Real Estate Private Equity & Funds
LAWIN has long been recognized as one of the premier private equity law firms representing high profile and active participants in our region. LAWIN property lawyers specialize and are experienced in the legal issues and commercial challenges involved in dealing with private equity structures, joint ventures with local partners, limited partnerships, and other co-investment arrangements.
The array of clients we represent includes investment banks, private equity funds, pension funds and bank affiliates. These clients are typically expanding their activities from traditional mortgage-based lending to mezzanine and other equity-based transactions, and are looking to invest both domestically and across borders. In addition, we represent owners seeking to attract acquisition and development financing or to monetize their portfolios to maximum leverage.
Whether the underlying real estate transaction is an income producing investment, a portfolio acquisition, a mortgage portfolio transaction, a workout, a development project or a sale and leaseback transaction, we have the experience to help appropriately structure the deal – taking into account local market and currency issues, tax and risk allocation.
Our real estate lawyers are experienced in advising on the full life-cycle of corporate real estate structures, from the initial choice of structure, tax optimization, establishment of vehicles, funding, the acquisition and asset or project management through to financial and tax sensitive exit of individual investments. As for structuring and negotiating the private equity going enterprise, we understand the complexities involved in making a private equity fund successful beyond just injection of capital to purchase or recapitalization of real estate ventures. We advise our clients on all aspects of the deal, including dispute resolution mechanisms, buyouts, profit-sharing, compensation, preferred investor rights and returns, compensation and other ongoing management concerns.