Expertise

Real Estate

Fidal at the service of real estate

To be competitive, 21st century real estate must be functional, connected and incorporated into a sustainable development approach. Fidal's real estate department, composed of 30 dedicated lawyers, helps its clients meet these requirements by offering them the necessary multidisciplinary expertise. Lawyers specialized in urban planning analyze the constraints and opportunities arising from the location of your property. Environmental risks are dealt with through tailor-made contracts. Fidal assists in the negotiation, drafting and execution of project management contracts, and verifies their compliance with relevant standards. For leases, Fidal has a team dedicated to commercial, civil and professional leases who assist both investors and users in advisory and litigation matters. Our transactional lawyers advise buyers and sellers in the negotiation of real estate transactions. Lastly, our tax lawyers advise the various operators on the choice of the most appropriate tax regimes and structures. For each client, a single contact person leads a team of expert lawyers dedicated to the project.

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Tax Advice and Assistance on Real Estate Transactions

A key component of real estate transactions, the tax treatment of investments is at the heart of our practice. We advise French and international real estate professionals of all kinds, builders and developers, funds and public bodies, on direct and indirect tax issues (urban planning taxes, local taxes, VAT, registration duties, income taxes). We are particularly renowned for our work in structuring complex real estate investments.

Real Estate Financing

Whether you are a lender, borrower, arranger or financial institution, we can help you at every stage of your financing project, from preparing the financial documentation, real estate guarantees and security interests to implementing the financing structures (acquisition or restructuring of real estate portfolios, transfer transactions, receivables management, crowdfunding, etc.).

Real Estate Investments and Structuring

We advise companies, investment funds, banking and financial groups on all issues relating to the structuring, negotiation, completion and financing of real estate investments. We accompany you at every stage of your operation: from assisting in the acquisition and disposal of real estate assets or companies, advising on acquisition structures, asset outsourcing and risk analyses, to defending your interests in France and abroad.

Assistance to Listed Real Estate Investment Companies and Regulated Vehicles (SIIC)

Our team offers specialized guidance to listed real estate investment companies and regulated vehicles, both on their day-to-day management and their one-off investment transactions. We can assist you in fundraising, IPOs and public offerings, as well as in the creation of OPCIs and SCPIs, the acquisition and outsourcing of real estate portfolios, and the entry of new players into the SIIC regime.

Real Estate Management: Commercial Leases, Audits and Restructuring

Our team of lawyers dedicated to commercial leases is a benchmark in the market for advisory and litigation services relating to commercial leases. Our practice includes auditing lease portfolios, drafting and negotiating leases, restructuring, regrouping or relocating groups of companies, and enhancing the value of rental property. We also assist investors and users with litigation issues (rent control, eviction indemnities, renewal and termination, refundable expenses and works).

Construction and Development

Fidal advises major national and international groups (owners, developers, lessors, lessees) on often complex construction or renovation projects (shopping and leisure centers, hotels, logistics warehouses, high rises, clinics, office and/or residential buildings), at every stage of their development projects (drafting of contracts, monitoring of construction operations and litigation).

Public Construction and PPP (public-private partnerships) Projects

Our team offers comprehensive, strategic guidance to private and public operators involved in infrastructure projects. We get involved from the outset (definition of contractual arrangements and legal and financial structuring, review of project bankability, validation of tax assumptions underlying the model), through the contract monitoring and execution phase, to the pre-litigation and litigation phases if necessary.

Environment

Our environmental lawyers have extensive experience in environmental law as applied to real estate and real estate transactions. Our expertise ranges from the environmental rehabilitation of decommissioned sites to the negotiation and regularization of deeds of sale and leases containing an environmental dimension, to the implementation of environmental clauses in commercial leases and the management of disputes.

Social Housing

Experts in the legislation governing this sector, our lawyers are recognized for their fine-tuned, comprehensive and pragmatic approach to social housing issues. They coordinate a whole range of skills to advise social housing stakeholders on their day-to-day operations (consultation, analysis of applicable rules, study and drafting of standard deeds, negotiation and formalization of real estate transactions) or one-off transactions, including restructurings and transfers.

Real Estate Appraisal

Our valuation experts can advise you on the value of your real estate assets of all kinds. They can assist in a transactional context (acquisition, sale or gift), on tax matters, as well as in analyzing a property’s revaluation potential or in the event of litigation, expropriation, eviction, pre-emption or mandatory periodic appraisals.