Real Estate and Construction Law
CREDIS Law specializes in real estate and industrial space acquisitions, as well as establishing proper working procedures related to these transactions. Our services encompass determining optimal market entry structures, conducting due diligence surveys, providing regulatory and financial advice for real estate transactions, negotiating deals, and resolving operational and strategic barriers commonly encountered in Central Europe. Additionally, we have extensive experience in company formation and developing greenfield projects.
Our practice in real estate acquisitions routinely provides advice in the following areas:
- Real estate due diligence.
- Acquisition, sale, and lease of land, office buildings, shopping centers.
- Residential, commercial, and industrial premises.
- Formation of real estate joint ventures, including investment funds, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other equity participation arrangements.
- Sale and leaseback transactions and other off-balance sheet financings.
- Drafting and negotiating lease, sales, and purchase agreements.
- Financing matters, including mortgages, and other security arrangements.
- Construction and development of all types of real estate and investment projects.
- All aspects of domestic and international engineering and construction projects, including developers’ agreements, contracts on work, general constructor agreements, construction guarantees, financing, financial support, and relateddocuments.
- Secured financings of real estate assets.
- Development and project infrastructure.
- Zoning regulation and related procedure.
- Real estate litigation.
Our law firm has successfully managed numerous construction-related cases, often dealing with highly complex issues. Our construction attorneys have represented clients in a wide range of transactions and disputes, including single and multifamily dwellings, large commercial buildings, planned unit developments, and multi-use retail, industrial, and governmental projects. We are prepared to offer professional advice and representation to safeguard our clients’ rights and interests in all aspects of construction projects.
The firm has vast experience representing a diverse range of clients, including property owners, developers, homeowners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and materials manufacturers, in connection with construction projects.
Our focus areas include:
- Construction defects and deficiencies in both residential and commercial construction, such as roofing defects, water intrusion, and structural life safety issues.
- Construction delays.
- Lien issues related to construction projects.
- Reconstructions and related legal matters
- Insurance coverage disputes, including negotiations and resolution of insurance claims for rebuilding.
- Construction contracts and related documents, including loan documentation.
We regularly deal with legal issues related to the Slovak Construction Code and FIDIC contracts, including zoning proceedings and obtaining zoning permits, construction proceedings and construction permits, and proceedings for issuing operational permits for both buildings and technologies. Within this practice, the firm, on many occasions, has dealt with issues related to environmental impact assessment procedures, including actual representation of clients in the EIA proceedings and EIA public hearings.
