About
Michael Klijnstra is a lawyer and partner at Lexence in the Netherlands, specialising in public law with a focus on zoning and environmental law. He advises and litigates for market players on zoning plans, building permits, compliance and enforcement for project and area development and handles complex matters such as soil and air pollution, noise, fire safety, environmental permitting, waste control and environmental liability; he has been with Lexence since 2008.
Practice areas
Public LawEnvironmentalPlanning / ZoningReal EstateInfrastructure
Office
Expertise
Zoning plansBuilding permitsProject and area (re)developmentTransformation and renovation projectsInfrastructure projectsSoil and air pollutionNoise and fire safetyEnvironmental permittingWaste controlEnvironmental liabilityCompliance and enforcementEnvironmental litigation
Education
- Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- Doctorate (dissertation on "transparency in environmental law"), Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1998
Admissions
- Admitted to the Dutch Bar, 1997
Languages
DutchEnglish