Meet the team

Organigram

Team Services

Our Real Estate & Administrative Law practice offers a multidisciplinary approach to a wide variety of complex issues involving real estate and infrastructure projects, as well as major public supply and service contracts.

Our team is composed of both transactional advisors and litigators who are each experts in their field, such as real estate, administrative, environmental, corporate, financial and tax law. We represent a wide variety of clients including developers, construction companies, engineering companies, users of real estate (both owners and tenants), suppliers, service providers, REITs, PE funds or public authorities.

REAL ESTATE
We assist clients in the development, acquisition, disposal, lease or vesting of real estate rights of real assets, such as office buildings, hotels, shopping centres, hospitals or major commercial, industrial or social infrastructure projects. The team assists clients throughout the lifecycle of real estate, i.e. from industrial or commercial greenfield developments, acquisitions, leasing, renovation, redevelopment or demolition projects addressing a full array of complex issues including:

    • vesting of real estate rights (sale, (long) lease, usufruct, easements, etc.)

 

    • construction and engineering contracts

 

    • building, environmental and other permits/authorisations

 

    • zoning rules

 

    • soil pollution and other environmental issues

 

    litigation.

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, CONCESSIONS & PPP
As leading administrative law experts, we advise both public bodies and private clients (including sponsors and lenders) in all steps of public procurement, concessions & PPPs, such as:

    • reviewing the applicability of the public procurement and concessions rules

 

    • drafting tender documentation and award decisions

 

    • reviewing the regularity of the award procedure

 

    • challenging or defending selection and award decisions

 

    • solving execution issues.

 

    As public works contracts are p

art of our practice, we additionally focus on public supply and service contracts, especially in the IT, telecommunications, health and non-profit sectors.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
In today’s business environment, compliance with elaborate administrative and regulatory frameworks is of utmost importance. Our leading administrative law experts support clients in matters regarding this framework, including subsequent challenges before the Belgian State Council, Constitutional Court, administrative and civil courts. Moreover, the team guides clients through a wide range of administrative and constitutional matters to find hands-on and practical business solutions to major regulatory issues.

Awards and Recognition

Highly Recommended - Leaders League 2024