Real Estate
Europe Guide 2024 : Belgium
Band 4
About
Provided by ALTIUS
ALTIUS’ real estate & regulatory practice gives our clients a clear advantage by using in-depth sector know-how to advise on issues concerning private law (property issues, rights in rem, etc.) and public law (town planning and zoning rules, building and allotment permits, soil issues, expropriation and public domain issues).
Our team assists in complex real estate transactions and (re-)structuring (divestitures, sale-and-leaseback and PPP). We also assist and advise our clients with (re-)development projects. Our team can advise on soil clean-up, waste disposal and nuisance issues.
Our clients come to us from across industry sectors for advice on shopping centres, logistics parks, hotels, sports and leisure centres and senior citizens’ or student housing.
We combine our legal advice with practical transaction assistance throughout each complex and innovative structure.
While our first objective is to help our clients anticipate - and prevent - legal risks; we also have extensive real estate-related and construction litigation experience.
Our team functions within a fully integrated law firm because we believe that this structure benefits our clients. Our team’s co-operation with the tax firm, Tiberghien, has strengthened our ability to optimise real estate transactions from both a tax and legal perspective.
ALTIUS invests continuously in building long-standing relations with regulators, industry groups and business people.
Chambers Review
ALTIUS advises on SPV acquisitions and lease agreement negotiations. The practice also assists with the refurbishment and redevelopment of real estate projects. It covers the full range of real estate asset classes, acting on matters involving logistics, residential, retail, commercial and hospitality properties.
Work Highlights
- ALTIUS advised Matexi on its sale of the retail floors in the newly renovated Antwerp Tower to Baloise Belgium.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"ALTIUS knows the Belgian real estate market very well and is well placed to handle complex matters."
"The lawyers at ALTIUS are pretty responsive and usually turn things around very quickly. Whenever we have something with high urgency, the team is always available and they make things understandable for people in our company who have no legal background."
"Its team is highly skilled and very reactive."
"We can count on the support from ALTIUS."
"ALTIUS has enough benchmarks from other deals to be able to advise us and has a good understanding of different scenarios."
"ALTIUS knows the Belgian real estate market very well and is well placed to handle complex matters."
"The lawyers at ALTIUS are pretty responsive and usually turn things around very quickly. Whenever we have something with high urgency, the team is always available and they make things understandable for people in our company who have no legal background."
"Its team is highly skilled and very reactive."
"We can count on the support from ALTIUS."
"ALTIUS has enough benchmarks from other deals to be able to advise us and has a good understanding of different scenarios."
Notable Practitioners
Lieven Peeters is able to assist with the acquisition of logistics assets, as well as with real estate redevelopment projects in the hospitality sector and lease agreement negotiations for retail properties.
"Lieven Peeters is our port of call in Belgium."
"Lieven Peeters offers excellent responsiveness."
Ranked Lawyers at
ALTIUS
Belgium
Clients
Provided by ALTIUS
BALDA
BALTISSE
BELFIUS INSURANCE
CORINTHIA HOTELS
DE MOLENWATER GROEP
DFDS GROUP
FOOT LOCKER
ING
INTERVEST OFFICES AND WAREHOUSES
KBC VERZEKERINGEN
KFC
MARC O'POLO
MARK (Meyer Bergman)
PATRON CAPITAL
Industries
Provided by ALTIUS
Healthcare Facilities
Hospitality
Infrastructure
Logistics
Real Estate Developers
Real Estate Funds
Retail Brands
Senior Citizen Housing
Shopping Centres
Sports & Leisure Centres
Student Housing
Supermarkets