REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION
Our Real Estate and Construction group assists clients on a mixture of property issues linked to real estate and construction transactions, including financing and sale and purchase issues. We regularly advise a wide range of clients, including financial institutions, hotels, real estate developers and international companies, on commercial real estate matters, property issues in M&A, public-private partnerships projects, and other real estate matters in relation to developments in the public sector.
How we are different:
- Profound industry knowledge. Our team is experienced in all aspects of the real estate market, and is able to address the specificity of each relevant industry, for example: renewable energy, oil & gas, agriculture, metallurgy, mining, energy, retail, pharmaceuticals, etc.
- Partnering with clients. We collaborate closely with our clients to best address each client’s business needs and find the most appropriate solutions.
- Resourcefulness and fast response. Our dedicated team provides rapid yet efficient solutions to always deliver quality, including in the most complex and urgent deals involving multiple assets.
The construction practice is led by Svitlana Teush, Partner. She is one of the few Ukrainian lawyers particularly experienced with the international FIDIC forms of contracts.
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Ranked in Real estate and construction
“Redcliffe Partners is noted for advising on property investments, real estate transactions and the financing of construction projects.”
The Legal 500 2020
Ranked among Top-10 in Real Estate and Construction
The Market Leaders 2019
Subsectors:
- Commercial and industrial leases
- Construction
- Renewable energy
- Oil & gas
- Mining and metals
- Industrial manufacturing
- Agriculture
- Infrastructure
- Transport and logistics
- Retail
- Tourism and Hospitality
Services:
- Real estate acquisitions and disposals
- Due diligence
- Regulatory advice
- Zoning and land use
- Planning and environmental protection
- Construction and development
- Subsoil use
- Property title and encumbrances registration
- Concessions, OPRC and other public-private partnerships
- Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Post-closing support and integration
- Privatisations
- EPC and other construction contracts
- FIDIC Contracts
- Leases
- Mortgage and other encumbrances and enforcement
- Project and real estate financing, and corporate lending
- Competition compliance and investigations
- Anti-corruption compliance
- Public procurement
- Dispute resolution and claim management
- Tax
We are proud to contribute to our clients’ success with their investments in Ukraine. Our experience includes advising:
- IFC and EBRD in the project financing of the construction of a grain terminal for M.V. Cargo and global agricultural commodity producer, Cargill, in the “Yuzny” Sea Port
- A leading supplier of technologies for nuclear power plants on the international procurement procedure and subsequent execution of agreements for supply and installation works in respect of technological and safety equipment for nuclear power plants in a project funded by the EBRD
- Concord Consulting, one of the leading Ukrainian consulting enterprises, on the privatisation of the President-Hotel
- SALIC on the acquisition of Mriya Agro Holding, one of the largest agricultural companies in Ukraine and amongst the most complex deals in Ukraine’s agriculture sector. It obtained the 2019 CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year award for Ukraine
- A multinational commodity trading and mining company in connection with due diligence of the infrastructure facilities in one of the largest seaports of Ukraine
- FMO, a private sector international financial institution from The Netherlands, on the grant of a USD20 million loan to Nibulon LLC, one of the biggest Ukrainian exporters of agricultural products, for the purchase of grain and other agricultural commodities
- EBRD in connection with the EPC contract for a renewable energy project
- A large Chinese construction company in connection with its market entry, as well as contracts for design and construction works
- A leading diversified investment company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, operating in the real estate, trade, contracting, energy, education, entertainment, telecommunications, media and hotel sectors, in connection with the acquisition of a solar power project in Ukraine, which was successfully completed
- P. Morgan Securities Plc., EBRD, NEFCO, BSTDB, Proparco, Finnfund, IFU, FMO and Green for Growth Fund in connection with the project financing of the construction of the 250 MW Syvash wind power project
- EBRD on the project financing of a sugar refinery company in Ukraine for the construction of a biogas plant
- FMO, GGF and GIEK on the financing of the construction, maintenance and operation of a Scatec Solar’s 54 MW solar power plant in Ukraine
- One of the largest US private companies in connection with the refinancing of the operator of one of the largest petrol station networks in Ukraine
- A French energy major in connection with the acquisition of wind power projects in Ukraine
- EBRD, a key European financial institution, on the provision of a USD56 million loan to Kernel, the world’s largest producer and exporter of sunflower oil, for the construction of four biomass plants with an aggregate capacity of 47 MW in different regions of Ukraine
- STRACO, an independent Belgian investment group active in the real estate sector, in connection with the acquisition of the Ukrainian subsidiaries of Greenyard NV (Belgium)
- FMO, a private sector international financial institution from The Netherlands, in connection with the financing of the construction, maintenance and operation of Scatec Solarˈs 54 MW solar PV plant in the Kyiv region
- A Chinese export insurance agency in connection with the construction of a 100 MW wind power project in Ukraine
- A major Turkish diversified holding company, operating in the construction, energy, air transportation, tourism and finance sectors, on all matters relating to the client’s operations in Ukraine, including potential investments in the renewable energy sector and the development of the client’s own solar power projects in Ukraine
- A large developer in connection with the Kyiv – Odesa road construction project under FIDIC’s Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction) funded by EBRD and EIB
- Aice Hydro A/S in connection with the acquisition of a hydropower plant in Western Ukraine
- A public enterprise on the legal issues during the implementation of a major tunnel project, part of the pan-European transport corridor in Western Ukraine under FIDIC’s Yellow Book (Conditions of Contract for Plant & Design-Build) funded by EBRD and EIB
