Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership
Andersen advises and assists national and international businesses, investors, and individuals in real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, and divestment of properties such as office buildings, shopping centers, and housing projects. Their services cover drafting contracts, navigating construction and tenancy laws, managing co-ownership, and representing clients in disputes or legal proceedings, ensuring comprehensive support for all real estate matters.
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Liability and InsuranceAdministrative Law and Public ProcurementUrban Planning and Environmental LawIP and Data Protection LawTax LawSports LawLitigation and ArbitrationSustainabilityEU Competition LawEU LawCriminal Law (White-collar Crime)Real estate and property transactions are an important issue for many enterprises.
We have extensive experience in advising and assisting national and international businesses and investors with respect to real estate transactions – acquisitions, development and divestment – in respect of office buildings, commercial real estate, shopping centres, hotels and housing developments, as well as the construction, operation of such buildings and the management of the co-ownership.
As safe as houses for all real estate matters
We provide services in the following areas:
- Contract drafting and contract negotiation
- Construction law
- General contracting
- Sale and purchase of real estate
- Rental and leasing agreements
- Long Lease Rights
- Project development and real estate investment
- Execution of real estate development projects
- Real Estate Certificates
- Public and private tenders
- Public Private Partnership (PPP)
- Regulated Real Estate Company (REIT)
- Expertise
- Permits and authorisations
- Representation in court, and before authorities, in all matters of real estate and tenancy law
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12.05.2026
•Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium
The Tenant’s Right of Preference in Brussels: A Disguised Right of Pre-emption? Practical Considerations
Real estate transactions in the Brussels-Capital Region are becoming increasingly complex. In addition to traditional points of attention such as urban planning regulations, soil certificates and the various statutory pre-emption rights of public authorities, less obvious legal mechanisms are also emerging that may have a decisive impact on the course of a sale. One of these is the tenant’s right of preference, a specific right that has applied since 6 January 2024 to the sale of rented residential properties in Brussels.
03.04.2026
•Administrative Law and Public Procurement, Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium
The Enforcement Measures Register for Notaries and Real Estate Agents: Check First, Then Sell
Since 1 April 2026, notaries and real estate agents will be required to consult the new enforcement measures register for every real estate transaction. Information that often remains under the radar today will become visible tomorrow and must also be actively disclosed to purchasers.
04.03.2026
•Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS
Court of Cassation clarifies: conditions attached to the renewal of a commercial lease may relate only solely to the new lease
In its judgment of 16 February 2026 (C.25.0185.N), the Court of Cassation held that the conditions included by a commercial tenant in an application for lease renewal pursuant to Article 14 of the Commercial Lease Act may relate exclusively to the new lease agreement and not to the ongoing lease.
02.03.2026
•Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS
The new rules on consumer suretyship: what will change as from 2026?
In a previous contribution, we examined in detail suretyship as a personal security under the new Book 9 of the Belgian Civil Code, as well as the way in which this security mechanism has been modernised and clarified.