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Our lawyers work in these areas:
Action under the warranty for latent defects: your lawyer’s point of view
Change of trustee and co-ownership
Co-ownership lawyer
Commercial lease lawyer
Construction lawyer
Eviction lawyer
Landlord or tenant: what changes have been made since the new rent controls came into force in Paris?
Property sale lawyer
Putting an end to neighbourhood disturbances with your lawyer
Lawyer for residential leases
Sale before completion (VEFA)
Lawyers in the field of abandonment of work
Your foreclosure lawyer in Paris
Your property development lawyer, Goldwin Avocats in Paris
What is a real estate lawyer?
Your real estate lawyer specializes in all legal issues relating to real estate assets . He works in administrative law , for issues of town planning or public construction works, as well as in private law .
Indeed, real estate law covers areas as varied as property law, construction law (project management, subcontracting contracts), co-ownership law (organization of buildings and relationships between occupants), residential lease law or commercial lease law and the relationship between lessor and tenant.
With its multidisciplinary team of experts , the Goldwin firm supports you at all stages of your real estate law project: legal and tax audit, risk analysis, contract implementation, dispute management. Our goal: to guarantee the success of your transaction by providing pragmatic solutions and securing your interests.
Our strategic support in real estate law in Paris
Advice: the weight of expertise in real estate law
Let’s define together an effective management strategy for your assets! In an increasingly complex legislative universe, the Goldwin law firm supports you in a comprehensive service ranging from advice on real estate law to assistance in the event of litigation.
Real estate law advice covers a wide area. Whether it is a question of property management in your family estate, a neighborhood disturbance, hidden defects, poor workmanship in the construction of your house, or a tenant who does not pay his rent, your lawyer guides you in order to resolve the problem.
Negotiation and drafting of contracts in real estate law
A quality contract is undoubtedly the best way to protect yourself in the event of a dispute. Thus, the Goldwin firm supports you in the negotiation and drafting of all documents related to your real estate project:
- Real estate purchase deed or sales contract;
- Mortgage document management;
- Legal and tax management related to the transfer of ownership;
- Drafting leases: residential lease or commercial lease.
Real Estate Dispute Resolution
A real estate dispute can pit you against the various players in the sector: a real estate developer, the individual buyer or seller, your tenant, your trustee, a construction company or a project manager. To deal with these players, who are as varied as their field of activity, you should be supported by an expert ! This is why the lawyers at Cabinet Goldwin put their experience and skills at the service of a strategic plan adapted to the resolution of your real estate disputes.
Our areas of expertise in real estate law
Real estate sale
Your real estate lawyer can act as an advisor as soon as your project emerges for a building permit application, a VEFA or simply to know its impact on your financial situation. Thus, he intervenes in the drafting of your compromise and your purchase or sale deed. But he also manages all disputes related to real estate sales such as:
- Disputes over the promise of sale;
- Cancellation of real estate sale;
- The mortgage raised during the sale;
- Real estate foreclosures.
Residential leases
Cabinet Goldwin’s expertise also includes assisting you in the entire management of a residential lease . Call on our lawyers to draft your leases, your precarious occupation agreements, and your surety commitments.
We also work alongside you in:
- Disputes relating to rent : disputes over unpaid rent, rent increases, recovery of rental charges;
- Disputes relating to the conditions of the lease : duration, termination clause, termination of the lease, notice for sale, irregular subletting, Law 48 leases, furnished rentals, HLM;
- Disputes regarding housing maintenance : rental repairs, rental repair compensation, refund of security deposit;
- Disputes related to eviction : occupation without right or title, eviction procedure.
Commercial leases
Our experts also work in the field of commercial leases. From negotiation to drafting your 3 6 9 lease, your real estate lawyer will guide you towards the solution best suited to your situation.
- What procedure for despecialization of the lease ?
- How to renew a commercial lease ?
- What is the rental value of my property?
- How to set a renewed rent ?
- What are the rules applicable to the removal of rent caps ?
- How do I give notice and when do I have to pay the eviction compensation ?
- What to do in case of unpaid rent ?
- How to declare your rental claim to the tenant’s collective procedure ?
Benefit from the expertise of a commercial law attorney for advice or to resolve a legal dispute.
Construction law
Furthermore, our global expertise, in both public and private law, allows us to offer our clients a comprehensive service in construction law:
- Advice on drafting works contracts or subcontracting contracts;
- Sale in future state of completion VEFA , with implementation of guarantees of perfect completion;
- Legal expertise: preventive interim relief , protective measures;
- Questions relating to town planning : building permits, administrative appeals.
