Antoine Béchaimont

Counsel

Emailantoine.bechaimont@dlapiper.com

Call+32 (0) 2 500 15 82

Brussels

About

Areas of FocusReal Estate Investment Management and Funds Tax Mergers and Acquisitions

Professional QualificationsAvocat registered with the Ordre Francais des Avocats du Barreau de Bruxelles

EXPERIENCE

Advised a Korean real estate investment trust with respect to (i) the acquisition of a Belgian company holding two towers, amongst the tallest buildings in Brussels, that are leased by a Belgian public administration, and (ii) the post-acquisition reorganization and management of the structure, including a conversion into S-REIF (tax and regulatory aspects).
Advised a Dutch institutional investor specializing on the development and operation of premises dedicated to laboratory and science activities, with respect to (i) the acquisition of several science parks in Belgium, and (ii) the post-acquisition reorganization and management of the structure, including a conversion into S-REIF (tax and regulatory aspects).
Advised a Luxemburg investment fund in respect of the (first) acquisition/transfer of an existing S-REIF holding an office complex in Ghent.
Advised a significant number of institutional investors over dismembered Belgian real estate structures, and the tax consequences of a transfer of such rights and/or reconstitution of full ownership, call/put options, with numerous exchanges with the Belgian Ruling Commission and/or insurers in this respect.
Advised a Canadian public investor over an equity investment into a Brussels-based company specializing in coliving, with assets in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain and the US, coordinated the respective legal teams for these jurisdictions for the due diligence process and the structuring.
Advised a French pension funds over the acquisition in Belgium of various premises leased to EU agencies, with post-acquisition reorganization and management of the structure, including a conversion into S-REIF (tax and regulatory aspects).
Advised a French institutional investors over the acquisition of several healthcare facilities in Belgium, with post-acquisition reorganization, refinancing and management of the structure.
Advised a European consortium over the tax and accounting aspects of a PPP related to the development of a tram system in the City of Liège (Belgium).
Advised a French institutional investor over the acquisition in Belgium of nursing/rest homes, with post-acquisition reorganization and management of the structure, including a conversion into S-REIF (tax and regulatory aspects).
Advised a Norwegian chemical company over the development in Belgium of a water treatment plan (civil and tax aspects of the structure).
Advised a Belgian insurance company over the tax (re)structuring of a combined development project including residential, commercial and office premises.
Advised a Belgian insurance company over the tax (re)structuring of a combined development project including residential, commercial and office premises.

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Education

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Tax Law, Master, 2012

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Law, Master, 2011

Publications

Seminars

Numerous presentations to French and Dutch institutional investors, funds or law firms, over structuration options for real estate investments in Benelux.

Prior Experience