Straatman Koster Advocaten is a Rotterdam-based niche firm that excels in real estate and construction issues. As specialists, the team assists clients with the full range of real estate issues including sales and leasing, operation and maintenance. The firm is well versed in advising on PPP/PFI area development projects and its clients range from property developers, corporates and construction companies to engineering firms, financial institutors and investors. The team is co-led by Thijs Straatman who focuses on project development and procurement law, Wilfried Koster who advises on area development, Marinda de Smidt who specialises in negotiating and drafting contracts for real estate transactions and Joost Hoekstra who excels in project development and land acquisition.
Testimonials
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‘Excellent skills and knowledge level.’
‘Wilfried Koster and Thijs Straatman are the best in the business.’
‘The team has a wide range of thorough knowledge of environment & planning and real estate legal issues. They helped us very well in drawing up contracts for a new major real estate development.’
‘Joost Hoekstra and Najoua Haireche provided us with very good legal advice and helped us draw up contracts with a market party.’
- 'Long-term involvement, always ready, quick responses and very knowledgeable.'
- 'A lot of experience and specific knowledge. A competent firm in the real estate sector.'
- 'Experienced, pragmatic and a good sparring partner.'
Key clients
- ABN Amro N.V.
- Amvest
- Ballast Nedam Development
- BPD (formerly Bouwfonds / Rabobank)
- Climax Molybdenum
- Dispatch Grid (large scale battery park developer)
- Duprofa Winkelfonds
- Dura Vermeer
- Emborion
- Euromast (Group M56)
- Feyenoord (premier league football club)
- Flight Forum Eindhoven
- Green Park Aalsmeer Gebiedsontwikkeling
- Heijmans
- Hurks
- HVC Warmte B.V. / N.V. HVC
- JCDecaux Nederland B.V.
- KIKX Development
- Klepierre
- Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin
- Leiden University
- Leyten Vastgoedontwikkeling
- Moervast Development
- Municipality of Almere
- Municipality of Amstelveen
- Municipality of De Bilt
- Municipality of De Ronde Venen
- Municipality of Gouda
- Municipality of Goes
- Municipality of Groningen
- Municipality of Leiden
- Municipality of Nissewaard
- Municipality of Rotterdam
- Municipality of The Hague
- N.V. Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Utrecht (OMU)
- Ontwikkeling Maatschappij Lelystad Airport (OMALA)
- Patrimonium
- Port of Rotterdam
- ProDelta Real Estate Development B.V.
- Provincie of Utrecht
- Province of Zuid-Holland
- PWC
- RED Company B.V.
- Royal Properties Development
- Schiphol Area Development Company (SADC)
- SEAM Investments
- SPIE
- Stedelink
- Stedin
- Stichting Hef Wonen
- Stichting Hof Wonen
- Stichting Intermaris
- Strukton
- TBI
- Transdev
- Urbicoon Belgium
- Vorm Ontwikkeling
- Wereldhave
- Zilver Wonen Obligatie Fonds
- Woonhave
Work highlights
- Advised HVC on several heat projects in the Netherlands, with large-scale geothermal projects.
- Advised BPD and Lingotto on large scale redevelopment in Amsterdam area.
- Advised Ontwikkeling Maatschappij Airport Lelystad Almere (OMALA) on drafting the sale agreements and all ancillary agreements for Lelystad Airport business park for logistics functions.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thijs Straatman, Wilfried Koster, Marinda de Smidt, Joost Hoekstra