REAL ESTATE
Our Real Estate practice helps clients across every class of Real Estate assets and through the entire lifecycle of projects. We regularly represent large strategic and financial investors on their high-profile investments in Ukraine and have been involved in some of the most complex and challenging projects in different business sectors.
How we are different:
- Established track record and real-world experience of efficiently handling the most complex deals. Redcliffe has been successfully supporting some of the largest and most high-profile acquisitions and project financing infrastructure deals for many years.
- Industry focus. Our clients benefit from the market-leading expertise of our teams addressing the specificity of each relevant industry: renewable energy, oil& gas, agriculture, metallurgy, mining, energy, retail, pharmaceuticals, etc.
- Full integration. Our practice is fully integrated, with practices working together in highly efficient multidisciplinary project teams.
- Problem-solving approach. Based on our deep understanding of the industry and with particular regard to the nature of each client’s business, we address matters in a practical, efficient manner and collaborate closely with the client.
The Real Estate practice is led by Svitlana Teush, Partner, who has significant experience with advising clients in any deals involving real estate assets, including on property, regulatory, procurement, contractual and general commercial matters.
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Ranked in Real Estate
The Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Ranked in Real Estate
The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
Ranked in Project Development
“They can understand the idea and propose their own ideas to improve performance. Great attention to detail.”
IFLR 1000 2023
Ranked in Real Estate
The Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Ranked in Real Estate
The Legal 500 2021
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 EMEA 2020
Ranked among Top-10 in Construction and Real Estate
The Market Leaders 2019
Svitlana Teush, Head of Real Estate, is recommended in Real Estate
Who’s Who Legal 2020
Svitlana Teush, Head of Real Estate, features amongst notable practitioners for Real Estate and Construction and Land
”Ukrainian Law Firms: A Handbook for Foreign Clients 2020”
Subsectors:
- Commercial and residential leases
- Construction
- Zoning and land use
- 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
- Planning and environmental protection
- Subsoil use
- Property title and encumbrances registration
- Public-private partnerships
- Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Post-closing support and integration
- Privatisations
- EPC, EPCM, O&M and other contracts
- FIDIC Contracts
- Leases and fit-out
- Mortgage and other encumbrances and enforcement
- Project and real estate financing and corporate lending
- Procurement and supply chain
- Commodity trading
- 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
- Concord Consulting, one of the leading Ukrainian consulting enterprises, on the privatisation of the President-Hotel
- A large international pharmaceuticals company in connection with the relocation of its office and negotiation of a package of lease and fit-out agreements
- J.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
- 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
- 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, distinguished as the 2019 CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year award for Ukraine
- A large Chinese construction company in connection with its market entry, as well as contracts for design and construction works
- 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)
- A large developer in connection with the road construction project under FIDIC’s Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction) funded by EBRD and EIB
- 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
- 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 and due diligence of numerous real estate assets to be provided as a mortgage
- 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
- EBRD in connection with the EPC contract for a renewable energy project
- 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
- EBRD on the project financing of a sugar refinery company in Ukraine for the construction of a biogas plant
- A French energy major in connection with the acquisition of wind power projects in Ukraine
- EBRD 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
- 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
- Aice Hydro A/S in connection with the acquisition of a hydro-power plant in Western Ukraine