GSJ Advocaten

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Real Estate, Contract Law and Public Procurement

Christophe Lenders

Christophe Lenders

Christophe has acquired specialised knowledge and has a wide experience of real estate projects, including construction law in the broadest sense of the term, public procurement law and property law transactions. In addition, he is trained to offer expert advice on the architecture of legal constructs, assignment and contract management as well as on incidents that can occur in the course of the performance of contracts.Needless to say, the real estate market is also characterised by its dependence on public procurement law and, more generally, a need for assistance in this regard. Christophe has the required knowledge and experience to assist the different market players in various other sectors, especially the medical sector.GSJ advocaten has not limited itself to one or two market players. Indeed, we also work with service providers, contractors, suppliers and miscellaneous clients.Christophe and the entire team offer their advice and support to the NAV (the Flemish Architects' Association) and to the ORI (the organisation responsible for consultancy and engineering firms in Belgium). In addition, they assist the Confederatie Bouw (Construction Federation) of the Province of Antwerp and the Bouwunie (Construction Union) by organising various specialised training courses on construction and public procurement law. Christophe is a much sought-after speaker and regularly publishes articles in professional journals.
Stephanie Wernaers

Stephanie Wernaers

Stephanie specialises in real estate law. Within this field, she focuses primarily on private-law construction disputes, rental and commercial lease disputes and apartment co-ownership. She is also very well-versed in tenancy rights.In all these areas of practice, she has received specific training in the drafting of agreements. In addition, she can help private clients and professionals settle disputes in court (for example, contractors, property managers and brokers).Stephanie has acquired considerable knowledge and a wealth of experience in legal proceedings relating to private-law contracting disputes. She has the necessary know-how to assist clients at every stage in the process, from the start of the dispute until final settlement by the court. Furthermore, she has become a specialist in the area of construction expert reports, in which capacity she regularly assists private clients and contractors in the context of expert investigations carried out by court order.Stephanie is a highly trained professional who offers expert advice on apartment co-ownership. She assists private clients and professional property managers and regularly gives seminars on these issues for private clients and professionals. She writes guidance letters on aspects of these various fields of legal expertise and is a regular contributor to the Indicator.Lastly, since 2010 Stephanie has been teaching construction law to final-year students in the context of the course in Applied Engineering/Architecture at the University of Antwerp (formerly known as the Artesis Hogeschool).

Team Services

Within our Real Estate, Contract Law and Public Procurement Team, we pride ourselves on understanding the underlying processes that are involved when people purchase, rent, renovate and use land, houses, apartments and buildings, etc. As a result, much of our everyday work is taken up with helping people achieve their objectives as regards real estate.

The world of real estate often revolves around legal issues, problems, discussions and procedures. Solutions must be found in an increasingly strictly regulated legal framework. However, the rewards (financial or otherwise) can be quite substantial.

Our real estate, contract law and public procurement team works for companies, real estate professionals, private individuals and government agencies who are looking for sound specialised legal support to achieve success in their real estate activities.

The team has a very wide-ranging remit. First and foremost, it has wide experience in the handling of real estate negotiations and disputes:

- support in the context of real estate transactions and all kinds of related negotiations and procedures: purchase-sale, lease, commercial lease, public-private partnerships, etc.,
- creation of rights in rem: ownership and possession, easements, usufruct, leasehold, building, etc., and all kinds of related disputes and procedures,
- drafting of agreements: sales agreements, reciprocal purchases/promises of sale, verification of notarial deeds, agreements with contractors and architects and the handling of the resulting discussions and procedures,
- apartment law: comprehensive advice and procedure management,
- discussions connected with contracting, subcontracting, contracting insurance, advice, procedures,
etc.

In addition, the team specialises in public procurement. We provide commercial enterprises and public authorities with comprehensive expert advice and assistance in securing and awarding government contracts and in the context of every possible problem that might occur in the implementation phase (claims, delays and fines, suspension of work, etc.). Also, where necessary the team can handle for you the appropriate award and dispute resolution procedures that can be involved in public procurement assignments and government contracts.

Whatever challenge you are facing, GSJ can offer tailored advice. We have the experience required to settle disputes, where necessary through tough negotiations, and teamwork guarantees a multidisciplinary approach to complex real estate issues.