Straatman Koster Advocaten

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Caroline Lagendijk

Caroline advises and litigates in procurement law and competition law, including state aid law, acting for both public authorities and private parties. Caroline was the editorial secretary of the procurement law journal Tijdschrift Aanbestedingsrecht in the Period January 2013 until December 2016. She also publishes and lectures on a regular basis. In 2014, Caroline has succesfully completed the Grotius specialization course in European and Dutch Procurement Law.

Frederik van Nouhuys

Frederik is specialized in Procurement law and Construction Law. Frederik acts for both commissioning clients and contractors. In the area of construction law he has been/is involved in the handling of bouwclaims (construction claims) relating to the Betuweroute and the Noord-Zuidlijn in Amsterdam. As regards procurement law the ComforMed case and the legal actions on behalf of Connexxion and Veolia about procurement in the public transport market are high profile examples of his practice.

Hugo specialises in construction law and procurement law. In addition to litigating in these fields before the civil courts as well as the Board of Arbitration, he also has extensive experience in drafting and reviewing building contracts, consultancy agreements, integrated agreements, construction team agreements and coordination agreements. He acts on behalf of principals as well as contractors.

Joost Hoekstra specializes in area and project development, environmental law (including land exploitation) and land acquisition (including expropriation). He works (mainly) for governments, developers, builders and housing corporations. He also regularly acts as a consultant/contract writer in area developments for multiple parties who engage him jointly.

Maaike specialises in area and project development (inner city, extensions, transformation) and has a keen interest in spatial planning issues (urban and regional planning, permits, parking) as well as energy transition/sustainability (Label C offices, nZEB performance standard, energy saving, circularity, natural gas-free). Her clients include developers, investors, municipalities and housing associations.

Marc specializes in development, financing and operation of renewable energy projects, such as renewable heat generation (including geothermal) and heat networks, wind power, and rooftop and solar. In particular, he works for developers and builders of renewable energy projects, developers and builders of real estate projects that encounter energy issues, and financiers of renewable energy projects.

Marinda de Smidt

Marinda specialises in project development and environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law aspects. She regularly assists developers and public authorities in negotiations on area and project developments, and drafts or reviews the related contracts. Marinda advises initiators (permit holders) and public authorities and litigates on their behalf on all aspects of environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law. As part of her practice, she also advises clients in the aforementioned fields on due diligence matters relating to mergers and acquisitions. She is also an experienced practitioner in matters relating to the Open Government Act (Wet open overheid), the successor to the Government Information (Public Access) Act (Wob).

Paul Heijnsbroek

Paul specializes in procurement and state aid law. He is also a specialist in the field of scarce rights, such as land sales by the government (Didam judgment). He obtained his doctorate on that topic from Utrecht University in 2013.

Simon Tichelaar

From the beginning of his career, Simon has specialized in project development, contract law, environmental law and (European) procurement law. He writes and reviews agreements, including contracts for (large-scale) area and project development. This includes cooperation agreements, sale and purchase agreements, anterior agreements and other public-private agreements. Furthermore, he is a specialist in the field of (European) procurement law. He has extensive experience in guiding (complex) procurement processes as well as litigating about the outcome of procurement procedures. He acts for government agencies as well as for developers and entrepreneurs.

Thijs Straatman

Thijs Straatman is a real estate lawyer specialising in project development, procurement law, state aid law, construction law, land exploitation and the purchase of investment properties. In the context of concluding real estate transactions he also advises on public law issues such as zoning plans and licensing procedures, competition law, sureties, financing and issues of company law. He works for municipal councils, developers, housing corporations and care institutions. Thijs specialises in the contracting of large-scale area developments in urban and greenfield locations. The advice he provides covers all aspects of the project, from procurement law through to the public law context created by the Grondexploitatiewet (Land Exploitation Act). Thijs also litigates regularly in procurement disputes and other private law disputes. He is counsel to the municipal councils of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Gouda, Leiden, Alkmaar and Venlo, amongst others.

Violet specialises in tenancy law and the related law of obligations. Her practice includes advising clients and litigating on their behalf on tenancy law-related matters, including redevelopments and renovations, lease terminations, defects, rent adjustment proceedings and protection against eviction.

Wilfried Koster

Wilfried has in-depth understanding of project development, (urban) area development, project financing and related aspects of corporate law, allowing him to provide expert advice to project developers, public authorities, real estate and other banks, investors, housing associations and contractor-developers.