Real Estate

The real estate sector is thriving and constantly changing due to wide-ranging trends and developments. It is being impacted and shaped by current developments in the areas of sustainability, technology, urban renewal and redevelopment, and changing regulations. This presents both opportunities and challenges for developers, contractors, real estate entrepreneurs, local authorities, housing corporations, traders, investors, architects, and construction supervisors. It is crucial that we have a clear understanding of the real estate market and any regulatory changes in order to be able to advise and assist our clients with their projects.

Our Real Estate Team has many years of experience and comprehensive knowledge of the real estate market and its players. We can help our clients navigate the challenges and alert them to opportunities as they arise. Our team is results-driven and can help clients effectively move forward. By working in multidisciplinary teams, we can easily expand our expertise by deploying specialists from relevant specific areas, such as:

project and area development
redevelopment, transformation and sustainability of existing properties
real estate transactions (buying and selling)
contracts (including forms of partnership) and general terms and conditions
ground leases and other rights in rem (including building rights and easements)
apartment rights
land exploitation, cost recovery and municipal cost recovery

construction law and construction arbitration cases
letting and renting commercial and residential property
expropriation
land development law
environmental law
procurement and state aid
ESG

Recent cases

Assisted a municipality in legal proceedings before a civil court in a case against an operator of a CHP plant to which some 140 homes are connected. The proceedings covered the operation of the plant and the supply of heat and cooling to the households connected.
Advised and assisted a real estate investor in respect of the sale of a leased 7000 sqm shopping centre, including an underground car park, to a foreign pension fund.
Assisted and advised a municipality in the context of a dispute with a major property developer regarding the fulfilment of a building claim entitling the developer to the development and completion of some 180 homes. The dispute particularly concerned the interpretation of the purchase and settlement agreement(s) entered into between the parties.
Advised and assisted a property developer in respect of establishing an anterior agreement with a municipality for the development and completion of a residential development plan consisting of 100 homes, with associated parking facilities and the construction of the public area.
Advised and assisted a property developer in respect of the sale of several business plots intended for the development and completion of large-scale logistics facilities.

Advised and assisted a real estate investor in respect of the purchase of a plot of land containing a large-scale commercial building with approximately 200 parking spaces. Our team assisted the buyer in drafting the purchase agreement and carried out due diligence.
Advised and assisted a housing corporation in respect of the development and completion of some 90 flexible homes (consisting of temporary rental homes).
Assisted and advised a landowner in respect of the sale of a plot of land for the purpose of constructing a solar park.
Assisted and advised a housing corporation in respect of drafting various agreements regarding the development and completion of 257 residential units, 2 commercial units and an indoor car park.
Advised a municipality on the admissibility (Didam judgment) of land sales to a pension fund for the purpose of completing housing and retail space.