REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

The strongest industry specialization in a.t.Legal is legal support in field of real estate and construction.  Its implementation is carried out by a team of narrow-profile specialists who have necessary knowledge and practical experience in resolving complex and non-standard issues and situations in development market. Successful solution of tasks set by our team is due to use of practical approach to problems, awareness of real state of affairs in the market and knowledge of principles of work in this area.

Our specialists will provide highly qualified legal assistance on multifaceted structuring of transactions with real estate objects, their state registration, development of optimal contractual forms in field of real estate turnover. Subject to mandatory registration when dealing with real estate are not only legal components of transactions, but also financial and tax aspects. We cooperate with leading companies in construction industry in Russia and the CIS countries helping them to legalize construction of industrial facilities, commercial real estate, residential complexes, etc. Our assistance covers all stages of implementation of development project: from design to commissioning of facility and registration of right of ownership to it.

Each project is considered by company's lawyers purely individually. Before its implementation, mandatory audit of project is carried out to identify potential risks and ways to overcome them. During audit, current legal regime of real estate, schemes for participation of counterparties in project are analyzed, options for obtaining all necessary permits from authorized bodies are established.  Further, our participation in fate of project is expressed in provision of comprehensive support to the client in interaction with contractors, design organizations, authorities during construction and further operation of facility. Also, the a.t.Legal lawyers are ready to assist in legal support of clients' cooperation with state regarding implementation of joint infrastructure projects.

IN FRAMEWORK OF LEGAL SUPPORT OF CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE WE OFFER FOLLOWING SERVICES:
  • Due diligence of upcoming real estate transactions;
  • Legal and financial structuring of real estate transactions;
  • Real estate transactions support;
  • Tax structuring of real estate transactions;
  • Legal support in negotiations with client's counterparties, preparation of investment contracts, construction contracts and others;
  • Consulting on issues of urban planning, land, environmental legislation, including coordination with regulatory supervisory authorities;
  • Consulting on rental of residential and non-residential stock;
  • Protection of clients' interests in case of equity participation in construction;
  • Dispute resolution, representation of clients' interests in court.
Key contacts
DRAGUN ANDREY
Dragun Andrey is an expert In field of Civil Law, supports real estate transactions, represents interests ... Read More
CHERNYSHEV MIKHAIL
Mikhail Chernyshev specializes representing clients in litigation on protection of investors' rights ... Read More
MAMONT OLEG
HEAD OF PRACTICE omamont@atlegal.ru
Oleg Mamont specializes in representing clients in commercial disputes, disputes on protection of property ... Read More
EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS:
RUTSOG-INVEST GROUP OF COMPANIES

Handling all court disputes (over 70 cases) of Rutsog-Invest Group with the Moscow Government, other state authorities, co-investors, owners of neighboring properties and other persons in connection with 3 investment projects for construction of a multifunctional shopping and office center at 10 Nikolskaya Street, a five-star hotel at 12 Nikolskaya Street and an elite residential building at 16 Eropkinsky Lane (Ostozhenka and Prechistenka Districts), including the following:

- the court ordered Mosgosstroynadzor to amend the permit for the construction of the hotel to increase its height and area;

- the city was charged compensation for the construction of the following urban communications and facilities in favor of investor companies;

- the city collector for the laying of communications with the Distribution Transformer Substation in the Kitay-Gorod area;

- the new P-6 subway electric substation under Lubyanskaya Square, to which power to the oldest Sokolnicheskaya line is now switched. The city was denied a claim against the developer for a two-month delay in commissioning a high-end apartment building.

ЗАО «ДОМ ТВОРЧЕСТВА «БРАТЦЕВО» СТД» BRATTSEVO HOUSE OF CREATIVITY STD CJSC

Successful representation of interests in a dispute with the Federal Property Management Agency over the title to the cultural heritage object of federal significance "P. S. Scherbatov's Manor of the XVII-XIX Centuries: Main House. XIII century".

ЗАО "ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ СООБЩЕСТВО" EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY JSC

Litigation on behalf of the European Environmental Community regarding the offsetting of costs incurred for repair and restoration of historical and cultural monuments in Moscow against rent payments under lease agreements for monuments.

ООО «АЛВИКАР-ММ» ALVIKAR-MM LLC

Litigation representation of a construction company in a dispute over receiving a forfeit for delayed start-up of a facility based on the fact that all structures were not ready for commissioning, while most of them were actually fully ready for commissioning, and the forfeit for late payment for work performed.