A niche firm specialising in construction, real estate, and planning law, Sight Advocaten works for construction companies, project developers, investors, and public authorities on construction and development matters. The team typically advises on redevelopments and contracting issues, and also advises on a variety of issues that cross between real estate and construction. Saskia Konemann and Sebastiaan Sellenraad both co-lead the team with Könemann both litigating and advising on construction disputes involving contracts, while real-estate specialist Sellenraad represents construction developers and investors in developments and redevelopments.  

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Saskia Konneman is a driven legal expert who helped us as client with the best strategy going forward in the specific matter. The advice is thorough, practical and written in a way we can easily inform our management about the essential issues. ’

  • ‘Objective professional counselling and offers multiple perspectives.'

  • ‘Enthusiastic professional help and thus more than just advice, more than answer to the question is given which creates an extra plus.'

  • 'Able to use not only legal language but also language that is understood by the people in the client's business.’
  • ‘Sebastiaan Sellenraad is always available, punctual and he is very qualified for real estate law questions. ’

Key clients

  • VolkerWessels Vastgoed B.V.
  • Roku, Inc.
  • Unifore Real Estate
  • VolkerWessels Logistics Development B.V.
  • W.C. Etten-Leur B.V.

Work highlights

  • Advising VolkerWessels Vastgoed B.V. on all aspects of the inner-city redevelopment of a 23.5ha (58 acres) industrial site in the centre of Amsterdam to a mixed-use site with 1.700 apartments and 100.000 square meters of business accommodation.
  • Advising Unifore Real Estate on the redevelopment of shopping centre Etten-Leur (surface area approx. 40,000 square meters).
  • Advising Roku, Inc. on the design and build agreement for its new international headquarters office in Amsterdam.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Saskia Könemann, Sebastiaan Sellenraad