Background

Real Estate

Real Estate

Our market-leading real estate practice provides a comprehensive range of commercial real estate services across the entire Middle East region, with particular expertise in the Hotels & Leisure, Education and Healthcare sectors. The capabilities of our team combine regional and western qualifications and in-depth knowledge of government institutions, local laws, regulations (and their application), together with technical and legal expertise and best practice. Our team comprises bilingual lawyers fluent in Arabic and English, and we are well placed to navigate our clients through all their real estate requirements. Our real estate lawyers are consistently recognized as the “go-to” experts for, and we are regularly consulted by various governments throughout the Middle East region on the content and drafting of new property laws and regulations. Our central involvement in the development of the region’s real estate legal framework ensures that we are able to give our clients accurate and up-to-date legal advice which is second to none. Our clients range from public and private developers, investors, funds and REITs, financial institutions and landlords and tenants etc…

Expertise:
  • Financing and Securities
  • Establishment of Real Estate Funds & REITs
  • Jointly Owned Property schemes and mixed use development
  • Land acquisition and development (including joint ventures)
  • Commercial real estate transactions
  • Hotel & Resort Development and Management
  • Commercial, retail and industrial leasing
  • Establishment and licensing of Real Estate businesses
  • Dispute resolution (including litigation, local and international arbitration)