Our Real Estate practice pools our legal and tax know-how, expertise and experience in the world of real estate, enabling us to take a seamless approach and offer our clients top quality service. We act as a knowledge centre in the area of commercial property and commercial property transactions thanks to a practice numbering more than 125 attorneys, tax lawyers and civil law notaries throughout the Benelux.

We specialise in the structuring and advising on direct and indirect property transactions, property finance, construction law, lease law planning and zoning. In addition, we advise on litigation and arbitration matters. We are widely recognised for our expertise in real estate funds and deal with investors, such as major pension funds, government bodies, airports, ports and utilities.

Our home market is the Benelux. Thanks to close cooperation between our attorneys, tax lawyers and civil law notaries, we can create sophisticated structures that are optimal from a tax and legal perspective. It is this integrated tax and legal approach to real estate services that makes us truly unique in the Benelux.

International real estate transactions
One of our core activities is international real estate transactions, which require drafting and negotiating skills and transaction management expertise. Dedicated specialists with broad experience combine international transaction capabilities with a deal-driven approach. Members of our practice have extensive experience working with international clients, financial sponsors and advisers. The partners who are involved in a transaction assign associates to the team when this is cost-efficient, without compromising on quality control.

Our expertise
Our areas of expertise include:

• Acquisition and disposals
• Fund structuring / Real estate investment funds
• Joint ventures
• Leasing and property management
• Litigation
• PPP / PFI
• Private and public construction law
• Project development
• Property finance
•  Sale and leaseback
• Securitisation
• Zoning and environmental matters

Our clients
Our key clients are property developers, contractors, investors, government bodies and banks. In addition, we advise a variety of funds and fund managers: European captive and independent private equity funds (buyout and private equity), mutual funds, (listed) REITs with a European property portfolio, cross-border private equity real estate funds, US investment banks managing European opportunity funds and investment managers setting up ‘fund-of-funds’. We advise large institutional investors who are setting up their own investment funds or pooling vehicles, or who act as lead investors for funds set up by others.