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Liedekerke

Real Estate

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Liedekerke

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Our Real Estate Practice, led by partner Yves Delacroix, is recognised as a leading practice in Belgium and is regularly involved in major transactions.

Our real estate lawyers have vast expertise and experience in all aspects of property related issues and are very well connected in the real estate market. This enables us to understand our clients’ needs quickly and to offer sound and practical advice.

The Real Estate Practice works seamlessly with the firm’s other practices to provide a complete approach to any real estate matter. Within our firm 25 lawyers dedicate a significant part of their time to real estate matters.

Thanks to our extensive expertise we work with every category of player, Belgian and foreign, on the property market: investors (for example Belgian and foreign investment funds and closed-end real estate funds), developers, corporate users, retailers, contractors and consultants, high net worth individuals, and public and governmental entities.

We emphasize clear, practical but sound solutions regardless of the complexity of the matter.

Being cost-effective is essential to us. We make sure that we understand our clients’ objectives and their internal decision processes, we anticipate the issues and tailor our services accordingly in order to achieve the best possible results.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Belgium

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Liedekerke has an impressive real estate offering acting on development and redevelopment projects through an integrated approach between the law firm's planning, public law and real estate practices. The law firm represents investors in transactions, including sale and leaseback transactions in the office sector and the acquisition of land plots. The practice has further expertise in matters in the hospitality and residential sectors, and additionally advises tenants on lease agreements.

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Work Highlights

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  • Liedekerke advised Befimmo on a turnkey usufruct agreement with the European Commission for the LOOM building in Brussels.

Strengths

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  • Liedekerke has a very thorough and rapid understanding of cases. The team offers pragmatic support and services of an excellent quality.

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  • Liedekerke has very broad expertise and in-depth knowledge of real estate and financial law. The lawyers are to the point and think creatively, with an out-of-the-box and solution-oriented approach.

    Real Estate respondentEurope

  • The team is very experienced and able to tackle complex matters in a pragmatic and efficient way.

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  • Liedekerke provided excellent and pragmatic advice. The team learned very quickly about the ins and outs of the transaction.

    Real Estate respondentEurope

  • Liedekerke's strengths are its expertise, pragmatism and negotiation skills.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Yves Delacroix
    Yves Delacroix

    Yves Delacroix

    Yves Delacroix assists with a broad range of real estate matters, including project developments, lease agreements and transactions.

    • Yves Delacroix is a very experienced lawyer who provides pragmatic advice which is well tailored to our practice.

      Real Estate respondentEurope

    • He is highly sophisticated, combining deep expertise with clear and practical insights.

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  • Alexandre Emond
    Alexandre Emond

    Alexandre Emond

    Alexandre Emond is co-managing partner of Liedekerke. He represents investors and domestic players in a range of matters, including the negotiation of long lease agreements and residential sector project developments.

    • Alexandre Emond is an intelligent lawyer. He is strong in negotiations and knows the real estate business. It is a luxury to have him as an adviser.

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    • Alexandre Emond's strengths are his responsiveness, listening skills and expertise. He also has knowledge of how companies operate, as well as the Belgian real estate market and its players.

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  • Laurent Pyls
    Laurent Pyls

    Laurent Pyls

    Laurent Pyls is well regarded for his expertise in sale and purchase agreements concerning logistics facilities, office buildings, hotels and retail sites. He additionally advises on leasing contracts.

    • Laurent displayed a very calm and pragmatic approach to help push the transaction over the line.

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    • He is constructive in negotiations, which often leads to better results.

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    • Laurent Pyls is really pragmatic and efficient, as well as responsive. The quality of his work is always incredible.

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    • Laurent Pyls works very proactively.

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    • Laurent Pyls is perfectly capable of handling complex cases.

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