Joost Hoekstra specializes in area and project development, environmental law (including land exploitation) and land acquisition (including expropriation). He works (mainly) for governments, developers, builders and housing corporations. He also regularly acts as a consultant/contract writer in area developments for multiple parties who engage him jointly.

Joost studied Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam and (for one year) Italian law at the Università degli Studi di Siena. After completing his studies, he worked at AKD in Breda from January 2005. He has worked at Straatman Koster advocaten since April 2011 and was appointed partner in January 2012.

He regularly publishes articles on topics related to his practice in publications such as the *Tijdschrift voor Bouwrecht* and *Vastgoedrecht*. In 2024, he co-authored the annual preliminary advisory report for the Association of Construction Law, titled “The Preliminary Agreement: Limits to Contractual Freedom?”, published by the Institute for Construction Law. He also regularly serves as an instructor (Spryg, Berghauser Pont, various professional associations).