Property & Real Estate

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Overview

The firm’s real estate practice includes special emphasis on complex real estate transactions, title due diligence, development / redevelopment matters, transactions for purchase, sale, leasing and licensing of immovable properties, dealing with various government agencies and departments including MCGM, MHADA, MIDC, etc. and advisory relating to the aforesaid. We have consistently been able to provide our clients with strategic advice, hand-holding, and legal services in relation to real-estate projects, as well as represent and advise them in the litigation (civil and criminal), arbitration, and corporate aspects arising out of their real estate portfolios and transactions.

Indicative Experience

Development/ Re-development
  • Advising a leading developer on its redevelopment project in Mahim, Mumbai. We have provided end to end support to the developer in this project. Our role involved undertaking title diligence of the land and existing structure proposed to be redeveloped, negotiating on behalf of the developer with the land owners and the existing tenants, obtaining consents from tenants and preparing necessary documentation such as agreement for redevelopment, permanent alternate accommodation agreement, consent forms, powers of attorney, memorandum of understanding and other ancillary documents.

    Advising a Pune based real estate developer looking to enter the Mumbai market on redevelopment transactions with respect to properties based in Tardeo and Kalbadevi areas of South Mumbai. We have for both transactions dealt with landlord societies. In this behalf, we have prepared the entire set of documentation required for giving effect to the re-development, including but not limited to agreements for temporary alternate accommodation, agreements for permanent alternate accommodation, memoranda of understanding, development agreements, agreements for sale in respect of the free sale component and other ancillary documents.

  • Advising a leading real estate developer, on a retainer basis, in respect of their legal requirements for their real estate portfolio, including but not limited to preparing of detailed documentation, construction-related contracts, advisory arising out of disputes with societies, individual flat purchasers, co-developers and government authorities.
  • Advising a society and its members in respect of the sale of the society’s land and the flats of the members to a renowned developer. For this purpose, we have assisted our client in preparation of the tender document for inviting bids for purchase of the society’s land and have assisted the society as well as its members in facilitating such sale.
  • Advising a boutique developer group on their redevelopment projects in Vile Parle and Andheri. In this behalf, we have assisted the client in dealing with the tenant societies, responding to tender documents, draft, finalizing, execution and registration of development agreement and power of attorney with the relevant society, execution of alternate accommodation agreements with the society members.
  • Advising a leading developer on registration of their project in central Mumbai with MAHARERA. We have assisted the client in preparing draft formats of the allotment letter and agreements for sale after taking into account the provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and assisted them with ancillary documents required for registration of the project with the RERA authorities.
  • Advising a Mumbai based developer on RERA compliance with respect to their on-going projects in Navi Mumbai. We routinely advice the client on issues with prospective purchases, interest payment on delayed payments from such purchasers, registration of prospective agreements for sale, allotment letters and other ancillary documentation.

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