Loyens & Loeff provides a ‘high-quality level of work’ to investors and developers on the acquisition and disposal of commercial real estate assets, as well as advice on forward-funding and forward-commitment transactions, and on real estate management issues. Recently promoted to partner, Julien Lecler is gaining a strong reputation in the market, on both Luxembourg and Belgian mandates, as a result of his ’business-oriented and deal-making’ attributes. Audrey Jarreton has enhanced the firm’s real estate finance capabilities since joining from Stibbe in January 2023, and both she and banking and finance head Anne-Marie Nicolas have handled work for lenders and borrowers on new money and refinancing transactions in the sector. Véronique Hoffeld co-heads the team alongside Lecler.
Testimonials
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‘The team is very responsive, reliable and produces a high-quality level of work.’
‘The firm is developing its real estate practice in Luxembourg, but with quality partners who have a keen sense of business and a wealth of experience.'
‘Julien Lecler is a business-oriented and deal-making lawyer. He perfectly understands what his clients need and finds solutions to meet those needs. He is also a very talented negotiator and has a deep knowledge of the real estate industry both in Belgium and Luxembourg.’
Key clients
- AG Insurance
- Atenor
- Blackstone
- Blue Colibri Capital
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Ivanoé Cambridge
- Morgan Stanley Asset Management
- Primonial REIM France
- Real I.S. AG
- SwissLife Asset Management
Work highlights
- Advised AG Real Estate, on behalf of its parent company AG Insurance, on the closing of the acquisition in the forward sale of 100% of the shares of the company B-9 S.A., owner of the office building ICÔNE in Belval, Luxembourg.
- Advised Atenor on the sale of a participation of Square 42, which will develop a 20,000m² office building on the fast-growing Belval site (in Luxembourg).
- Advised Ivanhoé Cambridge on its entry into the capital, alongside Belfius Insurance and the real estate arm of the Belgian Sovereign Fund (SFPIM – Real Estate), of Cohabs, a Brussels-based company specialising in co-living in five cities.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Julien Lecler, Véronique Hoffeld