Drawing upon ‘excellent technical skills’ and with a ‘brilliant ability to negotiate’, Arendt & Medernach is well placed to advise stakeholders through every stage of a real estate transaction, from planning and financing to final execution. Much of the work is centred around the investment management space, with the firm excelling in structuring real estate funds, as well as providing advice on the subsequent real estate acquisitions and sales. Claude Niedner, Pierre Beissel and Rodrigo Delcourt  are very well versed at providing advice at the fund structuring stage, with corporate and M&A head Carsten Opitz particularly effective at executing the subsequent real estate transactions, as well as providing guidance on co-investment vehicles and JVs. Christian Point is ‘highly knowledgeable’ across a range of substantive real estate matters on both the contentious and non-contentious front. Point co-heads the overarching multidisciplinary team alongside Dominik Pauly, who regularly advises on financing and restructuring matters in the sector.

Led by the vastly experienced Martine Gerber-Lemaire, Dentons has established a market-leading practice advising funds, developers and owners across both asset and share deals in the domestic commercial real estate market. Office and commercial projects remain the core focus, although the team, which is from time to time assisted by practitioners in the corporate, finance and tax practice groups, is also handling an increased flow of work in relation to mixed use developments. The practice also regularly advises on the Luxembourg structuring aspects of cross-border European real estate projects, working hand-in-hand with firm-wide lawyers from across the continent.

KLEYR GRASSO provides ‘technical and cost-effective’ advice to public and private sector stakeholders across a wide array of contentious and non-contentious domestic real estate and construction matters. Although she also handles some advisory work, including in the context of lease negotiations, Yasmine Poos is best known for her litigation expertise, and is particularly skilled at defending the State of Luxembourg in procurement challenges with regard to construction projects. Counsel Mélanie Trienbach is adept at handling administrative law-related issues, including on zoning and urban planning as well as public procurement. François Collot, who co-heads the team alongside Poos, has a fairly balanced practice that includes disputes work as well as transactional mandates.

Blending ‘top-tier legal expertise with boutique-style client care’, Linklaters has developed a strong reputation among stakeholders across the full range of upstream and downstream real estate projects. Combining impressive substantive property law knowledge with a transactional mindset, team head Anton Cox provides ‘clear, actionable solutions’ to clients on downstream real estate matters and takes the lead on many of the share deals handled by the team for Luxembourg property assets. On the upstream front, the team also leverages the firm’s investment fund prowess to good effect, particularly on cross-border deals utilising Luxembourg as a hub. The practice also leans into the firm’s strong banking and capital markets offering, with Patrick Geortay and Melinda Perera both regularly involved for borrowers and lenders in new money and refinancing as well as restructuring deals.

With a core real estate and construction team led by Philippe Eicher and also frequently collaborating with firmwide corporate, finance and funds lawyers, A&O Shearman is well placed to advise financial institutions, funds, owners and developers on the legal aspects associated with the purchase, sale, construction and lease of properties. Eicher is skilled at advising on both share and asset real estate transactions, domestically and internationally, and is also well versed at advising on complex lease negotiations. M&A partner Jacques Graas regularly handles the corporate aspects of real estate deals, while Andreas Hommel is the main contact for real estate financings.

The ‘top-notch’ team at Baker McKenzie has a strong reputation in the local market among developers, investors and end users for its skill at advising on real estate and construction matters relating to office, residential, retail and mixed- use projects. Team head Jean-François Trapp provides ‘insightful and reassuring advice’ to participants on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional mandates. The core team also regularly collaborates with the firm’s corporate, finance, tax and litigation practices to provide a strong all-round offering.

Acting on its own as well as often working collaboratively with corporate, finance, funds and tax lawyers at the firm, the ‘responsive and solutions-oriented’ team at Clifford Chance is well placed to offer an end-to-end service to stakeholders across the full range of domestic real estate projects, including on large asset and share acquisitions as well as divestments. Sébastien Schmitz has a varied practice that sees him advising developers on major office and hospitality projects, advising landlords on complex lease negotiations, and funds on real estate-related sales and acquisitions. Litigator Albert Moro co-heads the overarching team alongside Schmitz.

