Real Estate Law

Our real estate law team has experience in the performance of all legal services linked to this practice, such as:

• Legal proceedings; - expropriation, squatting, rectification of area, repossession, renovation of rental, eviction, termination of contract, demarcation, lawsuits addressing performance of real estate contracts;
• Administrative proceedings; - regularization of urban and rural properties at the registration authorities and public departments, acquisition of rural properties by foreigners, leases, raising doubts;
• Real estate contracts; - rental agreements, contracts for the purchase and sale of urban and rural properties, guarantees, hotel administration and operation, condominium management, chattel mortgage, corporate contracts linked to real estate operations;
• Legal structuring of real estate business, real estate investment funds, companies with a hidden partner for the administration of condominiums, division into lots, real estate incorporation;
• Real estate purchases, due diligences on environmental and real estate aspects, negotiation of terms for purchase and sale, following-up real estate and technical valuation, accompaniment of incorporation, mergers and splits related to processes of real estate purchases, tax planning for property purchases; and
• Legal advice on zoning aspects, the use and occupation of the land and surface.

In view of the diversity of areas involved in real estate issues, our team often works with specialists in the fields of engineering, urban planning and environmental techniques, therefore, providing the advantages of a specialized and integrated services.

In the World Bank publication - Doing Business 2007, attorneys from our real estate team were indicated for advisory services in this area of law, and are acknowledged as a reference in Brazil.

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