Real Estate
Europe Guide 2024 : Belgium
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Email address
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+32 2 501 9411About
Provided by Linklaters
We have organised our Real Estate practice in a unique way, offering an integrated one-stop approach combining all areas of relevance for real estate transactions. Our team includes specialists in real estate M&A, real estate investment and development, real estate finance, projects and project finance, tax, real estate funds, capital markets derivatives and structured finance and real estate disputes, as well as construction, environment, planning/zoning and energy. This enables our Real Estate practice to perform market-leading international deals from origination to financing and on to securitisation/capital markets.
We help our clients to create value, share risk, enhance returns and mitigate tax costs using an ever-widening range of innovative and complex structures.
Long-standing clients of our firm include national and multinational real estate owners, users, developers, contractors and investors (including funds and Sicafis), who entrust us with a broad range of advisory, litigation (including administrative litigation), and transactional work, ranging from the investment in, or sale of, real estate assets, the structuring of real estate projects and the listing of real estate companies, but also the day-to-day management of real estate.
Please visit the Linklaters website for more details about our work in this category: https://www.linklaters.com/en/client-services/real-estate
Chambers Review
An outstanding team combining experience in corporate and real estate law, Linklaters often represents REITs and large local property development companies in real estate transactions, public procurements and PPP projects. The law firm has significant expertise in litigious proceedings, representing clients in proceedings relating to commercial lease agreements, construction defects and contractual issues. The team assists lenders with real estate financing matters.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters advised La Française Real Estate Managers on its EUR400 million divestment of a group of companies to Green Real Estate FundComm.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Linklaters is very knowledgeable, professional and service-oriented. There is always a lawyer available to handle matters."
"Linklaters has a multidisciplinary team that has a lot of deal experience, resulting in in-depth analysis of the problems and pragmatic, deal-driven solutions."
"We know that the team at Linklaters can come back to us with a simple and effective solution for every issue."
"The availability of the entire team is absolutely best in class."
"The service provided has been excellent. Since we do cross-border work, it is important that they have an understanding of a broader section of law in different countries and that knowledge is not available from every law firm."
"The team at Linklaters is very knowledgeable, professional and service-oriented. There is always a lawyer available to handle matters."
"Linklaters has a multidisciplinary team that has a lot of deal experience, resulting in in-depth analysis of the problems and pragmatic, deal-driven solutions."
"We know that the team at Linklaters can come back to us with a simple and effective solution for every issue."
"The availability of the entire team is absolutely best in class."
"The service provided has been excellent. Since we do cross-border work, it is important that they have an understanding of a broader section of law in different countries and that knowledge is not available from every law firm."
Notable Practitioners
Yves Moreau frequently assists with a range of real estate matters, including those with corporate aspects and construction matters. He often acts for financial institutions and real estate investors.
"Yves Moreau is a legal legend."
"Yves Moreau is very pragmatic, responsive and good at negotiations. He always remains very calm and can diffuse situations."
Pieter Puelinckx has considerable experience in public procurement frameworks, lease agreement negotiations and property acquisitions.
"Pieter Puelinckx is widely recognised for his technical knowledge as well as his deal-driven commercial attitude. With Pieter at the table, the chances of a deal succeeding increase significantly."
"Pieter Puelinckx is an expert and is very much able to solve quite significant problems and find solutions between parties."