Investments in real estate assets and rights with calculated and mitigated risks
The professionals of L.O. Baptista are accustomed to dealing with the most varied legal demands in the real estate area, from simple to complex issues, serving Brazilian and foreign companies in various sectors of the market. We have a team specialized in Real Estate Law to assist entrepreneurs, developers and investors in the various segments of real estate.
We offer legal alternatives to real estate developers, builders, real estate, asset managers, investment consulting companies, business owners and investors; including, but not limited to, analysis of real estate documentation, preparation, review and execution of sale and purchase contracts, lease, feasibility of incorporations, dismemberment, condominium institution, land subdivisions and other real estate complexes.
L.O. Baptista has been constantly involved in the legal structuring of large-scale developments, including subdivisions and developments for the residential segment and offices; in addition to consulting on the establishment and restructuring of the legal regime of shopping malls, with the design and drafting of association agreements, condominium conventions, property transfer deeds, standards applicable to business leases, among other measures.
In the litigation area, the office’s litigation related to real estate developments and shopping malls has been intense – with the representation of clients in actions for rescission of promissory notes for purchase and sale, eviction actions and renovations.
How can we help:
- Evaluation of risks involved in acquisition, exchange, lending, leasing; and constitution of guarantees for urban and rural properties.
- Structuring of complex real estate developments, developments, condominiums and subdivisions – including negotiation and conclusion of contracts on ideal fractions of land, construction of condominium buildings, orientation and monitoring of financing operations.
- Structuring of shopping malls, hotel complexes, amusement parks and entertainments in the area of leisure and entertainment.
Elaboration of leases, built-to-suit and construction. - Elaboration of purchase and sale instruments, swap, settlement in payment, constitution of mortgages, fiduciary disposition of immovable property under guarantee, and real surface right, among others.
- Negotiation and drafting of contracts for rural real estate projects.
- Carrying out of real estate audits to evaluate the real estate assets of companies and definition of the feasibility of acquiring real estate.
- Structuring of joint ventures and consortiums to operate in real estate.
- Preparation of studies and opinions.
- Development of receivables securitization operations, issuance of debentures and creation of real estate investment funds.
- Consulting and proofreading; acting before the registries of real estate registries and other departments; and regularization of the legal situation of real estate.
- Legal advice on expropriations and declaration of public utility in real estate.
