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Real Estate

Practices

International Real Estate

Our International Real Estate Team represents domestic and foreign real estate owners, investors, developers, contractors and financiers in real estate transactions around the globe including cross-border acquisitions and dispositions, plant separation programs, development, leasing and financing. The breadth and sophistication of our domestic real estate practice permits us to anticipate and accommodate the needs and expectations of our clients and add value to their transactions.

Representative Jurisdictions

  • Africa: Ethiopia, South Africa, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Asia/Pacific Rim: Australia, China, India, Russia, Thailand
  • Europe: France, Scotland, Slovenia
  • North America: Bahamas, British West Indies, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
  • South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela
Representative Experience
  • Representing a major industrial firm in the sale of a portion of existing Canadian plant, with development of shared services and corresponding easement agreements.
  • Representing a major international manufacturer in construction of processing plants in Mexico.
  • Representing a major international engineering firm in the construction of projects in Zaire and South Africa.
  • Representing a joint venture comprised of an international lodging firm and an entrepreneur in the redevelopment of a hotel and conference center in Moscow.
  • Representing a joint venture composed of a major international property developer and an investor in the development of a common premises building for an international organization in Zaire.
  • Representing a major railway company in the disposition of its interest in a leading European hotel property.
  • Representing a joint venturer in the co-development of resort hotel in the Dominican Republic.
  • Representing individual condominium purchasers in the purchase of resort condominiums in St. Croix and Mexico.
  • Representing a purchaser of a multinational private corporation with factories in China, Thailand, India and the Dominican Republic.
  • Representing an Ethiopian developer in development of common premise building for U.S. State Department.
  • Representing a manufacturer in a sale of plant facilities in multiple foreign jurisdictions, including complex plant separation, plant service and reciprocal easement agreements.
  • Representing a purchaser of chemical plant facilities in Freeport, Bahamas.