Real Estate, Urban Planning and Public Law

This practice area is headed by BCS Advogados senior associate, Margarida Lima.

Within the field of Real Estate Law, BCS Advogados provides services in the structuring, conception, negotiation, development and formalization of real estate promotion campaigns, investments, disinvestments and audits, including also:

• Acquisition, sale and exchange of land and buildings;
• Incorporation and acquisition or sale of real estate companies;
• Building and selling of houses, apartment/office blocks, condominiums and other real estate developments;
• Building, selling and operational aspects of hotel units;
• Sale and lease-back operations;
• Contracts for the use of properties, namely rental agreements, assignment of rights over use, lending rights and beneficial interest rights;
• Contracts for the use of stores in shopping malls and other areas under an integrated property management system;
• Building leases (ground surface rights);
• Real estate sale and acquisition option agreements;
• Construction contracts;
• Contracts for consultancy and technical services;
• Engineering contracts;
• Contracts for the prevention or resolution of disputes;
• Contracts for the management and supervision of real estate projects;
• Building contractor and property owner civil liability;
• Building conflict management;
• Real estate registry office affairs.

In the Urban Planning Law field, the firm is focused mainly on:

• Consultancy and drafting of written opinions on land planning regulations;
• Assistance, negotiation and formalization of urbanization contracts and execution systems of land use plans;
• Drafting and accompanying the procedures for the licensing and authorisation of private building projects;
• Drafting and accompanying the procedures for the licensing of industrial or tourism projects.

In the Public Law field, BCS Advogados also provides services related to the following matters:

• Public Procurement, including public construction projects and the acquisition of goods and services;
• Public invitation to tender procedures in the field of public contracts;
• Public Domain;
• Public-private partnerships (PPPs);
• Expropriations.

Lastly, given the very specific nature of the procedures and legal system in this field, the lawyers in this practice area are also responsible for:

• Urban planning dispute resolution; and
• Public administration dispute resolution.