Practices

Real Estate and Construction

Our team provides a wide range of real estate services, including assisting in real estate transactions, preparing and overseeing complex real estate projects, advising on the use of land plots of various categories, urban planning, provision of infrastructure facilities, as well as environmental legislation.

We are equally effective in handling assignments related to both simple leasing and the full support of large development projects. Working closely with lawyers from other practice groups, we provide comprehensive advice that takes into account all legal aspects of our clients’ projects, namely:

Assisting transactions related to the acquisition and sale of real estate
Conducting due diligence of land plots of various categories
Advising on contractor agreements concluded both under Russian law and foreign law
Handling complexly structured rental transactions
Negotiating with regulatory authorities, as well as challenging their actions in situations that are unfavorable for clients
Advising on obtaining the necessary construction permits and approvals
Representing our clients in disputes related to real estate objects
Supporting real estate financing transactions
Advising on all issues related to the formation of land plots, their division, consolidation and change of their boundaries
Advising on urban planning regulations, including amendments to urban planning documentation
Advising on all aspects of public-private partnerships (PPP)
Advising on the implementation of projects for integrated land development (ILD), greenfield and brownfield projects
Advising on large-scale investment projects (LIP)

Selected experience

advising YIT on the sale of its Russian assets to Etalon Group at all stages of the transaction, including structuring the deal, conducting due diligence, organizing a tender, preparing the transaction documentation and closing the RUB 4,5bn deal
advising a European food manufacturer on the sale of a land plot with their former factory in St Petersburg
advising Finnish industrial companies, Peikko Group and Meka Pro Oy, on the acquisition of a construction site for a production plant in St Petersburg
advising a Russian investment company on the sale of land plots for the construction of residential real estate in the Moscow region
advising Sponda on the liquidation of its business in Russia and the sale of all company assets (dozens of shopping and business centers)
conducting legal due diligence for the world's largest furniture and home accessories retailers in relation to a number of projects in order to identify urban planning risks and restrictions for their further development
conducting legal due diligence for the Cherkizovo Group in relation to the purchase of more than 2,000 land plots for agricultural production
conducting legal due diligence of various land plots for YIT in relation to residential construction in a number of Russian regions
conducting legal due diligence of several hundred land plots in different Russian regions and the real estate located on them as well as assessing the suitability of land plots for the construction of DIY hypermarkets for the largest French retailer of goods for construction and repairs
assisting an international software developer with all its lease agreements executed in Russia
assisting a European investment company with a long-term lease agreement, including additional agreements in connection with COVID-19
assisting an international airline with restructuring the lease terms for its premises in Russia
assisting Tosaf Compounds with executing a lease agreement for a production location in Russia
assisting Ferronordic with lease and buy-out arrangements of a Volvo service center
advising SRV on the provision of financing for the construction and operation of their shopping center
advising a Finnish construction company on raising funds from equity holders for the construction of residential real estate
drafting a legal opinion on the placement of linear facilities for FM Logistics
advising Nordic Baltic Property Group on refinancing a portfolio of Russian projects with a Russian bank
advising an international oil and gas corporation on issues regarding obtaining a number of approvals from the owner and administration of a neighboring airfield for the reconstruction and modernization of the client's plant
assisting SRV with a brownfield project for the development of an 8.5-hectare area of land in the historic center of St Petersburg
advising a European investment company on environmental, zoning and construction issues for a large construction project in St Petersburg
advising a European forestry company on the construction of a timber processing plant and further expansion of production in the Pskov Oblast, Russia
advising Metsa Tissue on the construction and launch of a plant for the processing of sanitary and hygienic paper products in the Moscow Oblast under a contract manufacturing arrangement
advising the world's largest furniture and home accessories retailers on possible options for the transfer of a road built and owned by a client and an interchange to state or municipal authorities, as well as possible legal schemes for the development of transport infrastructure in the area of the client's shopping center
advising the largest French retailer of goods for construction and repairs on the suitability of land plots for construction of DIY hypermarkets, as well as consulting on changing the type of permitted use of land plots, amendments to the land use and development rules and the master plan
advising Kesko on issues of changing the boundaries of land plots in order to accommodate a shopping complex
representing the largest clothing retail chain in a lease-related litigation where the landlord unlawfully avoided entering into a short-term lease agreement
representing the interests of Shavara Limited in seven related legal proceedings arising from the termination of an investment project for the construction of a residential complex in the Moscow Oblast
representing a Russian investment company in court in challenging Rosreestr's refusal to reconfigure the land plots so as to exclude the shoreline from their land plot’s boundaries
avising Quattroservices with regards to a potential dispute with one of its customers due to the customer’s improper performance of a contractor agreement
advising Sponda in relation to a potential dispute over the boundaries of a land plot and the provision of access to the land plot
advising Betomix in negotiations with local government agencies to prevent litigation on the validity of the purchased land plot with a concrete plant located on it
assisting a British multinational engineering company in negotiations with a Russian state corporation for the potential execution of an EPC contract for the construction of a power plant
assisting with large-scale investment projects in various regions of Russia for the largest French retailer of goods for construction and repairs
assisting with an integrated land development project for an international investment and financial company
developing an organizational and legal model for the implementation of the largest project in Moscow for the construction of a public and business district to accommodate residential development, a multi-functional complex and other facilities
advising on establishing and operating real estate mutual funds to strengthen the position of a potential investor (a major Russian retailer) in relation to a management company
advising the Committee for Investments and Strategic Projects of the Government of St Petersburg on the standardization of documentation for PPP projects in St Petersburg for the selection of investors intending to enter into PPP agreements in St Petersburg
advising the Department for Municipal and Urban Services and the Administration of the City of Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan on the financial and economic substantiation for the project of a transport corridor connecting the M-5 (Ural) federal highway and the M-7 (Volga) federal highway to be operated as a toll road as well as developing the organizational and legal structure including the business plan, financial model, transportation model, and investment model
advising the Committee for Investments and Strategic Projects of the Government of St Petersburg on developing a project concept for building and operating buildings for educational institutes in St Petersburg using a PPP mechanism. The project’s cost is more than RUB 2bn