Expertises

Real estate law

LIGL Avocats has been supporting developments in the real estate sector for many years and regularly assists institutional investors, real estate developers and construction companies, lessors, and operators, across all real estate asset classes, whether industrial, commercial, residential, or agricultural.

The firm provides both advisory and litigation services on all legal aspects of its clients’ real estate transactions, from design to construction, as well as marketing and management.

The firm’s ability to respond responsively and creatively to the needs of real estate stakeholders and their projects has led many to trust it with the contractual arrangements for real estate transactions (off-plan leases, off-plan sales, real estate development contracts, acquisitions of real estate assets through the acquisition of company shares, partnership agreements, etc.), the drafting and negotiation of commercial, professional, and residential leases, and development transactions.

LIGL Avocats has expertise in drafting legal documents, buyer/seller audits for all types of real estate (hotels, commercial premises, offices, logistics buildings, residential buildings, etc.), and drafting legal consultations related to real estate (indexation clauses, delivery obligations, urban and commercial pre-emption rights, etc.).

In addition to this advisory service, the firm also handles dispute management to assist its clients in defending their interests, through litigation or mediation. This practice encompasses disputes relating to commercial leases, sales, construction, and more complex transactions.

The firm’s partners also provide training to legal and operational teams at clients’ premises or within business schools and universities, particularly in real estate taxation.

Strengths in real estate law:

  • Taxation of real estate transactions,
  • Building permit audits,
  • Preventive and expert summary proceedings; construction litigation
  • Conflict proceedings (including forced sales)
  • Commercial leases

The firm’s partners who practice real estate law are Thomas Beal, Laurent Lancrey-Javal, and Marie Jackson.