NewGround Law B.V.‘s ’excellent’ planning and environment practice is experienced in assisting its list of clients, which features key developers, on all aspects of large-scale real estate development and redevelopment projects, including advising on environmental impact assessments. Public law expert Anne-Marie Klijn leads on many of the team’s most preeminent matters, André Gaastra  has broad expertise across real estate and environmental law, and climate change and planning expert Erwin Noordover is also a key contact; the three co-head the practice. In April 2023, associate Pieter van der Woerd  departed, while associate Arjen Praat joined from NautaDutilh.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘An excellent team with great partners far above anyone else in the market for wind energy.’

  • ‘Excellent work and know-how amongst the team which is formed of practitioners with dependable personalities.’

  • ‘The people we work with at NewGround Law are very precise, up-to-date and easy accessible as well as fun to work with!’

  • ‘Anne-Marie Klijn has shown for over the 20 years I have worked with her that she is top-class in her field of interest. She also shows a broader perspective on related issues which makes her an outstanding person to challenge our own ideas.’

Key clients

  • Eneco
  • Waterschap Rijn en IJssel
  • Pure Energie
  • Ventolines
  • Windunie
  • Prowind
  • Egeria Real Estate Development B.V.
  • Green Real Estate
  • AM
  • Boelens De Gruyter
  • Breevast B.V.
  • Center Parcs Europe N.V.
  • Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH
  • Flow Real Estate B.V.
  • G&S Vastgoed B.V.
  • Greystar
  • Janssen de Jong Projectontwikkeling B.V.
  • Remeha B.V./ BDR Thermea Group B.V.
  • Lingotto Utrecht B.V.
  • OVG Real Estate
  • Edge Technologies
  • Provast
  • Stichting Gebiedsontwikkeling aan de Maas (STIGAM)
  • NSI Development B.V.
  • WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH
  • Pelt & Hooykaas B.V.
  • ICL Fertilizers Europe C.V.

Work highlights

  • Advising Boelens de Gruyter, BPD (Bouwfonds property management), AM, Greystar, Janssen de Jong, and Lingotto as legal project managers for the transformation of the Merwedekanaalzone in Utrecht into approx. 4.000-6.000 apartments, and other functions, including the defence of the project in court.
  • Advising real estate developer Edge Technologies Development with all public law aspects (such as zoning etc., also taking into account the recent municipal plans, policy documents, and the environmental impact assessment for the area and nitrogen deposition.
  • Assisting the international ICL group with all public law aspects of the development of a brand new plant in the Amsterdam docks, as well as with the closure of their current plant in Amsterdam that has been operational since 1907.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anne-Marie Klijn, André Gaastra, Erwin Noordover

Other key lawyers

Arjen Praat