LEGAL & COMMERCIAL SUPPORT ACROSS THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE
LRP provides strategic, commercial and project-focused legal support to real estate developers, development companies, investors and project owners across the full development lifecycle.
Our experience spans the legal and commercial requirements of real estate development—from land acquisition and project structuring through development, construction, sales, leasing, handover, asset management and dispute resolution.
We combine real estate, construction, corporate and commercial expertise to help developers structure projects, manage risk, protect commercial interests and navigate the legal and regulatory requirements associated with development activities.
- LAND ACQUISITION & PROJECT INITIATION
Supporting developers from the earliest stage of a project.
- Land acquisition and disposal
- Sale and purchase agreements
- Land due diligence
- Title and ownership review
- Encumbrance and restriction review
- Development rights and land-use considerations
- Plot and master-development arrangements
- Development feasibility legal review
- Land contribution arrangements
- Joint development structures
- Development agreements
- Heads of Terms, MOUs and term sheets
- Negotiation with landowners and strategic partners
- Project acquisition structuring
- Initial legal and regulatory assessment
- PROJECT STRUCTURING & DEVELOPMENT VEHICLES
Structuring the legal and corporate framework for the development.
- Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)
- Project companies
- Joint ventures
- Shareholders’ arrangements
- Joint development structures
- Development partnerships
- Investment structures
- Share subscription and transfer arrangements
- Corporate governance
- Project-level powers of attorney
- Development and investment agreements
- Corporate and commercial structuring
- Investor and partner arrangements
- Project documentation and legal frameworks
- DUE DILIGENCE & DEVELOPMENT RISK
Identifying legal and commercial risks before significant capital is committed.
- Legal due diligence
- Land and title due diligence
- Corporate due diligence
- Contractual due diligence
- Regulatory and licensing review
- Existing development agreements
- Contractor and consultant contracts
- Encumbrances and third-party rights
- Litigation and dispute review
- Regulatory compliance assessment
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Transaction and acquisition risk assessment
- DEVELOPMENT & REGULATORY MATTERS
Supporting developers through the regulatory and operational requirements of development projects.
- Development approvals and regulatory requirements
- DLD and RERA-related matters
- Master developer arrangements
- Development and project registration matters
- Off-plan regulatory requirements
- Project documentation
- Developer obligations
- Owners’ association and community matters
- Property registration matters
- Regulatory correspondence and advisory
- Development-related compliance
- Government and regulatory documentation
- DESIGN, CONSULTANTS & PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Managing the contractual framework supporting project design and professional services.
- Architect agreements
- Engineering consultancy agreements
- Project management agreements
- Quantity surveying arrangements
- Project management consultancy
- Design consultancy
- Supervision agreements
- Specialist consultant appointments
- Professional indemnity requirements
- Consultant warranties
- Scope of services
- Liability and indemnity provisions
- Intellectual property and design rights
- CONSTRUCTION & CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT
Providing legal support throughout project construction and delivery.
- Main construction contracts
- FIDIC contracts
- EPC agreements
- Design and build contracts
- Bespoke construction agreements
- Subcontracts
- Supply and procurement contracts
- Performance bonds
- Advance payment guarantees
- Retention and payment security
- Collateral warranties
- Contractor negotiations
- Variations and change orders
- Extension of time
- Delay and disruption
- Defects and warranties
- Contractor claims
- Termination and replacement
- Construction disputes
- PROJECT FINANCING & INVESTMENT
Supporting the legal requirements associated with project funding and investment.
- Development financing
- Project finance documentation
- Security arrangements
- Corporate guarantees
- Bank guarantees
- Investment agreements
- Shareholder funding
- Joint venture funding
- Investor arrangements
- Financing due diligence
- Funding conditions and undertakings
- Security and enforcement considerations
- OFF-PLAN SALES & REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Supporting developers in structuring and managing sales activities.
- Off-plan sale and purchase agreements
- Sale and purchase documentation
- Reservation agreements
- Booking forms
- Payment plans
- Buyer documentation
- SPA drafting and negotiation
- Assignment and transfer arrangements
- Resale and cancellation matters
- Buyer defaults
- Developer rights and remedies
- RERA-related requirements
- DLD registration matters
- Handover documentation
- SALES, MARKETING & BROKERAGE
Managing the legal framework around project sales and marketing.
- Brokerage agreements
- Agency arrangements
- Channel partner agreements
- Referral arrangements
- Sales commission structures
- Marketing agreements
- Digital marketing arrangements
- Advertising compliance
- Sales documentation
- Broker onboarding documentation
- Confidentiality and non-circumvention arrangements
- Commission disputes
- PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & ASSET OPERATIONS
Supporting developers after completion and throughout the operational lifecycle of assets.
- Property management agreements
- Facilities management agreements
- Leasing arrangements
- Asset management agreements
- Community management
- Owners’ association matters
- Service charge matters
- Vendor and service contracts
- Property operations
- Maintenance arrangements
- Tenant-related matters
- Asset disposals and acquisitions
- HANDOVER, DEFECTS & POST-COMPLETION
Protecting the developer’s position beyond practical completion.
- Handover documentation
- Snagging and defects
- Contractor warranties
- Defects liability
- Consultant obligations
- Retention releases
- Final accounts
- Completion documentation
- Warranty claims
- Post-completion contractor obligations
- Buyer handover issues
- Community and owners’ association transition
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & LEGAL OPERATIONS
Providing developers with an integrated legal function rather than isolated legal advice.
- Corporate governance
- Board and shareholder matters
- Delegation of authority
- Corporate resolutions
- Powers of attorney
- Contract approval frameworks
- Contract lifecycle management
- Legal registers
- Compliance frameworks
- Internal legal policies
- Standard form agreements
- Legal procedures and workflows
- Risk registers
- External counsel management
- Legal department support
- DISPUTES, CLAIMS & DISPUTE AVOIDANCE
Supporting developers in preventing, managing and resolving project disputes.
- Construction claims
- Contractor disputes
- Consultant disputes
- Delay and disruption claims
- Payment disputes
- Defects claims
- Buyer disputes
- Broker disputes
- Contract termination
- Settlement negotiations
- Arbitration
- Litigation coordination
- Dispute strategy
- External counsel management
- Claims assessment and documentation
- REAL ESTATE M&A & DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTIONS
Supporting strategic transactions involving development businesses and projects.
- Acquisition of development companies
- Acquisition and disposal of development projects
- Portfolio acquisitions
- Project-level acquisitions
- Share acquisitions and disposals
- Joint ventures
- Strategic investments
- Development partnerships
- Transaction due diligence
- Transaction documentation
- SPA and SHA arrangements
- Post-completion implementation