With real estate and construction representing one of its core areas of focus, independent business law boutique DSM Avocats à la Cour has deep knowledge across the full scope of contentious and non-contentious matters for a varied array of stakeholders, including but not limited to, developers, investors, engineering companies and project managers. Team head Mario Di Stefano exemplifies the firm’s varied expertise in the area, being as comfortable advising on complex lease negotiations and urban planning issues for developers, as he is advising insurers on property and construction-related disputes.

Appreciated by clients for its ‘deep technical expertise, commercial pragmatism, and collaborative mindset’, Elvinger Hoss Prussen has good market visibility among stakeholders across a range of retail, office and logistics mandates. Although it also handles acquisitions and sales, as well as landlord and tenant work, the team is particularly adept at advising on complex development transactions. In this context, the practice handles work throughout the project life-cycle, including as it relates to urban planning and environmental issues, an area that Nathalie Prüm-Carré has ‘deep knowledge' of.  Combining ‘strong organisational capabilities with clear leadership’, Stéphanie Pautot is very adept at project managing large-scale real estate projects. Pautot co-heads the team alongside Michel Nickels, who is particularly skilled at negotiating and drafting lease agreements.

Often working particularly closely with the firm’s acclaimed tax practice, the ‘very skilled and responsive’ team at Loyens & Loeff provides an end-to-end service to investors, banks, developers and funds across the full scope of real estate work throughout the life-cycle of a project. Praised for his willingness to look for ‘constructive solutions’, team head Julien Lecler is appreciated by clients in the investment phase, as well as in the context of real estate management issues, to include advice on leases. Other key contacts include tax expert Tom Hamen, who is increasingly sought out by German speaking clients on Luxembourg real estate matters, and Audrey Jarreton for real estate finance matters. The firm’s investment management team also regularly advises on real estate fund formation transactions.

Headed by Stéphanie Juan, MOLITOR Avocats à la Cour SARL is well versed at advising a range of stakeholders, including investors, developers and owners, across the life-cycle of domestic real estate projects. As part of Juan’s broad-ranging expertise she is adept at handling leasing matters, as well as helping clients to navigate urban zoning and environmental strictures. The firm’s overarching litigation prowess is also valued by clients from a risk management perspective.

Since the arrival in 2022 of real estate heavyweight Serge Hoffmann from A&O Shearman, Stellan Partners has gained increased visibility in the market on behalf of a varied client base that includes owners, developers, investors and funds. Hoffmann combines ‘outstanding technical knowledge with a practical, business-oriented approach’ and is well versed at handling share and asset deals, planning issues and lease negotiations.

Leveraging the firm’s very well regarded overarching dispute resolution offering, Brucher Thieltgen & Partners is best known for its ability to advise real estate and construction stakeholders, including developers, investors, property management firms and contractors, on litigation. Much of this work, including as it relates to defects and payment, is handled by ‘client oriented and pragmatic’ team head Marie Bena, who is also adept at handling challenges related to urban planning and zoning.

BSP handles a considerable volume of corporate and finance-related real estate work. Michaël Kitai generates a significant amount of work from key client Goldman Sachs on its investments and exits of real estate throughout Europe.

Luther S.A.‘s team head Aurélien Latouche ‘combines legal expertise and pragmatism’ to good effect for a growing and varied roster of stakeholders, including developers, landowners and investors. The scope of the work is broad to include advice on share and asset deals, lease negotiations, and an increasing number of instructions from asset management companies on real estate investment matters.

Led by corporate lawyer Torsten Sauer, Norton Rose Fulbright‘s multi-disciplinary real estate offering is particularly noted for its work in the investment management sector. Here the firm advises on real estate-focused fund structuring and on subsequent cross-border transactional work. Overseen by Stéphane Braun, the team also handles a considerable amount of real estate financing work for lenders.