Authors: Pieter Puelinckx, Yves Moreau, Bénédicte Deboeck, Andy Bruce, Patrick Plant, Siobhan Burton, Tracey Kennedy, Françoise Maigrot, Saadoun Alioua

Real Estate Q&A Europe: Covid-19: Key Issues for Landlords and Tenants (revised 20 April 2020)

In the light of the Covid-19 outbreak, landlords and tenants need to consider the effect of Covid-19 on their rights, obligations and liabilities under existing leases, as well as in relation to proposed new leases. In this guide, we provide answers to some of the key issues affecting landlords and tenants of commercial leases across nine European jurisdictions - Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.