherlands (eg AKD, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Lexence);

The firm acts as co-counsel to several international law firms in construction- and/or real estate (M&A) transactions.

 Best known for:

• Young and dedicated team of experts, capable of inventing fresh and innovative legal structures. Our team stands out for its 24/7 availability and possesses deep commercial acumen, allowing us to provide clients with business and legal guidance and solutions in order to make client’s projects a success;
• Partner presence and availability in all cases;
• Expertise in both private  law and public law matters;
• Highly ranked practice in expropriation law, covering both land expropriation and financial expropriation;
• Very active litigation practice, including arbitration and supreme court litigation.