Our areas of work include:

• Real estate legal due diligence, including review of title reports and personal encumbrance reports, and identification of restrictions on ownership
• Purchases and sales of urban and rural real estate: reservation agreements, preliminary purchase agreements, assignment of preliminary purchase agreements, and coordination of execution of the deed with the acting notary
• Assessment of properties under the rural land framework, including analysis of direct and indirect foreign ownership, per-owner land area limits, and applicable percentage caps at the national, provincial, and district or departmental levels
• Obtaining authorization certificates from the National Registry of Rural Lands, and assessing the presence of significant, permanent bodies of water and the exemptions provided under the framework
• Determining whether properties are located in border or maritime security zones, and obtaining prior approval from the National Commission for Security Zones
• Indirect changes of control of companies owning real estate in security zones, and their implications for transfers of equity interests
• Regularization of preexisting situations and assessment of potential liabilities arising from acquisitions made without the required approval or authorization, and advice on provincial regulations governing land use, riverbanks, towpaths, and access to bodies of water
• Structuring developments, including trusts
• Commercial leases, real estate financial leases, and sale-and-leaseback transactions
• Project financing, creation of security interests over the assets, and construction, management, and supply agreements, including related permits and urban planning requirements
• Asset acquisitions by nonresidents, including corporate and tax structuring