Valdes Abascal y Brito Anderson, S.C. real estate practice works under a creative, problem-solving approach.The Firm understands the needs of domestic and international investors and provides them with innovative solutions that secure their investments in Mexico.
The real-estate industry in Mexico has significantly grown, nationally, direct and indirect foreign investment has become of great importance. The legal framework in this area is complex, since it involves numerous federal, state and municipal laws, in regulating Mexico’s different types of ownership regimes, namely, ejido land, national land, small property land and private property land. Additionally, a real-estate development project may need for its operation different federal, state or municipal entitlements and authorizations.
The Firms gives legal strategic advice of the highest quality to national and foreign investors in real-estate projects, in order to grant legal certainty in the ownership of land and in the transactions that derive from the specific real estate project.
The Firm distinguishes itself in the following facts:
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One of the partners participated in the constitutional reform to article 27 and its regulations, by means of which private investment was opened in ejido and communal land (which represent approximately 53 % of the Mexican territory). |
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The Firm has an alliance with an experienced agronomist engineer. He has a vast knowledge in the agrarian sector and supports legal strategies with diagnosis of internal status of a particular ejido or community, which enables to better assess risks. |
In general, the Firm advises and represents individuals and business entities, in the following
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Legal analysis of ownership deeds and public records, in order to detect potential conflicts or irregularities, and if applicable, legal regularization of ownership. |
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Design of acquisition legal structures in residential or non residential real estate projects. |
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Compliance of foreign investment laws and regulations. |
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Residential and commercial leases. |
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Litigation in real-estate matter. |
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Real-estate due diligences: planning and design of legal strategies in the acquisition of large surfaces of land for the development of residential, commercial and hotel developments as well as review of existent entitlements. |
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Design and implementation of corporate structures, partnerships, joint ventures and strategic alliances. |
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Drafting and negotiation of contracts. |
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Design and implementation of credit / warranty structures. |
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Design and implementation of sale structures. |
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Incorporation of condominium regime. |
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Incorporation of shared times structures. |
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Advising and processing of federal, state and municipal authorizations in diverse matters, such as federal maritime zone, airports, electricity, water, urban development, rights of way, zoning, land use, among others. |
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Follow up in regulatory compliance. |
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