Rob van der Hulle

Senior Associate

Amsterdam

Rob is an associate within the Projects & Real Estate department of Allen & Overy Amsterdam. He specialises in spatial planning, environmental matters and public law. Rob advises and litigates on many aspects of environmental law, including permit applications and legal redress procedures, compliance and spatial planning matters.

Recent projects include large solar and offshore wind farms, the development of a large multifunctional office building in Amsterdam, and the transformation of a large industrial site into a residential area near Amsterdam. Rob also has significant experience in corporate M&A and real estate transactions. In addition to his legal practice, Rob has published various articles and has recently completed his PhD on the role of courts in adjudicating politically sensitive cases and the American political question doctrine at the Radboud University in Nijmegen.

Rob graduated in both civil and administrative law and political science at the University of Leiden. He joined Allen & Overy in September 2015, after having gained substantial experience working at the Dutch Council of State, the highest administrative judge in the Netherlands, in environmental and spatial planning matters.