We assist private, as well as corporate real estate developers.
Structuring of property operations
- Creation of funds, tax and legal optimization for property investors (open-ended or closed-ended investment funds for non-residents, SIIC regime, OPCI regime, SCPI, establishment of management companies and obtaining of their accreditation from the market authorities “AMF”, drafting of the various agreements to be entered into between parties in the investment process) ;
- Investments structuring for residents and non-residents (optimization of acquisition taxation – registration duties VAT, 3% tax, withholding taxes on current income as well as liquidation proceeds, taxation of property investors on their investment / disinvestment, determination of the appropriate equity/debt ratio);
- Creation and implementation of optimized remuneration schemes for managers ;
- Determination of the most appropriate choice between asset deal or share deal ;
Property and tax structuring for non-resident families investing in French real estate
Acquisition of property or real-estate portfolios
- Assistance with the drafting and negotiation of acquisition deeds throughout all stages of the transaction;
- Conducting property acquisition audits directly (asset deal) or through a company (share deal): verification of title history, mortgage registration, , co-ownership (in the case of a share deal), urban planning and construction, sanitary and environmental conditions, classified facilities, pollution, rental situation, real-estate and rental management contracts, taxation of prior acquisitions, taxation of acquisitions being considered, taxation on lease agreements in progress, impact of potential restructuring on the building property.
Assistance in managing real estate property investments
- Writing, negotiation, renegotiation of commercial leases, their amendments and their renewal
- Environmental implications for the leased premises
- Writing and negotiation of rental management and real-estate management contracts
- Assistance in optimizing the tax management of the building
- Assistance with the management and recovery of rental charges
