Who we are
Silvermont Legal is a boutique law firm focused on Real Estate and Dispute Resolution. The firm provides high-quality legal advice combined with a pragmatic and results-driven approach. Clients benefit from direct access to their lawyer, clear communication, and personal attention throughout every stage of their matter.
Silvermont Legal acts for businesses, investors, and private clients seeking strategic, thoughtful, and efficient legal solutions. With a strong focus on quality, discretion, and responsiveness, the firm aims to deliver legal advice that is not only technically sound but also aligned with the client’s commercial objectives.
Robbe De Houwer
Robbe De Houwer is a Belgian lawyer admitted to the Dutch-speaking Brussels Bar, specialising in real estate, regulatory law and dispute resolution. He advises national and international clients on the legal aspects of real estate throughout its entire lifecycle - from acquisition and development to leasing, restructuring and dispute resolution.
His practice covers both advisory, transactional and contentious matters. He assists clients with asset and share deals involving property-holding entities (SPVs), (complex) lease structures, development projects and the structuring of property rights. He drafts and negotiates real estate contracts, supports multidisciplinary transactions and represents clients in commercial disputes in the broadest sense.
Robbe also advises on environmental and regulatory aspects of real estate, including soil pollution, asbestos and town planning matters, ensuring that legal compliance is aligned with commercial feasibility.
His experience spans all major real estate classes, including office, industrial, residential, retail, leisure and healthcare assets.
He gained his experience within leading national and international business law firms, advising investors, developers, corporate groups and regulated businesses. His work frequently involves coordination across corporate, tax and regulatory disciplines, allowing him to approach matters from a structurally integrated perspective.
Alongside his transactional practice, Robbe regularly advises on lease portfolio management and has extensive experience in (complex) litigation before Belgian courts and tribunals. His dispute background strengthens his advisory work: agreements are structured with enforceability, risk allocation and long-term positioning in mind.
Clients value his structured thinking, responsiveness and ability to distinguish material risks from theoretical exposure. His advice is pragmatic, proportionate and commercially grounded.
Academic Background
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – University of Antwerp
Master of Laws in Notarial Law – Ghent University
Young Professionals Programme in Real Estate (Vastgoedkunde) – KU Leuven
Advanced Masterclass in Corporate Real Estate Transactions – KU Leuven
(Co-)Author of multiple publications on Commercial Lease Law
Languages
Robbe is fluent in Dutch and English and has a working proficiency in French.