Leveraging the firm's broader asset management and corporate/M&A capabilities, Arendt & Medernach has a market-leading real estate funds reputation, work which includes the structuring of investment vehicles and the pursuant real estate transactions. Team head Pierre Beissel and founding partner Claude Niedner are pivotal to work in this segment of the market, with Beissel recently advising Marcol Europe on a joint venture with Angelo Gordon on the establishment of a self-storage platform called "Space Plus". Christian Point has more of a conventional leaning to his practice and regularly advises developers and construction companies in their domestic real estate work, in both a contentious and non-contentious setting.

Able to draw upon a 'deep knowledge' of the domestic real estate sector, Dentons provides 'high-quality support' to institutional investors, promoters and sellers across a range of domestic and cross-border work relating to offices, retail and logistics. Recognised as a 'true deal-maker', team head Martine Gerber-Lemaire 'combines perfect technical skills with great business understanding’, to provide a very effective service to clients across a wide range of their real estate needs, including an increased volume of mixed-use development projects for promoters effectuated through joint venture agreements. Senior counsel Christel Dumont is 'very knowledgeable' across a range of front-end work, including as it relates to sales, acquisitions and leasing, and is also effectively able to leverage her overarching insolvency/restructuring credentials to good effect from time to time for real estate entities.

Benefitting from a 'deep knowledge of both the theoretical and practical sides of real estate’, Elvinger Hoss Prussen provides a 'solutions-oriented' approach – effectively drawing upon complementary areas including tax, funds, corporate and finance – across a range of real estate projects relating to retail, office space, residential and hospitality. The team is, however, perhaps best-known for its development expertise and in this context it adds value to developers and end-users through the high level of knowledge it has in relation to urban zoning and environmental issues. 'Responsive and empathetic' counsel Stéphanie Pautot 'does her best to solve issues with balanced solutions' and is recommended alongside zoning/environmental expert Nathalie Prüm-Carré and team head Léon Gloden.

The 'efficient and proactive' three-partner team at KLEYR GRASSO exhibits 'flawless procedures' to private and public sector stakeholders across the full range of construction and real estate matters in a transactional setting, as well as in a standalone advisory and litigious context. François Collot has 'deep knowledge' which manifests itself at the front end of transactional work, including on construction projects related to office space, as well as in construction/real estate disputes and in a public procurement context. As part of her broad contentious and non-contentious construction/real estate expertise, Yasmine Poos regularly provides advice on complex lease negotiation/drafting. Henry De Ron rounds out the team at a partner level and is particularly adept at handling construction disputes.

Combining core local real estate expertise with international best practice as well as the ability to draw upon the expertise in personnel from the broader finance, corporate, tax and funds teams, Clifford Chance is well placed to advise stakeholders across a range of transactional real estate mandates. This is particularly apparent in the team's ability to advise developers throughout the life cycle of a deal, including acquisition, development, leasing of properties and the ultimate sale. Albert Moro heads up the team that also features counsel Sébastien Schmitz, whose versatile workload in the space includes advice to end-users and developers on office and commercial lease contracts.

Real estate is a core area of focus for DSM Avocats à la Cour and this is demonstrated in its ability to provide an ‘efficient and pragmatic’ service to a range of stakeholders, including developers, investors, brokers and family offices. Team head Mario Di Stefano is pivotal to the success of the practice in light of his broad expertise, which covers work throughout the life cycle of a real estate project, including acquisition of the land, advice on zoning/environmental issues, lease negotiations and divestment of the property. Renaud Le Squeren is also a key contact and excels in advising on projects underpinned by sophisticated financing mechanisms including securitization vehicles.

Co-headed by Veronique Hoffeld and Anne-Marie Nicolas, Loyens & Loeff‘s seven-partner multidisciplinary team regularly acts for end-users, developers and investors across a range of domestic and European cross-border mandates, where it collaborates closely with lawyers from across its strong Benelux network. Core client European Investment Bank continues to generate a significant flow of contentious and non-contentious real estate-related matters.

The 'very professional and attentive' team at MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL is well-versed at advising clients across the full range of real estate-related contractual matters, including as it relates to leases and in the context of share purchase agreements to facilitate the acquisition of property. In addition, the team, co-headed by Stéphanie Juan and Paulo Lopes Da Silva, is effectively able to draw upon the firm's overarching litigation strength, both in the context of real estate disputes and from a risk management context.