Cross-border: Real Estate

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Argentina. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Canada. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in China. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Denmark. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Germany. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Indonesia. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Japan. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Mexico. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Spain. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Turkey. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in the United Arab Emirates. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

Over the past few years Dubai has implemented various laws that seek to transfer responsibility for the management and maintenance of common areas in developments from the developer to the owners of the individual units within the development, most notably Law No. 27 of 2007 and its Directions issued in 2010 (jointly owned property law) (JOP Law). There have been some difficulties in achieving the aims of the JOP Law, particularly in relation to the recovery of service charges. This article introduces the JOP Law and its aims and goes on to highlight the difficulties that are being encountered with implementation. The article concludes by discussing how these issues have led to adaptations in the market and suggests potential longer term solutions. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

This table summarises transfer tax and notarisation rules applied to the sale of real estate in jurisdictions worldwide. This table is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

This Law Firm Publication by Morrison & Foerster LLP focuses on the trends and likely progression of the real estate market in China, with a look back at the various policies and regulations implemented by the Chinese government, as well as commentary on how this has affected the real estate landscape in the country.

This Law Firm Publication by Mayer Brown LLP focuses on a recent circular issued by Guangzhou Municipal Land Resources and Housing Administrative Bureau in China, which formally prohibits foreign individuals from purchasing any non-residential properties in Guangzhou. The Chinese central authorities have also imposed restrictions on foreign investment in the real estate market in China.  

This Law Firm Publication by Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga analyses the recently released Instruction No. 70 of the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform. The new legislation sets out the administrative procedures governing applications for authorisation to purchase and lease rural property, by both foreign individuals and businesses resident in Brazil, as well as Brazilian companies under foreign equity control.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Poland. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in the Czech Republic. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. For a full list of recommended corporate real estate lawyers and law firms in the Czech Republic, please visit PLC Which lawyer? To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate law in Romania. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the corporate real estate market trends; real estate investment structures, including REITs; legislation; title and public registers of title; confidential information; state guarantee of title; tenure; sale of real estate; seller's liability; due diligence; warranties; cost; taxes and mitigation, including VAT and stamp duty/transfer tax; climate change targets; third party outsourcing; restrictions on foreign ownership or occupation; finance; leases; planning law and consents; and proposals for reform. For a full list of recommended corporate real estate lawyers and law firms in Romania, please visit PLC Which lawyer? To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Real Estate Country Q&A tool.  This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

Germany levies taxes on the transfer of real estate under the Real Estate Transfer Tax Act (Grunderwerbsteuergesetz) (GrEStG). RETT can be classified as a transaction tax, which is imposed when the ownership in real estate situated in Germany is transferred to another person or legal entity. Under certain conditions, in the case of a partnership or company holding German real estate, RETT is also triggered if the partnership interests or company shares are directly or indirectly transferred to a third party. This article discusses the application of RETT to transfers of partnership interests, considers the application of RETT to the aggregation of company shares and partnership interests, and sets out transfer structures that are free of RETT. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate law www.practicallaw.com/realestate-mjg.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate in Croatia. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestatehandbook.

A Q&A guide to corporate real estate in South Korea. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestatehandbook.

This chapter summarises the key points to consider when assessing a new real estate venture in 14 Latin American countries, along with a brief survey of market trends and recommendations from local experts. This chapter is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate. For a full list of articles and Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestatehandbook.

German open-ended real estate funds have been successful for many years. However, the financial crises from 2004 to 2005 and from 2008 to 2009 created problems for these funds, which now require reform. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate. For a full list of contents visit www.practicallaw.com/realestatehandbook.

After extensive debate, the UK set up a REIT regime in 2007. This article looks at the conditions and tax treatment of the REIT regime, the legal and regulatory framework, market trends and the market outlook for REITs. This chapter is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate real estate. For a full list of articles and Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/realestatehandbook.

An overview of the issues to consider when security is provided by a borrower to a lender in connection with a secured financing in the US.This article is part of the PLC US Special Report, which was published to mark the launch of PLC's first US services.

Real Estate Investment Trusts play an increasingly important role in the world's capital markets. This article explains the reasons for this, the leading jurisdictions in which REITs are available and the main structures used.

In-house counsel who understand and appreciate that corporate social responsibility is not just about doing good, but also about doing well, can help protect and even promote their client corporation's reputation and financial performance.