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‘Project development & construction in the Netherlands’ - A practical guide covering the entire life cycle of real estate
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Real Estate Management

After acquisition, the day-to-day management of your real estate assets is essential to ensure the investment profitability. Next to asset management, we can assist you in all rental activities after the purchase - including the restructuring of the portfolio and treating legal and tax aspects as equal components. We can also act on your behalf in contentious matters.

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Optimising rights in rem in real estate: a civil and tax perspective
16-01-2025

Optimising rights in rem in real estate: a civil and tax perspective

This article, written by Alexander Vandendries and Christophe Laurent, is a contribution to the Larcier book "Revue de planification patrimoniale belge et internationale".
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Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important factor in the decisions of investors, companies, consumers, shareholders and policy and law makers. The broadly supported awareness of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives is reflected in many international voluntary standards as well as in an increasing number of European regulations.

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Interested in emerging trends?
Interested in emerging trends?
Are you interested in emerging trends within the Real Estate sector, such as ESG and sustainability, changing housing needs & requirements or tax related trends like ATAD3 and Pillar One and Two?
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Integrated approach

We offer an integrated approach with our services. It includes advice regarding asset management and restructuring, as well as tax and accounting services.

Asset management
  • co-ownership and rights in rem
  • leases and lease incentives
  • VAT leases and other VAT regimes
  • operating permits and authorizations per asset class
  • refurbishments and renovations
  • soil issues
Restructuring
  • merger, (partial) de-merger, contribution of business
  • transfer of contracts and authorizations
  • due diligence
  • soil issues
Tax and accounting services
  • tax optimisation of restructurings
  • transfer taxes and VAT aspects of transactions
With integrated knowledge, tailored to our clients’ needs, our dedicated team will ensure a successful outcome of any type of real estate project.
The Loyens & Loeff Project Development & Construction team combines real estate experts from across our three disciplines – lawyers, civil law notaries and tax advisers.
In real estate finance, a clear trend in loans and credit documentation has emerged.
Your investment management partner to tackle any cross-border legal, tax and regulatory challenges.
Whether looking at office or residential markets, the real estate market is exploding.
How do you structure your investment vehicle and your acquisition when legislation is ever-changing, nationally and internationally?
Our dedicated transaction team will help you succeed in closing the deal in a real estate acquisition or disposal.
We enjoy a well-respected reputation as a business law firm, both domestic & abroad.
Our team supports with all public and private legal issues relating to spatial planning law, nature & environmental law, energy, spatial planning and project development.
We offer integrated services, in collaboration with both our attorneys-at-law and civil-law notaries.
Book ‘Investing in real estate in the Netherlands’ edition 2024
Book ‘Investing in real estate in the Netherlands’ edition 2024
This book provides (foreign) companies that invest in Dutch real estate with an understanding of the main legal and tax issues that may arise during such an investment. A copy of the book can be requested (only soft copies are available).
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Publication ‘Project development & construction in the Netherlands’
Publication ‘Project development & construction in the Netherlands’
The publication ‘Project development & construction in the Netherlands’ offers a clear overview of the key legal and tax aspects of project development and construction. Designed for developers, investors, builders as well as in-house and other lawyers.
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Loyens & Loeff has advised Blackstone
05-05-2022

Loyens & Loeff has advised Blackstone

Loyens & Loeff has advised Blackstone on the recapitalisation of Mileway, the largest private real estate transaction to date.
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Bram Linnartz
Bram Linnartz
Partner
Attorney at Law
Amsterdam, Rotterdam
Ariane Brohez
Ariane Brohez
Partner
Attorney at Law
Paris
Véronique Hoffeld
Véronique Hoffeld
Partner
Attorney at Law
Luxembourg
Pauline Leegwater
Pauline Leegwater
Partner
Attorney at Law
Amsterdam
Steven Lucas
Steven Lucas
Partner
Attorney at Law
Amsterdam
Lonne Rooseboom
Lonne Rooseboom
Partner
Attorney at Law
Amsterdam
Fabian Sutter
Fabian Sutter
Partner
Attorney at Law
Zurich
Ynze van der Tempel
Ynze van der Tempel
Partner
Tax Adviser
Rotterdam
Christophe Laurent
Christophe Laurent
Partner
Attorney at Law
Brussels
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"The team as a whole is highly experienced and has tier-one knowledge on a wide range of legal and tax matters."
Cham­bers Eu­rope (2021)
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“The lawyers implement experience and knowledge pragmatically & efficiently."
Chambers Europe (2021)
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"The best firm in the Netherlands for real estate matters."
Chambers Europe (2021)
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"The team has excellent commercial awareness and consistently delivers excellent service."
Chambers Europe (2020)
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"They make a reliable team to work with and are a very important source of information for us."
Chambers Europe (2020)
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“The firm has a large engine room and always has sufficient capacity, which is important in a fast-moving market. I can depend on them and if I need them urgently, they are there."
Chambers Europe (2019)
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"Lawyers have a pro-active and solution-oriented attitude. The team has an all-encompassing approach and a strong tax expertise, which is combined with real estate."
Chambers Europe (2019)
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"Very responsive team with great understanding of the real estate issues."
Legal 500 (2021)
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"One of the largest real estate practices in the Netherlands. A real one stop shop."
Legal 500 (2020)
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"Loyens & Loeff: a one stop shop. Performed a dedicated job with a big team on a complex transaction with many disciplines involved."
Legal 500 (2020)
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"The team is huge and has the capacity to deal with the big transactions. It is acclaimed for the breadth of its knowledge, its network, and 24/7 mentality.”
Legal 500 (2019)
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“Once again, Loyens & Loeff heads PropertyNL’s listings of the top 40 real estate law firms in the Netherlands. Loyens & Loeff is a true market leader in the Netherlands.”
PropertyNL (2021)
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"L&L has a lot of knowledge and expertise in the field of real estate and has a lot of experience in the field of takeovers of such projects."
Legal 500 (2022)
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"They are absolutely top of the bill."
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"Always contactable, dedicated, professional and extremely hard working."
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"As the sole attorney responsible for my Fortune 100 company’s real estate globally, I have managed projects in approximately 40 countries and 35 states in the US; Loyens & Loeff is among the very best firms with which I have worked."
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"Best in the market from a professional standpoint."
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"The firm is extremely responsive, brings consummate legal knowledge to the table, works very collaboratively and always helps to find creative solutions to problems in transactions."
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"The attorneys are very personable and genuinely good people — in my experience they genuinely care about the client, and they quickly learn and operate with a view to the quirks and peculiarities of the client company."
Legal 500 (2022)
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