Real Estate Business

In the field of Real Estate Business, our firm stands out for its comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, serving a wide range of demands from the sector. Our commitment is to provide full support to our clients, from the conception to the completion of their Real Estate projects and operations, ensuring legal security and optimization of results. Among the services we provide, we highlight:

Real Estate Operations and Advisory Services

Our activity extends well beyond the traditional buying and selling of properties. We also carry out:

• Investments in Real Estate Development: Consultancy on the feasibility and structuring of investments.
• Real Estate Audits (due diligences): Conducting audits to assess risks and legal compliance of properties and projects.
• Pre-contractual Instruments: Drafting and reviewing Memorandums of Understanding (MoU), term sheets, Promises, purchase and sale options.
• Acquisition and Disposal of Real Estate: Advice on the acquisition and disposal of Real Estate through sale and purchase, exchange (physical and financial), payment in kind, linked or not to real estate incorporations, and in complex and structured negotiations, such as sale & leaseback.
• Real Estate Guarantees: Structuring of real and personal guarantees, ensuring the security of investments, such as fiduciary alienation in guarantee, mortgages, pledge, bail, personal and bank guarantee, and insurance).
• Insurance: Advice on contracting, structuring, and execution of guarantee insurances (performance), financial, construction, civil liability, etc.
• Incorporation and Subdivision: Advice on Real Estate incorporation projects and subdivision planning.
• Condominium: Advice on the development of condominium institutions and specifications.
• Structuring of Surface Rights and Usufruct: Implementation of surface right and usufruct arrangements.

 Leases

Our services in leases cover all aspects necessary to ensure advantageous and secure agreements:

• Document Analysis and Negotiation: Detailed examination of documents and negotiation of pre-contractual and contractual terms for leases.
• Renovations and Inspections: Legal guidance in monitoring renovations, including specific adaptations (fit-outs) and property inspections at the beginning or end of the lease.
• Specialized Leases: Support in leases for energy projects and built-to-suit contracts.

Construction

We provide legal services for the construction and regularization of residential, commercial, and logistic developments:

• Construction Contracts: Drafting and reviewing contracts for the execution of works (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts, turnkey, guaranteed maximum price, etc.), ensuring clarity and preventing litigation.

Rural Properties

Our expertise extends to businesses involving rural properties, covering:

• Viability Analysis for Project Development: We evaluate the legal and regulatory viability of development projects on regularized properties, guiding clients on best practices and procedures.
• Structuring Investments by Foreigners: Consultancy for investments in rural properties by foreign investors, respecting national legislation.
• Leases and Rural Partnerships: Advice on lease and partnership contracts for agricultural, livestock, or forestry exploitation.
• Forestry Investments: Support in reforestation projects and sustainable exploitation of forest resources.
• Consultancy on Mining and Water Rights: We provide consultancy on the acquisition and exercise of mining rights and the use of water resources on rural properties.

Real Estate Regularization

In the area of real estate and land regularization, our firm is widely recognized for its expertise in resolving complex issues related to urban and rural properties. Our work in this field is characterized by precision, agility, and a deep understanding of applicable legislation, always aiming to ensure legal security and maximize the value of assets:

• Documentation Regularization: We assist in obtaining, reviewing, and correcting essential documents for the regularization of properties, such as deeds, registrations, permits, Certificates of Occupancy, and condominium institutions and specifications.
• Area Rectification: We conduct precise analyses to correct discrepancies between records and the actual conditions of properties, ensuring the accuracy of data in public records.
• Property Unification: We guide and manage the unification process of properties, especially for the development of real estate projects.
• Property Subdivision: We assist in the process of dividing a property into several independent parts.
• Conversion of Rural Areas to Urban: We advise on the process of converting rural areas to urban, a crucial step for real estate development and urban expansion.
• Negotiation with Public Bodies: We represent our clients’ interests in negotiations with municipal bodies and other government entities, aiming to facilitate the regularization process.
• Adverse Possession: We advise on the regularization of urban and rural properties through adverse possession, representing clients in all stages of the process, administrative or judicial.
• Expropriation: We provide support in cases of expropriation of urban and rural properties, whether for public utility, necessity, or social interest, ensuring fair compensation and the defense of our clients’ property rights.
• Georeferencing and Certification: We guide and accompany the georeferencing and certification process of rural properties, as required by legislation.
• Resolution of Land Disputes: We act in resolving conflicts related to boundaries, invasions, and disputes over possession or property of rural lands.
• Environmental Regularization: We provide advice on the environmental regularization of rural properties, including compliance with the Forest Code and registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR).
• Titling and Subdivision: We assist in the titling of vacant lands and the subdivision of rural properties, ensuring compliance with applicable standards.