The real estate transactions group at Stibbe is well positioned to handle large-scale real estate transactions, acquisitions, leases and property developments. The team acts for real estate companies, domestic and international property developers, financial institutions, private equity firms and governmental agencies. Boris Cammelbeeck and Maarten de Bruin co-lead the practice, with Cammelbeeck specialising in real estate transactions, including purchase, sale and financing deals, while de Bruin focuses on both the industrial and real estate sectors, handling both finance and tax issues. Real estate expert David Orobio de Castro is experienced in dealing with real estate projects, project finance and real estate and concession contracts. Ingmar de Groot, Jan van Oosten, and Johan Vrolijk are also integral to the team.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Stibbe real estate team has great strength in depth. They have a wide array of capable practitioners both within the team itself and within related teams which makes them a very good option for one stop shop reliable advice. They have a very good understanding of our commercial needs.’

  • ‘Boris Cammelbeeck is one of our lead advisors in this team. He has a calm and considered approach and has developed a very good understanding of our business needs.'

Key clients

  • AccorInvest
  • Aedifica
  • Blackstone
  • BPD
  • Breakthrough Properties
  • British American Tobacco
  • FedEx
  • Forum Estates
  • Genmab and Merus
  • Granite REIT
  • Great Grey Investments Datacenter (GGID)
  • Staedion
  • Inditex
  • KLM
  • Louis Vuitton
  • Mitiska REIM
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Municipality of The Hague
  • Neinver
  • Prologis
  • Q-Park
  • SEGRO
  • Tupla Vastgoed
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)

Work highlights

  • Advised Blackstone Group on its equity investment together with Landmark in a portfolio of HighBrook Investors with a value of approx. €180,000,000.
  • Advised AccorInvest on the sale of its 40% equity stake in TGRE, the owner and operator of Hotel Sofitel The Grand in Amsterdam, to Schroder Real Estate Investment Management.
  • Advised SEGRO on (i) the sale of a non-core asset in Westzaan to Cabot (ii) the sale of part of the SEGRO Park Amsterdam Airport to SELP and (iii) its lease with DHL.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Boris Cammelbeeck, Maarten de Bruin

Other key lawyers

David Orobio de Castro, Ingmar de Groot, Jan van Oosten, Johan Vrolijk