Real estate

Some of our references

• Belgian regulated real estate companies – WDP, Retail Estates, Care Property Invest, Home Invest Belgium, Vastned, Aedifica, Cofinimmo, Xior, etc.: Legal and tax adviser to a large number of REITs for their direct and indirect acquisitions and divestments of real estate (asset deals, share deals, contributions in kind, corporate restructurings), strategic transactions and/or capital market transactions.
   
• Nextensa: Legal and tax adviser in connection with various transactions, including the renunciation of the BE-REIT status of Leasinvest Real Estate and the business combination with Extensa.
   
• Ghelamco: Legal and tax advisor on various development projects and real estate transactions and as part of the broader (re)structuring of the group.
   
• Brussels Airport Company: Legal and tax advisor regarding projects at Brucargo and the Airport Business District and the acquisition of the Brussels Airport Sheraton hotel.
   
• AG Real Estate: Legal and tax adviser in the context of various real estate transactions including the public takeover bid for Befimmo, where Eubelius acted as advisor to reference shareholders AG Real Estate and AXA.
   
• Belgian federal government: legal and tax advisor in the context of negotiations with Engie-Electrabel on the renewal of two nuclear power plants, including business law structuring.
   
• Real estate developers - Immobel, Life, BPI, Antonissen, etc.: Assistance in the legal and tax structuring of their real estate projects and global structure.
   
• Delhaize: Legal and tax counsel in connection with various real estate transactions.
   
• HappyNest: Legal and tax advisor to HappyNest, the joint venture between BNP Paribas Fortis and Matexi, a rent-to-own model where young professionals can rent a house with the option to buy it after a certain period of time.
   
• Care-Ion: Legal and tax adviser in relation to the contribution in kind of various portfolios of care residences in Cofinimmo.
   
• Belgian and foreign investors: Legal and tax assistance on structuring Belgian investments through private real estate funds (e.g. GVBF/ FIIS).
   
• NMBS/SNCB: Legal and tax adviser in the structuring and tendering for the development of its new headquarters and the sale of various office buildings.
   
• Maisons Baijot: Legal and tax advisor to the Baijot Family on the sale of 55% of the shares in one of Wallonia's largest family-owned contracting companies to the Bassac (Euronext Paris) listed company.
   
• Hospital: Legal and tax adviser in the structuring of a mixed urban redevelopment project in the healthcare and residential sector.
   
• Leading Belgian construction company: Legal adviser in respect of several clusters of DBFM schools.
   
• De Lijn: Legal and tax adviser to the Flemish public transport operator in respect of PPP projects related to large bus and tram depots.
   
• Pandox AB: Legal adviser in connection with the acquisition and management of its Belgian hotel portfolio.
   
• GO! (Flemish Community Education): Legal adviser in connection with a mixed development project.
   
• BE-REIT Association: Assistance in the Belgian REIT industry association on the regulatory and fiscal framework of REITs (and proposed amendments), which gives Eubelius unique and strategic know-how in the field.
   
• Real Estate disputes: Legal and out-of-court assistance and representation in disputes related to real estate development projects and their tax implications, including disputes with all actors involved in the project and this both prior to, during and after the realization of the project, disputes regarding rights in rem or disputes regarding the application of reduced VAT rates, property tax, local and regional taxes and the recharacterization of share deals (in asset deals).
   
• Infrastructure projects: Assistance in complex infrastructure projects (onshore and offshore), such as EPC construction of green power plants for electricity and steam generation.