Pieter regularly speaks at seminars.
Pieter is well known as a leading real estate, M&A, construction law and (project) finance law practitioner in Belgium.
Pieter’s real estate and M&A practice includes the structuring of real estate projects (offices, hotels, residential, retail and industrial), sale-and-leaseback transactions and joint ventures. He handles both asset real estate and corporate/M&A real estate transactions.
Pieter regularly advises clients on construction and development transactions including EPC contracts and general contract agreements.
Pieter's (project) finance practice covers project finance transactions, including those relating to the energy transition, as well as the financing aspects of real estate transactions.
Pieter also advises on the capital markets dimension of real estate deals, including public and private Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). He has specialist expertise in the retail space, advising investors and developers on shopping centre and luxury retail transactions. He has also gained significant experience in the care sector, handling acquisitions, divestments, financings and construction deals.
Over the past 25 years, Pieter has focused on public-private-partnership (PPP) transactions where he assists sponsors, banks and investment funds with bids and transactional structuring.
Pieter has led on many of the market’s major real estate transactions. These include advising:
Pieter studied law at the University of Leuven, holds a licence in economic law from the University of Louvain and a master’s in law from Heidelberg University, Germany, and from the University of Chicago Law School, U.S.
He speaks Afrikaans, Dutch, English, French and German.
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