Real Estate & Infrastructure

Acquisitions, development and construction for investors, lenders, developers and contractors.

Led by: Dejan Peric
Team: 8 lawyers
Scope: 38 services
Published: 37 articles
Ranked by: Legal 500

Office building under construction with tower cranes

How we help

We offer a complete range of legal services related to all aspects of real estate transactions and our broad range of experience includes acting on behalf of individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. Our real estate lawyers and associates have a successful combination of technical property expertise, local market knowledge, industry insight and global experience. We provide support to lenders, realtors, developers, and contractors.

We are well-versed in the handling of all types of real estate transactions and contract negotiations. Our extensive experience allows us to solve problems concerning real estate quickly and efficiently. Our lawyers have extensive experience in sophisticated commercial real estate transactions in various regions in Serbia, as well as in transactions in other countries of the region.

Our legal team is ready to advise clients in all official languages of the local jurisdictions, as well as in English and German.

What we advise on

38 services in 6 groups.

Construction and engineering

10 services

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating construction contracts
Preparing commercial building contracts, infrastructure and engineering contracts, process and energy plant contracts
Reviewing supply contracts and purchase orders
Preparing operation and maintenance contracts
Preparing professional services contracts
Preparing collateral warranties, third party rights schedules and notices and third-party duty of care undertakings
Preparing pre-construction or early construction start arrangements
Preparing asset protection agreements
Preparing legal analysis of performance security, including bonds, guarantees and project accounts
Preparing and reviewing FIDIC agreements

Real estate litigation

12 services

Analysis and assessment of legal risks related to disputes over legal titles to real estate
Drafting court submissions in disputes concerning real estate
Representing clients before regular courts in disputes concerning real estate
Representing investors before administrative courts and state administration in disputes concerning building permits and zoning decisions
Representing clients in landlord and tenant disputes
Representing clients in environmental disputes
Dealing with toxic torts litigation
Representing clients in premises liability cases
Representing clients in secured credit, lien priority and foreclosure disputes
Representing clients in title, trespass and boundary disputes
Representing clients in property tax disputes
Representing clients in FIDIC disputes

Real estate contracts

4 services

Participating in lease negotiations and drafting lease agreements
Supporting in site acquisition
Preparing and executing sale and leaseback structures, conveyancing and mortgages
Preparing real estate management contracts

Real estate transactions

5 services

Due diligence of target real estate
Drafting of sale and purchase agreements
Clearing and transferring of the title
Reviewing and preparing financing agreements
Drafting escrow agreements

Spatial planning and zoning

4 services

Preparing legal analysis and drafting legal documentation related to zoning
Representing investors concerning cooperation with relevant authorities by development of a zoning plan
Legal analysis of the impact of zoning plans on ownership rights
Representing investors before state authorities and administration courts in disputes concerning zoning decisions

Infrastructure projects and PPP practice

3 services

Analyzing legal aspects of investment projects with public partners
Drafting agreements concerning cooperation and realization of joint investments related to infrastructure projects
Representing of public and private investors in realization of infrastructure projects

How we stand out

We have assisted leading realtors, developers, and contractors in the region. We specialize in complex domestic construction and engineering projects such as commercial offices, corporate and bank headquarters, sport centers, major international energy and infrastructure projects. This experience gives us an excellent understanding of the wide spectrum of issues that arise across various sectors, making sure all solutions meet our clients’ requirements.

As a special recognition to the quality of our service, we are one of very few law firms (if not the only law firm) from Serbia that is often invited by our international clients to take the role of their main legal advisor in legal matters involving other European jurisdictions (e.g. Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, etc.), when we cooperate with local legal counsels from the respective jurisdiction to provide best possible legal protection to the interests of our clients. For example: Managing Partner Slobodan Doklestic is often engaged by Turner International, a leading US-based construction company, to act as their regional counsel to advise them on their projects throughout Europe (e.g. Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, etc.).