Real Estate and Construction Transactions

Our team has in-depth knowledge and extensive practical experience in approaching and resolving issues related to real estate, extending from advising on the abundant and rather fragmented legislation regulating urban planning and zoning, as well as tax law, to drafting various agreements such as sales, purchases and other transfers of real estate and real property; legal aspects of rental property and landlord issues; tenants’, renters’ and homeowners’ rights; title to real property; settlement of claims against property rights; property development; zoning and land use; related agriculture issues; home loans and foreclosures; and many other relevant topics.

Our real estate attorneys are versed in many different activities, from the mundane drafting of deeds and filing of liens, to handling boundary and zoning disputes and successfully completing legal due diligence. Our experience also covers the establishment and operation of large commercial centers, branded outlets and other innovative business activities within professional premises. We seek to explain to our clients all tax implications deriving from any contemplated options for a transaction, as well as identify the optimal scenario from a tax point of view.

We focus on:

  • Acquisition & Occupation Of Real State: Basic Legal Framework, Property Rights, Procedural Issues Of Acquisition, Restrictions, Costs, Evaluation & Taxation.
  • Expropriation.
  • Real Estate Investment Companies (REICs) and their legislative reform under Laws 4141/2013, 4209/2013 and 4281/2014.
  • Real Estate Property Renting Issues: Home, office, state as landlord/tenant, disputes between Landlord – Tenant – Eviction, Rent decrease etc.