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Real Estate and Construction Law

Cailliau & Çolakel Law Firm is involved in every aspect of real estate and construction law.

The legal services we render include counseling and representation during all phases of project development, construction, sale and purchase of real estate properties.

We also have a wide range of experience in claims analysis, negotiation and litigation in areas of construction law. The Law Firm represents property owners, tenants, developers as well as businessmen in the construction industry, contractors, surveyors, architects, builders, engineers and planners.

The Law Firm’s overall real estate practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate, institutional investors and foreign investors, including:
  • Acquisition agreements, sales agreements and promise to sell agreements;
  • Lease agreements;
  • Obtaining the construction licenses (in Turkish, “inşaat ruhsatı”) and the occupancy licenses (in Turkish, “iskan izni”) and carrying out all necessary transactions before the governmental authorities for such licenses;
  • Obtaining the opening and operating licenses (in Turkish, “işyeri açma ve çalışma ruhsatı”) and carrying out all necessary transactions before the governmental authorities for such licenses;
  • Mortgage agreements;
  • Construction servitude agreements (in Turkish, “kat irtifakı sözleşmesi”);
  • Construction agreements, building management agreements (in Turkish, “bina yönetimi sözleşmesi”), project management agreements including but not limited to the management agreements of the shopping centers, licensing agreements, brokerage agreements, and construction agreement with respect to the construction of building in return for the ownership of the relevant land (in Turkish, “kat karşılığı inşaat sözleşmesi”);
  • Purchase, sale and liquidation of business entities with real property assets.

The Law Firm has an extensive experience in providing consultancy services to the companies with foreign shareholders or foreign real persons who would like to acquire or sell real estate property in Turkey and inter alia under the framework of the Land Title Law and the Regulation on the Real Estate Property Acquisition by the Companies with Foreign Investment.

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