Real Estate – Construction and Leases

Partner of your real estate strategy, we assist you in the development and management of your property portfolio, at every stage of its life and in all its components: from acquisition to disposal, including the conclusion and management of leases.

Composed of operational profiles, including some from the notary and real estate sectors, and working in both French and English, our team boasts excellent legal expertise combined with solid knowledge of the real estate market, enabling us to advise and support our French and international customers.

We advise national and international developers, construction companies, real estate companies, asset managers, real estate consultants and technicians, lessors and operators, real estate agents and condominium associations.

We are involved in all classes of real estate assets for industrial, service, residential or agricultural use: office or residential buildings, commercial assets (shopping centers, hyper/supermarkets, ground-floor shops, department stores, etc.), hotels and hotel or student residences, factories, farms, forestry, vineyards, healthcare establishments.

We give priority to the search for amicable solutions, favoring alternative dispute resolution methods, and defend your interests in legal appraisals and litigation, thanks to experienced lawyers who are well-versed in legal practice.

Our Expertise

Consulting (drafting and negotiation assistance)

• Real estate :
  • Protecting real estate
  • Right of way
  • Real rights
  • Amicable and judicial demarcation

• Real estate transactions :
  • Pre-contracts (compromis, promesse unilatérale de vente, preliminary reservation contracts, CCMI, etc.)
  • Real estate agency issues, sales and rental mandates
  • Complex structures, in collaboration with the corporate and tax teams: sale or acquisition of real estate assets, transfer of real estate assets.

• Construction :
  • Negotiation and drafting of all construction and renovation contract.
  • Real estate development contracts
  • Project management contracts
  • SCC and GCC

• Subcontracts :
  • Developer/operator partnership agreements

• Commercial and professional leases, construction leases and residential leases:
  • Negotiation and drafting
  • Rent review/indexation, renewal and rent setting for renewed lease, eviction
  • Charges and work, non-competition, recovery
  • Transfers of goodwill or leasehold rights
  • Environmental law in the context of leasing

• Co-ownership
  • Drafting regulations

• Real estate taxation, in partnership with the tax team
• Real estate group structuring, in partnership with the corporate team

Pre-litigation and litigation

• Lease disputes: termination, renewal, eviction, recovery, etc.
• Litigation relating to construction operations: preventive summary proceedings, expert summary proceedings relating to construction operations, builders’ liability, construction insurance law, abnormal neighbourhood disturbances, etc.
• Commercial disputes arising from construction operations: disputes arising from works contracts and leasing of work
• Co-ownership disputes
• Real estate transaction disputes
• Mediation

The team

The Real Estate, Construction and Leasing team brings together 13 specialists in consulting and/or litigation in these fields.

The team is made up of experienced associates whose complementary backgrounds in the real estate and notarial sectors bring real added value to the services offered by Ydès.

Network

Since 2019, Ydès has co-chaired the “Real Estate” working group of the international network The Law Firm Network, of which Ydès is the only French member.