Mrs Iris Hemelaer > Lydian > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Lydian Offices
TOUR & TAXIS
HAVENLAAN, AVENUE DU PORT 86C, B113
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mrs Iris Hemelaer
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Iris is a counsel in the Real Estate, Environment & Regulatory practice
Career
Iris has a particular focus on:
- real estate transactions
- real estate developments (offices, residential and retail developments)
- construction and engineering contracts (including PPP)
- lease agreements, leasing agreements and negotiations
Iris advises clients on a broad range of real estate issues including real rights (property, long lease, building rights) and personal rights (all types of leasing and financial leasing), usufruct and construction matters. She also assists clients in real estate transactions (asset and share deal) and in real estate developments.
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Education
Iris graduated with a law degree from the University of Antwerp in 1998. In 1999, she graduated from the University of Brussels as Master in Economic and Financial Law. She was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2003, and in 2007 she transferred to the Antwerp Bar. Since 2003, she has held increasingly senior posts with independent Belgian law firms, joining Lydian in 2014 and being promoted to Counsel in 2018.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Real estate and construction
At Lydian, ‘pragmatism is the hallmark, and they display an excellent ability to effectively manage complex real estate and environmental matters‘. From Brussels, Antwerp, and Hasselt, the firm handles major transactions, as well as construction and development work. Energy, public law and regulatory partner Jens Debièvre oversees the practice which relies on a deep bench of counsels. The ‘easily accessible‘ Iris Hemelaer, Dario Petosa (who ‘always goes an extra mile ‘), the ‘very accessible and intelligent‘ Bruno Stroobants , Anne-Victoire Vandekerckhove (who has ‘a noteworthy eye for detail that can really make the difference‘) are the key practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Industry focus: Transport
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Energy
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Banking, finance and capital markets