Paul Goedvolk

Paul Goedvolk

Partner
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Paul Goedvolk is a partner and head of the Amsterdam Real Estate department. With 25 years of experience, Paul is a highly experienced and well-regarded real estate lawyer, inter alia recognized by Chambers Europe as one of the leading civil law notaries in the Netherlands.

Paul is experienced in all aspects of commercial property (including lease and construction law), real estate finance and project development, and has specific expertise on (renewable) energy projects, data centers and logistics developments as well as related corporate law. His practice is primarily focused on transactional mandates, working closely with banking & finance and corporate teams, particularly around the acquisition of real estate and the financing thereof

 

Practice Focus

The practice is focused on transactional work, such as large office, retail, housing and data center portfolios. The team has specific capacity with respect to renewable energy related matters. The team often participates in transactions relating to the acquisition and development of solar parks and wind farms. The team also publishes on ESG related issues.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised a Belgium listed company in the acquisition of one of the largest logistic projects in the Netherlands.
  • Advised various hyper scale data center developers and investors in respect of acquisitions and developments on Agriport and in the Schiphol area.
  • Advised recently a Luxembourg investment fund on the acquisition of an office portfolio.
  • Advised a Dutch private investor on the financing and acquisition of one of the largest housing portfolios in 2020/2021.
  • Advised on a daily business, international banks (often foreign banks) on various large and complex finance transactions.

Professional Honors

  • Chambers & Partners, Real Estate: Band 2 (leading notaries), 2021-2025  
  • Chambers & Partners, Real Estate: Band 3 (leading notaries), 2019 
     

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • KNB - Member
  • Vereeniging 'Handelsrecht' - Member
  • Vereniging Vastgoed Juristen - Member

Admissions

  • Civil Law Notary~The Netherlands (2007)

Education

  • Grotius Academy (Real Estate) (2003)
  • Leiden University (1996)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English

Publication Label C-desk, December 2022