• Real Estate & Construction

    Professional legal support is crucial for implementing such investment construction projects as those connected with Ukraine and Poland hosting the Euro 2012 and developing real estate sector in Ukraine, and large-scale operations of developer companies. Legal support and assistance are required to register properly the title to properties, enter into agreements, implement large-scale development projects, invest efficiently and save cash assets of investors.

    At the time, due to incomplete laws and regulations governing the land, real estate and construction, there is:

    • A great deal of problems related to restrictions on using land plots which restrictions may be found out only during close due diligence. Concealed restrictions and encumbrance implying significant risks incidental to the construction up to its early termination;
    • A complicated procedure for obtaining permitting documents in connection with the  construction and commissioning completed construction projects;
    • Complicated implementation of operation involving real estate which have relation to cultural heritage;
    • Complicated mechanism of acquiring the title to land plots by nonresidents;
    • Illegal sales of lands plots which are under the moratorium, and wide-spread schemes for land operations implying risks of property alienation from their owners;
    • Legislative provisions which may be interpreted ambiguously and require additional explanations of lawyers.

    Any business entity may suffer losses if any of such issues, risks and problem arises. In order to avoid the above, lawyers in INTEGRITES have developed a number of ways how to protect investor’s rights to the property. Likewise, a diligently structured transaction in this area will enable to reduce significantly the client’s risks and avoid adverse implications.
    In order to protect interests of business entities, INTEGRITES offers you to make use of its experienced expert services.

    The services INTEGRITES offers in this area include the following:

    • Advising on administration of laws governing land relationships and real estate issues, including restrictions and moratoriums, establishing rights to properties, supporting property management operations;
    • Developing lawful schemes for transactions involving land plots, properties of various intended and functional purposes, and drafting supporting documents as required;
    • Developing construction investment schemes, advising on, and support with documents for, demolition, construction, reconstruction, and re-planning of various properties, preparing construction tender documentation, licensing;
    • Advising on changing the intended and functional purposes of lands and properties;
    • Legal due diligence of companies, structuring M&A transactions;
    • Representing clients in courts and before other public entities in relation to real estate and construction.

     

  • Projects. Real Estate and Construction.

    Advising on land relationships and real estate issues, including in relation to restrictions and moratoriums, establishing rights to properties, supporting property management operations:

    • Advising on acquisition of, and granting, the right to own and use land plots, commercial, residential and industrial properties, including cultural heritage, placing small architectural forms as not related to the land;
    • Advising on establishment of rights to permanent plantings and facilities closely connected to the land (structures, buildings, road surface, pipelines, power transmission lines, bridges, gas pipelines, etc.);
    • Advising on registration of easements and other forms of using land plots; procedures for using soils, water bodies and forest ranges;
    • Drafting arrangements and agreements for transferring properties into management, maintenance, technical support of commercial, industrial and office premises;
    • Advising on the specifics of using and alienating lands of different categories;Advising on environmental standards and rules governing land and environment pollution, industrial pollution, and waste recycling.

    Developing transaction schemes for land plots, properties of various intended and functional purposes, and drafting supporting documents for such transactions:

    • Structuring transactions with properties, including land plots, buildings, structures of different intended and functional purposes, permanent plantings, land-related facilities, subject to provisions of corporate and tax laws; creating optimal structures for purchasing and selling properties, including their further lease.
    • Developing construction investment schemes, advising on, and support with documents for, demolition, construction, reconstruction, and re-planning of various properties, preparing construction tender documentation, advising on licensing:
    • Structuring schemes for investing into construction and reconstruction of commercial, residential and industrial properties;

    Structuring schemes for investing into construction and reconstruction of public infrastructure, cultural heritage objects, bridges, viaducts, communication routes, airports, railway stations, stadiums, administration buildings and other facilities;

    • Developing forms for financing the construction (establishing property operation funds, construction financing funds, joint investment institutions);
    • Support for obtaining permits, licenses and approvals for demolition, construction, reconstruction, and re-planning of properties; obtaining documents required for preparatory construction works, commissioning of completed construction projects, registration of title, obtaining building facade certificates, obtaining documents required for launching industrial facilities;
    • Drafting agreements with local governments to determine the investor’s share in establishment of the social and utility infrastructure; drafting agreements for contract, subcontract, engineering and survey works, for development of architectural solutions and construction and reconstruction projects, agreements for laying down ground and underground utility elements, connections to engineering structures;
    • Establishing developer companies and elaborating their operating schemes;
    • Preparing documentation with respect to tender offers issued by companies and governmental entities; documentary support for transactions related to holding and completing tender procedures.


    Advising on changing the intended and functional purposes of lands and properties:

    • Supporting operations related to changing the intended and functional purposes of land plots, including interaction with project entities and governmental authorities;
    • Legal due diligence of companies undertaken under special instruction of the client to identify the risks incidental to immovable properties, restrictions of their use, construction investment agreements, and other risks related to client’s activities; issuing recommendations to minimize risks;
    • Structuring merger and acquisition transactions, transactions for purchasing fixed assets, integral property complexes, liquidation of companies, sale of assets upon implementation of bankruptcy proceedings, ecological purification of the territory, in accordance with the applicable laws governing real estate and land relationships, and environmental rules;

     

    Representing clients before governmental authorities and local governments, including  architectural control departments, fire safety, sanitary, energy saving, ecological, environmental, and cultural heritage protection services, local councils, land resource administrations, other bodies, institutions and enterprises;

    • Representing clients before judicial authorities in respect of all of the issues related to real estate and construction activities.