Annemieke Wessels specialises in real estate law. She focuses on project development, acquisition of real estate and real estate portfolios, restructuring of institutional and non-institutional investors’ real estate portfolios, real estate funds, sale and lease back structures, tenders/controlled auctions, real estate finance, securities and public-private joint ventures. She also advises clients on many other real estate related matters (e.g. infrastructure issues).

Annemieke advises Dutch and international institutional and non-insitutional investors, pension funds, Dutch multinationals and other large companies, developers, construction companies, banks, non-profit organisations and municipalities, and others. She often works in close cooperation with De Brauw’s other practice groups such as IMG, Finance and M&A, creating a full range of services for all real estate related projects for national and international key players.

As a civil law notary, Annemieke also acts as an impartial adviser to all parties in complex real estate projects and transactions, especially in inner city projects. This dual role of coordinator and adviser facilitates the efficient completion of complex real estate projects and transactions to the benefit of all parties.

Recent work includes advising:

• Dutch pension funds and foreign (institutional) investors on the sale of real estate portfolios
• a Dutch pension fund on the restructuring of its four billion euro real estate portfolio
• Dutch and foreign institutional investors on the acquisition and sale of Dutch real estate.