Real Estate

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Provided by Pestalozzi

Pestalozzi offers a comprehensive portfolio of legal services for all kinds of real estate projects in Switzerland, from industrial plant to offices, hotels and restaurants through to residential housing. Our long-standing and interdisciplinary expertise covers a vast range of real estate-related services:

• Advising international and domestic corporate and private clients in legal matters relating to owned or leased premises, including acquisitions, sales, sale and lease-back transactions, leases, financings, construction permits, planning and zoning law issues, work contracts and construction matters as well as environmental issues and real estate-related disputes.
• Advising professional investors in all legal matters relating to real estate transactions, including due diligence reviews, contract negotiation, portfolio transactions, the acquisition, legal division and sale of properties, regulatory matters such as the acquisition of Swiss real estate by non-Swiss residents, the transfer of properties into non-Swiss trusts and advice relating to the implementation of property transfers with land registers and tax authorities.
• Advising private clients with regard to the financing, acquisiton, sale and lease of residential real estate both as main residence and as second home, including contract negotiation and drafting as well as regulatory matters such as the acquisition of Swiss real estate by non-Swiss residents.