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Real Estate Tax Offerings

Tax advice takes center stage in our comprehensive real estate offerings. In collaboration with Deloitte Legal Tax and Deloitte Legal Banking and Finance, we provide professional guidance across a diverse range of real estate projects. From office buildings and retail spaces to industrial complexes, residential developments, and beyond, our services extend to logistics, digital infrastructure, and student accommodations. We cater to a broad spectrum of clients, including developers, banks, private equity firms, investors, lenders, borrowers, sponsors, and construction companies. With our collaborative approach and experience, we make sure that tax considerations are seamlessly integrated into every aspect of our clients’ real estate ventures.

Questions from our clients include

  • how to deal with the increase in registration duties for long lease and building rights;
  • what impact the introduction of a minimum holding period of 5 years for B-REIF’s has on their project;
  • what the revocation of the reduced 6% VAT rate on demolition and reconstruction as of 2024 means for their project;
  • how to obtain grants and/or subsidies for their project; and
  • how to structure their investment vehicle and real estate acquisition in a tax friendly way.

We can help by providing advise on

  • We can help by providing assistance withTax compliance matters: Our team provides professional guidance and advice to make sure that your real estate investments comply with all relevant tax laws and regulations. We advise on tax filings, reporting requirements, and staying up-to-date with changing tax legislation to mitigate risks and liabilities.
  • The tax structuring of your real estate investment: We offer tailored tax structuring solutions to enhance the tax efficiency of your real estate investments. Our knowledge includes entity structuring, asset allocation, and transaction planning to enhance tax benefits and lower tax burdens, making sure that your investments are structured in the most opportune way.
  • Contentious matters: In cases of disputes or contentious tax matters related to your real estate investments, our team provides professional advice. We offer dispute resolution services, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation advice, to resolve tax disputes effectively and achieve favorable outcomes for our clients.

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Maximilien van de Werve

Maximilien van de Werve

Partner

Maximilien joined Deloitte Legal as head of the Real estate team of lawyers in 2016. He started his career at Clifford Chance, and, as a young associate, spent six months in the London office. In 2008... More