Our Real Estate advisors have developed considerable expertise in most key areas of the real estate business.

Acquisition/Disposition

• Assistance with negotiation and transaction structuring
• Promotion of the properties in the media (signs, internet, news papers, flyers and magazines)
• Conducting real estate valuations due diligences. Property Appraisals.
• Implementing a sale strategy
• Structuring transactions in order to reduce VAT, registration fees or income taxes
• Planning the purchase or sale of a property from a legal perspective
• Assurance on reliability of financial information and regulatory compliance

Development

• Conducting market research and feasibility analysis to reduce risks
• Assisting in the management of real estate developments
• Design, Construction, Supervision and Development of projects
• Structuring inbound and outbound investment in the Dominican Republic

Financing

• Designing debt and equity securitization strategies for property investments (Dependant upon size of investment)
• Incorporation of Local and Offshore Companies
• Assistance in raising real estate finance
• Managing sale & lease-back/sale & rent-back transactions
• Setting up PPP’s (public private partnership)
• Optimization of financing structures from a tax perspective

Property Management

• Identifying ways to optimize income
• Optimizing VAT deduction in the scope of rental agreements
• Lease analysis
• Day to Day management of properties

Real Estate Law

• Civil property law and contract law relating to property
• Town planning, environmental rules and registration duties regulations
• Legal due diligence and structuring of full ownership, rights of usufruct, leasehold and easements
• Filing for environmental and urbanism permits and drafting/negotiating contracts with architects, engineering firms, surveyors and building contractors
• Legal advice in General
• Homeowners Insurance
• Renters Insurance
• Condominium Insurance
• Commercial Insurance
• Investment Property Insurance.