Located at the heart of the European Union, Belgium is an active market for real estate projects.

Our fields of expertise

With experienced specialists in corporate law, real estate law, financial law and tax law, Simont Braun’s multi-disciplinary team provides effective legal support to help clients structure, negotiate, secure and close their real estate transactions. We advise on the best structure for the investment vehicles, conduct due diligence, draft and negotiate the transaction and financing documentation, interact with the authorities regarding licences, etc.

At every stage of the project we focus on providing fully integrated services to offer clients the optimum legal solution, taking into account the corporate, tax, financial, urban planning, environmental and construction aspects of the transaction, as well as any regional specificities depending on the location of the real estate asset.

Our team assists institutional investors, regulated entities, foreign and Belgian investment funds and companies in the acquisition or sale of real estate assets, with special expertise in areas such as senior housing, social housing, hotels and buildings owned by public entities.

Some recent projects

• Advice on the acquisition of the shares in a company owning a science park located next to the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve.


• Advice to a UK fund active in the real estate sector on the sale to the main Belgian developer and a Luxembourg company for one of the most sought-after development sites in Brussels, located at Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, including planning permission.


• Regular assistance to a Belgian private investment fund active in the field of social and mid-level housing developments, covering the acquisition of majorreal estate projects.


• Regular advice to a company and its shareholders owning a landmark shopping arcade and other buildings located in the heart of Brussels, covering corporate matters linked to the ownership, governance and commercialisation of such real estate assets.


• Advice on the sale of shares held by a large number of family shareholders with a 50% interest in a company owing a major hotel and other real estate assets in Brussels. We assisted the clients throughout the bidding process, including data room review, and negotiated the share purchase agreement.