Monard law handles a mix of litigation, transactional, and advisory matters, maintaining a steady, integrated approach across projects, with skills in both public and private real estate matters. The real estate team is led by Gregory Grouwels, who brings over 30 years of experience in construction disputes, acquisitions, leases, easements, and related agreements. Stefaan Van Dyck focuses on corporate real estate advisory, including joint ventures, disposals, acquisitions, leasing, and project finance.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Monard Law's Brussels’ practice stands out for its strong legal expertise combined with a pragmatic, business-minded approach. Our team, consisting of Stefaan Van Dyck and Jasmina Sadek, is highly responsive, approachable, and always focused on delivering clear, actionable solutions rather than just pointing out problems. As a client, this means working with a true business partner.’
- ‘Stefaan Van Dyck combines deep legal expertise with a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach that keeps complex projects on track. Jasmina Sadek is highly responsive and precise, with a proactive mindset that helps anticipate and resolve issues early. Both distinguish themselves from competitors through their accessibility, genuine client focus, and delivery of high-quality advice. ’
- ‘Monard Lauw's real estate team managed to be very responsive. They were able to provide substantively strong yet practical advice against very short and strict deadlines, always keeping the client's needs in mind.’
- ‘We particularly appreciated the cooperation with Stefaan Van Dyck, who was by our side in the transaction as a legal partner. Easily accessible, substantively strong yet pragmatic enough not to complicate the process and very client oriented.’
- ‘Reliable, strong commitment, and client understanding.'
Key clients
- Belfius Bank
- Bnp Paribas Fortis
- Building Partners
- Ciril
- Cores Development
- Db Schenker
- Denys
- Democo
- Dillen Bouwteam
- Dsv
- Eco Beton Nv
- Hedin Automotive
Work highlights
Advise a consortium led by contractor Jan De Nul in connection with the DBFM project for the construction of a new prison in Leopoldsburg.
Assisted the Hedin Automotive group on several real estate files relating to acquisitions, disposals, and leases of commercial real estate assets in Belgium.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Gregory Grouwels
Other key lawyers
Luc Linders; Stefaan Van Dyck; Jasmina Sadek