Real estate law governs ownership, transfer of and rights over immovable property. We handle title cancellation and registration actions, construction-in-return-for-flats contracts, partition suits and lease disputes.
Real estate law covers every transaction and dispute concerning the acquisition, transfer and limitation of ownership in immovable property. Because property is usually a person's most valuable asset, a title and zoning review carried out before the transfer prevents most of the loss that would otherwise arise later.
Title Deed Actions
Cancellation of Title and Re-registration
Actions to correct the land registry where registration was improper, or where there was fraud, lack of capacity, a collusive transfer by a deceased person or abuse of a power of attorney.
Registration Based on Possession, and Cadastre
Actions for registration of unregistered land through acquisitive prescription; objections to cadastral determinations.
Construction and Urban Renewal
Drafting and negotiating construction-in-return-for-flats contracts; claims for delay damages, defective performance and termination where the contractor fails to deliver on time or in accordance with the contract. Protection of owners' rights in risky-building procedures under Law No. 6306, and objections to risky-building determinations.
Dissolution of Joint Ownership
Where co-owners cannot agree, ending co-ownership of immovable property by division in kind or by sale.
Lease Disputes
Drafting lease agreements, determination and adaptation of rent, eviction actions (eviction for need, two justified notices, default), deposit and damage disputes.