We also work alongside you in the event of disputes relating to two-year and ten-year guarantees or hidden defects , to challenge the liability of those involved on the construction site (project manager, owner, site abandonment , subcontractors).
Management of real estate co-ownership
For the drafting of a condominium regulation or the management of a dispute between co-owners or with the trustee , your team of expert lawyers provides its know-how. In practice, there are many disputes in the life of a condominium. Thus, the Goldwin firm offers you complete support in condominium law whatever the scenario:
- Recovery of co-ownership charges;
- Neighborhood disturbances;
- The irregular annexation of common areas;
- Construction disorders;
- The questioning of the liability of the condominium trustee;
- Problems related to the succession of trustees.
Property assets and property taxation
Finally, real estate law also extends to the search for tax optimization. Individual or company, contact your expert lawyer to establish a real estate tax strategy and optimize your real estate assets .
The company can thus rely on various real estate and tax systems to optimize the ownership of its real estate. The private investor can also benefit from various advantageous systems according to their wealth objectives:
- Unfurnished or furnished rental LMNP;
- Tax-exempt real estate transaction;
- Creation of an SCI or structuring in the form of a group;
- Dismemberment of real estate to benefit from the advantages of both IS and IR;
- Transfer of assets at a lower tax cost;
- IFI avoidance strategy.
For a comprehensive analysis of your assets and the defense of your interests, contact your real estate lawyer !
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Our dedicated team of lawyers work tirelessly to defend your interests, providing you with tailored legal solutions and high-quality representation
Our dedicated team of lawyers work tirelessly to defend your interests, providing you with tailored legal solutions and high-quality representation
When should you call on the services of a real estate lawyer?
For everyday transactions
You can call on the services of a real estate lawyer whenever a property is at stake:
- Acquisition, rental or sale of real estate;
- Writing contracts and deeds of disposal;
- Creation of real estate assets: advice and assistance in setting up a real estate investment company;
- Property construction;
- Property management administration of co-owners (in the event of difficulties).
For a dispute
A real estate lawyer can also intervene in a dispute involving a private individual:
- Between tenant and lessor: rent recovery, lease renewal, revision of lease conditions, eviction.
- Between buyer and seller: non-conforming delivery or latent defects, termination of a sale commitment or preliminary sale agreement.
- Between co-owners: charges recovery, contestation of general meeting decisions, liability in the event of damage.
During the construction of a property, many conflicts can arise.
In the event of a real estate dispute, call on a real estate lawyer is a pragmatic decision: the lawyer provides information on the area of liability of each professional and on the practical rules to the conflict.
In particular, he/she can advise and/or defend you in :
- Conflict with the property developer: implementation of the guarantees to which the developer is bound (decennial warranty of the property’s solidity, biennial warranty of accessories and warranty of perfect completion on delivery).
- Conflict with the construction company: poor contract performance, failure to comply with legal warranties, subcontractor liability.
- Conflict with the architect: design defects, failure to comply with urban planning regulations.
- Conflicts with local authorities: refusal of building permission, non-compliance with urban planning regulations, pre-emption, public contracts.
When a public authority comes into play, the real estate lawyer shares his/her expertise with the public law lawyer.
Real estate law covers all the rules specific to real estate. It is a branch of property law, dealing with real estate and its management. It is part of both private and public law.
It covers several areas:
- Residential leases: Advice and assistance in writing leases, payment guarantee, occupancy agreements, recovery of unpaid rent, validation and contestation of notices, lease renewals, setting of renewed rents, etc.
- Commercial leases: Assistance with the writing and analysis of commercial leases, negotiation of clauses, assistance with the transfer of leasehold rights and business assets, triennial review, rent increasing, setting eviction compensation, recovery of unpaid rent, validation and contestation of notices, procedure for setting renewed rent, etc.
- Co-ownership law: Relations management of property management companies and owners, appointment of property management companies, organisation of general meetings, control and distribution of charges, information on property owners’ rights and obligations, neighborhood disturbances, damage to common or private areas, procedure for appointing an expert, management of disputes, recovery of unpaid charges, damage to common areas, etc.
- Real estate sales law: Sale commitment, preliminary sale agreement, suspensive and termination clause, security deposit, legal or judicial mortgages to secure creditors’ rights, litigation management, forced sale, latent defects, negotiation of immobilisation compensation, etc.
- Construction law: Legal warranties (biennial, triennial, decennial), latent defects, subcontractor liability;
- Urban planning law: Urban planning regulations, building permits ;
- Mortgage law: Common ownership law and neighbor disputes
- Land associations law and trade unions
- Public domain law
- Practical law to certain specialised professions
- Real estate agents, notaries, architects, prime contractors, etc.
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