Thijs Straatman
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Real Estate: Construction
Band 4
About
Provided by Thijs Straatman
Practice Areas
Thijs is a real estate lawyer, specializing in project development, procurement law, state aid law, construction law, land exploitation and purchase of investment properties. In the context of real estate transactions, he also advises on private law, public law and corporate law issues. He works for municipalities, developers, investors, corporations and healthcare institutions.
Career
Thijs studied Dutch law and Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. After graduating, he successively worked as a research assistant at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), legal secretary of the Association of Dutch Property Development Companies (Neprom) and as a lawyer at Van Wijmen Nouwen in Breda, and from 1999 he was part of the real estate team of Houthoff Buruma in Rotterdam. In February 2006, he and Wilfried Koster founded Straatman Koster advocaten.
Professional Memberships
Thijs regularly publishes on property-related issues and also gives lectures and courses in the field for Kluwer and the Netherlands Institute for Construction Law (IBR), among others. Thijs is co-author of the informative guide ‘Aanbestedingsrecht’ (procurement law) published by Sdu Commentaar.