Real Estate & Construction
Real Estate and Land Law is one of the firm’s longest-standing practices. We advise major international and domestic clients – and on certain projects, public-sector stakeholders – on complex real estate, land, and construction matters, combining deep industry knowledge with practical, results-driven strategy.
We provide end-to-end support across the full project lifecycle: legal due diligence and title review, structuring acquisitions and disposals, land acquisition and consolidation, development and construction contracts, permitting and regulatory compliance, dispute resolution. Our experience includes high-profile projects such as work for McDonald’s Ukraine, the Khreschatyk Plaza business center, MEGAMARKET expansion, AVON warehouse and office infrastructure, Swedwood (IKEA Group) acquisition projects, and strategic acquisitions including embassy development and a five-star hotel site in Kyiv.
Read more about usOur Services in the Real Estate & Construction Sector
We provide a comprehensive range of legal services across the full real estate and construction lifecycle:
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Real estate due diligence and title review
- Acquisition, sale and leasing of commercial, industrial and residential property
- Land acquisition and consolidation; zoning and urban planning support
- Development and construction contracting (developers, investors, contractors, suppliers)
- Permitting strategy and regulatory compliance for construction and development projects
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Real estate finance structuring
- Privatization-related assets and transactions involving state or municipal property
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Dispute resolution in real estate and construction matters
Our Services in the Agriculture Sector
We offer a full suite of legal services to agricultural companies, investors, and industry stakeholders, including:
- Merger clearance, compliance audits, defense in investigations.
- Asset acquisitions, shareholder agreements, restructuring.
- Legal support for bank financing, syndicated loans, and private equity transactions.
- Anti-dumping defense, WTO compliance, export-import regulation.
- Representation in Ukrainian courts and major international arbitration forums.
- Land use, environmental permits, food safety, customs.
- Risk assessments, structuring, and defense in audits or investigations.
Representative Experience
Our lawyers have advised leading real estate developers, investors, contractors and market participants on a broad range of complex, high-stakes matters, including:
Acquisition of a 100% stake in “Ukrainian Commercial Real Estate” LLC
Privatization of the “Radar” Plant real property in Kyiv
Acquisition and structuring of real estate for a five-star hotel construction site in Kyiv
Advising a Ukrainian development company on property acquisitions via corporate-rights transactions and direct asset acquisitions
Advising McDonald’s Ukraine on construction and operation of restaurants and the “Khreschatyk Plaza” business center (negotiations, title due diligence, structuring, contracting, state registration)
Real estate acquisitions supporting the MEGAMARKET supermarket chain
Legal structuring and negotiation of contracts for shopping center construction across Ukraine
Advising on construction and operation of AVON warehouse and office premises in Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv and Donetsk
Legal support in 500+ transactions involving land acquisition and consolidation for cottage settlement development in the Kyiv region
Supporting the development of the “Shvydko” chain restaurants
Advising on acquisition of woodworking and furniture manufacturing plants in Zakarpattia by Swedwood (IKEA Group)
Legal support for acquisition of OJSC “Crimea Titan” by a British industrial and financial group (due diligence and structuring)
Structuring real estate acquisitions for an embassy development project for an Asian country in Ukraine
- Expert Ukrainian-law opinion on the legal status of real estate in Ukraine for ICC arbitration between a UK-based lessor and an Austrian lessee
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