Real property and construction law

Andersen lawyers advise Polish and foreign individual and institutional investors: development companies, construction companies, real property owners, institutions financing investment projects, general contractors and real property administrators.

Andersen’s real property and construction law practice advises clients in the following areas:

  • transactions of purchase, sale, extension, use and sales of real property (preliminary agreements, conditional agreements, establishing collateral securities, easements),
  • transactions of lease, real property management, settlements with lessees, sale and leaseback transactions and other forms of financing,
  • projects of housing construction, construction of hotels, industrial and office buildings, warehouse buildings, stores and shopping malls,
  • commercialization of facilities, real property, drafting and negotiating lease agreements, real property management,
  • tax accounting for transactions,
  • negotiations of trade agreements, design work agreements, contracts for engineering and finishing works,
  • risks involved in the process of investment construction (insolvency, litigations),
  • administrative permits for acquisition of real property, construction and use permits, permits for foreigners to purchase real property,
  • advising on construction process and greenfield projects,
  • reprivatization and recovery of property located in Poland by previous owners,
  • pre-investment due diligence for real property (establishing the ownership title, encumbrance with rights of third parties e.g. if a risk of reprivatization claims exists).