The Legal Side

What The Legal Side does

The Legal Side is a Belgian law firm (cabinet d'avocats) founded in 2011 and headquartered in Liège, with a second office in Mont-Saint-Guibert. The firm employs seven lawyers organized around four practice areas: real estate and public procurement law, corporate law, tax law (direct and indirect), and construction law. Its client base consists of Belgian public-sector entities (municipalities, provinces, CPAS, public agencies), corporate clients, and real estate and construction-sector participants, with operations concentrated in Wallonia.

The firm competes on a lean organizational structure — explicitly described on its website as "épurée" — that supports what it calls "very competitive pricing" relative to larger Belgian practices. There is no proprietary technology platform; all services are delivered manually by lawyers, billed as professional advisory fees on a quote-based, matter-by-matter basis. No pricing is publicly disclosed.

Demand generation relies on direct client engagement at the two offices plus thought-leadership channels: extensive academic and professional publications and active participation in seminars organized by IFE, EBP, Anthemis, Kluwer, and various Belgian professional associations. The firm is independently owned by its lawyers, with no external investors, parent company, or disclosed funding. Revenue, headcount trends, and case outcomes are not publicly disclosed.

Name

The Legal Side

Legal name

The Legal Side

Website

https://legalside.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Legal Side is a Wallonia-based Belgian law firm of 7 lawyers (avocats) advising public-sector entities, corporations, and real estate/construction clients on public procurement, corporate, tax, and construction law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Public procurement law
• Real estate law
• Corporate law advisory
• Tax law services

Headquarters

HQ city

Liège

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed for advisory work across real estate law, public procurement law, corporate law, tax law, and construction law. Services are personalized and tailor-made to client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Legal Side is a Belgian law firm providing fully personalized, tailor-made legal advisory services across four practice areas: real estate law and public procurement law (Droit immobilier & marchés publics), corporate law (Droit des sociétés), tax law (Droit fiscal), and construction law (Droit de la construction). The firm serves businesses, entrepreneurs, public sector entities, and real estate/construction sector clients from offices in Liège and Mont-Saint-Guibert.

Product overview

The Legal Side is a Belgian law firm offering personalized, high-value legal services across four practice areas: real estate and public procurement law, corporate law, tax law, and construction law. The firm operates from two offices in Liège and Mont-Saint-Guibert, providing tailored legal advice to businesses and entrepreneurs at competitive pricing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate & Public Procurement Law (Droit immobilier & marchés publics)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Simont Braun: Belgian independent law firm with significant corporate, tax, real estate, and public law practices. Represents a similar independent full-service model at a larger scale, competing for Belgian mid-market mandates in The Legal Side's core niches.
• Stibbe: Major Benelux law firm with deep Belgian real estate, construction, corporate, and tax practices. Competes with The Legal Side for larger Belgian real estate and PPP mandates while offering the multi-jurisdictional reach that The Legal Side lacks.
• NautaDutilh: Leading Benelux law firm with significant Belgian corporate, real estate, and tax practices. Relevant as a larger competitor targeting similar Belgian mid-market and upper-mid-market corporate and real estate clients.
• Baker McKenzie (Brussels): Global law firm with a long-standing Belgian practice covering corporate, tax, real estate, and public procurement-adjacent regulatory work. Competes for Belgian and EU-level mandates that The Legal Side's niche expertise would also target.
• Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick: One of Belgium's leading independent law firms with a substantial real estate, construction, public procurement, and corporate practice. Competes with The Legal Side for mid- and upper-mid-market mandates in Wallonia and Brussels, though it operates at materially greater scale and full-service breadth.
• A&O Shearman (Brussels): Global law firm with a large Brussels office active in Belgian real estate, corporate, tax, and public/regulatory work. Represents the type of well-resourced full-service competitor The Legal Side faces for higher-end Belgian mandates.

Direct peers

• Claeys & Engels: Belgian independent law firm specializing in employment and labor law with broader practice offerings. Comparable to The Legal Side as an independent mid-sized Belgian firm competing on specialist expertise and personalized service.
• Janson Baugniet: Independent Belgian law firm with established practices in corporate, real estate, and tax law. Comparable to The Legal Side as a mid-sized Belgian independent offering multi-disciplinary services to corporates and entrepreneurs.
• Daldewolf: Belgian independent law firm with strong practices in real estate, construction, public procurement, and administrative law — closely aligned with The Legal Side's core specializations and target clientele of public entities and developers in Belgium.

Regional players

• Hanotte & Petitjean: Wallonia-based independent law firm focusing on real estate, construction, corporate, and tax matters for individuals and businesses in francophone Belgium. Closely comparable regional peer to The Legal Side in terms of size, geography, and practice mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-legal-side

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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