About

Provided by Schoups

The Real Estate and Construction Law Department of Schoups has unequalled expertise and know-how in assisting companies in construction projects. Our team has also built up years of practical experience in every aspect of real estate and property law.

Schoups provides tailor-made, pragmatic and flexible assistance in all relationships between the players involved in construction projects, such as general contractors, project developers, principals, engineers, safety coordinators, real estate brokers, insurers, etc.

Our team also successfully accompanies project developers and real-estate investors in residential, commercial, industrial and mixed projects. 

The practice covers advice on:

  • negotiating, drafting, reviewing and amending contracts related to construction and project development
  • dispute avoidance and resolution related to construction and real estate transactions
  • the design and execution of construction projects
  • the acquisition of property (negotiating and drafting purchase-sale agreements, option agreements, private contracts, etc.)
  • superficies and long-term ground lease rights, easements, as well as mortgage and other securities
  • co-ownership to project developers, ACO´s, individual co-owners, syndics, etc.
  • designing and setting up ´tailor-made´ property-law structures in the context of project developments
  • the regulatory framework for project development

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Real Estate - Belgium

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Schoups has a strong focus on acting for domestic and international construction companies, developers and contractors on both contentious and non-contentious construction matters. The team also advises on DBFM contracts and infrastructure projects, as well as representing clients in challenges to procurement tenders, safety disputes and damages claims. The practice also represents clients from the public sector.

Work Highlights

Provided by Schoups

  • Schoups advised Hannover Leasing on permitting for the operation of a 60,000 sq m building, leased to the Federal Police in Brussels.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Marco Schoups
3
Marco Schoups
3
Band 3

Marco Schoups is a respected real estate adviser with a strong focus on construction matters.

We can always trust Marco, not only in terms of legal advice and guidance but also in finding the best possible commercially acceptable solution.

Marco Schoups is brilliant. He can answer all our questions, giving clear answers and explaining things very well.

Marco Schoups is an excellent advocate who is very well prepared. His conclusions are consistently and solidly written with extensive legal foundations and logical argumentation.

He is the sharpest mind I know, a man who understands the law inside and out. He uncovers connections between different branches of law that others might overlook, establishing groundbreaking links.

Marco Schoups is strategic and conceptual. He wants to solve things. That's the culture of Schoups, really; they want to solve things.

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Marco Schoups
3
Marco Schoups
3
Band 3

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