Real estate transactions are becoming increasingly complex and most include cross-border aspects.

Our Real Estate and Corporate/M&A teams regularly join forces to handle major projects and complex operations. With our experts in administrative law, we are also able to advise clients on specific local and regional aspects, and guide them towards the solution that best meets their objectives.

Real estate transactions Simont Braun Belgian business law firm

All-round legal assistance throughout the entire transaction process

Simont Braun handles all aspects throughout the process including preliminary analysis of the project and its structure using real estate investment vehicles (SIRs, special purpose vehicles and joint structures), acquisition and sale structuring (full property, split full ownership, etc.), and tax structuring and planning.

Our intervention includes legal audits into the various aspects of the operation: corporate and property law, lending regulations, town planning and environmental law, insurance, analysis of risks, contracts, occupancy and maintenance, regulatory compliance. 

In the context of real estate transactions, our team also handles the negotiation, drafting and implementation of the contractual documentation (share transfer agreements, merger agreements, split agreements, financing agreements, securities, sale/leaseback real estate project contracts,…) as well as the drafting of development contracts (architects/engineers/contractors/subcontractors agreements, project management and property construction per plan agreements).

 

Assistance in all types of property transactions

Our team provides assistance in all types of property commercialisation: brokerage, management, lease, long-term occupancy (such as long-term lease and usufruct). We also assist clients in managing new, existing or ending joint-ownership relationships.

Lawyers

Joris Beckers
Joris
Beckers
Partner
Manuela von Kuegelgen
Manuela
von Kuegelgen
Partner
Laura Grauer
Laura
Grauer
Counsel
Renaud van Melsen
Renaud
van Melsen
Counsel
Alexia Faes
Alexia
Faes
Associate
Céline Moreau
Céline
Moreau
Associate
Lindsay Van Linthout
Lindsay
Van Linthout
Associate