Albert Flesseman has been working in the Real Estate Department of Boekel Van Empel & Drilling, now Boekel, since he qualified in 1975, and has been a partner since 1981.

He specialises in real estate law including landlord and tenant, sale/purchase, general law of obligations. Albert focuses on advising and litigating on behalf of institutional or other types of investors (pension funds and insurance companies), listed real estate funds, project developers, chain stores and the largest real estate agencies in the Netherlands.

He regularly publishes articles regarding the aforementioned subjects and gives lectures at seminars organised by publishers such as Euroform and Kluwer on landlord and tenant law in respect of business premises. He is a lecturer in landlord and tenant law at the University of Amsterdam, for the benefit of the Amsterdam School of Real Estate to which he is also connected as 'fellow'.

For years Chambers Europe ranked Albert Flesseman in band 1 for Real Estate. Since 2012 he is ranked in the prestigious category 'Senior Statesman'.

Chambers Europe 2013: Albert is hailed by a client as "a very wise man - a real authority. I've been very impressed with his strategy, documentation and pleading in court."

Chambers Europe 2012: Albert Flesseman is considered an authority on landlord and tenant law, and is admired for his long experience in the field.