Marinda de Smidt

Marinda specialises in project development and environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law aspects. She regularly assists developers and public authorities in negotiations on area and project developments, and drafts or reviews the related contracts. Marinda advises initiators (permit holders) and public authorities and litigates on their behalf on all aspects of environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law. As part of her practice, she also advises clients in the aforementioned fields on due diligence matters relating to mergers and acquisitions. She is also an experienced practitioner in matters relating to the Open Government Act (Wet open overheid), the successor to the Government Information (Public Access) Act (Wob). · Straatman Koster Advocaten

NetherlandsProject Development, Environmental LawDutch, English

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Marinda de Smidt is a partner at Straatman Koster Advocaten who specialises in project development and environmental and planning law, including nature conservation law. She advises and litigates for permit holders and public authorities, handles due diligence in M&A matters on environmental and planning issues, and is experienced in Open Government Act (Wet open overheid) matters.

Practice areas

Project DevelopmentEnvironmental LawPlanning & ZoningNature ConservationAdministrative & Public LawCorporate / M&A

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Netherlands

Straatman Koster Advocaten · Marinda specialises in project development and environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law aspects. She regularly assists developers and public authorities in negotiations on area and project developments, and drafts or reviews the related contracts. Marinda advises initiators (permit holders) and public authorities and litigates on their behalf on all aspects of environmental and planning law, including environmental law and nature conservation law. As part of her practice, she also advises clients in the aforementioned fields on due diligence matters relating to mergers and acquisitions. She is also an experienced practitioner in matters relating to the Open Government Act (Wet open overheid), the successor to the Government Information (Public Access) Act (Wob).

Netherlands

Expertise

Permitting and area/project development negotiationsEnvironmental and nature conservation litigationDue diligence on environmental and planning aspects in M&AOpen Government Act (Wet open overheid) / access-to-information matters

Education

Master’s in Economic Geography, Utrecht University (1998)
Master’s in Public and Business Law, Utrecht University (2001)

Languages

DutchEnglish