Simmons & Simmons acts for a range of clients, including developers, contractors, authorities, consortiums, lenders and investment companies. Its practice is divided into six areas: real estate M&A; project development; project finance and real estate finance; exploitation and leases; public tenders; and real estate disputes. The team is co-led by Luc Cohen and Rob Hendriks, with Cohen handling both contentious and non-contentious real estate issues, and Hendriks focusing on real estate M&A. Civil law notary Siemkje Batenburg assists with real estate transactions and commercial real estate matters. Real estate finance specialist Ivo van Dijk is also a name to note alongside Nick Braamburg and Bob van Els.
Testimonials
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‘Siemkje Batenburg and Luc Cohen are very advanced and entrepreneurial when it comes to understanding deals.’
‘Small and dedicated real estate team for a big firm which is one of the fastest responding firms.'
- 'They are making steps on innovation matters.’
Key clients
- Hines
- 90 North Real Estate Partners
- SAS ATREAM / ATREAM Hotels Nederland SCI
- Meijer Realty Partners
- Savills Investment Management
- Movement Real Estate
- Van Deursen Groep
- Davidson Kempner
- Sidra Capital (UK) Limited
- Triginta
- SEDCO
- Blackrock
- L’Etoile Properties
- Blauwhoed Projectontwikkeling
- Certitudo Capital
- ABN AMRO Bank
- ING Bank
- NIBC
- Resonance Capital
- DRC Capital
- Metroprop
- DM Equity
- Globus Medical
- Fletcher Hotels
- Tristan Capital
Work highlights
- Assisted Triginta with a transaction of a healthcare-related portfolio, consisting of the acquisition of all the shares in Mimamo Vastgoed and three asset transactions in relation to healthcare properties located in the Netherlands.
- Assisted Audacia Capital (represented by 90 North Real Estate Investors) with the sale of the Danone HQ to a ME-based investor.
- Assisted Wasco with the sale-and-leaseback transaction of an A-class logistics property on the Ecofactorij in Apeldoorn.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Luc Cohen, Rob Hendriks