REAL ESTATE

What we do

Our real estate lawyers cover the whole spectrum of issues, including contentious and non-contentious matters.

We offer expert advice on:

• Corporate
• Tax
• Acquisition & Disposal
• Restructuring
• Leasing

• Finance & Investment
• Disputes
• Construction contracts
• Development
• Planning

Who Uses Multilaw

• Member firm in Mexico, Gonzalez Calvillo, advised Google Mexico on the leasing of its corporate headquarters in Mexico City.


• UK member firm Penningtons Manches LLP acted for Sellar Property Group - the developers of The Shard, (the tallest occupied building in Western Europe standing at 310 metres) in respect of a joint venture with a major Singaporean development company for the acquisition of a building next to Paddington Station, for major mixed use / residential development, referred to in the press as “Paddington Shard”.


• US member firm Duane Morris represented the Royal Thai Government in an acquisition of a commercial building in Manhattan for use as Thailand’s permanent mission to the United Nations.


• Romanian member firm Tuca Zbarcea advised Carrefour on the full range of specific real estate/M&A/corporate work: performance of an in-depth legal due diligence exercise on the target company and its supermarket network comprising 86 outlets in Romania and a logistics facility (focusing primarily on real estate issues such as freehold/leasehold titles over the stores and construction matters); amendment, drafting and negotiation of the transaction documents; assistance in connection with the merger clearance process, etc. The transaction was evaluated at EUR 90-100 million.


• UK member firm Shakespeare Martineau acted for a UK Islamic Bank in connection with a residential development commodity murabaha facility for a £40M landmark central London location.


• Syciplaw in the Philippines advised a major power company in determining and evaluating the status of ownership and titling of more than 350 parcels of land necessary for an estimated 30-kilometer transmission line system, and have actively assisted in the acquisition of right-of-way, ownership and other rights over these lands, through private contract or eminent domain.


• US Member Firm Polsinelli represented a Fortune 100 corporation in approximately $3.0 billion sale to a REIT and lease back of approximately 250 large store retail properties across the United States and Puerto Rico. Work included all aspects of real estate including due diligence, conveyance, transfer tax and related requirements, REIT, assignment and lease, financial document analysis and local counsel opinion letters in numerous states.


• Thailand member firm Tilleke & Gibbins represented one of the world’s most recognisable fashion and luxury goods retailers in several commercial real estate disputes in Thailand arising from the disputed termination of a 30-year franchisee relationship. This representation includes negotiation and settlement of lease hold and commercial franchisee contracts with both the outgoing franchisee and the incoming franchisee partner, one of Southeast Asia’s largest and most successful commercial retailers.

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Practice Group Contacts

Charles Jordan
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal LLP
United States

Gerben Bosma
Bosselaar & Strengers
The Netherlands

Bernard Felten
Felten & Associes
Luxembourg

Markus Aeschbacher
Hartmann Müller Partners
Switzerland