Real Estate Practice

Whether you own a single building or own hundreds across the globe in a hotel conglomerate when acquiring, divesting, investing or creating real estate, it must be done carefully. Who actually owns the property? Are there any liens or restrictions of use on the property? How much is the property actually worth? Who are you buying from or selling to or going into business with? Can a foreigner acquire land or land use rights in China or Mongolia or Hong Kong?

All of these are serious questions that just begin the process. Because Anderson and Anderson is already at work in Asia we have already prepared the ground. We have local attorneys who know their way around the local laws, languages, cultural rules, and political rules. In China and Mongolia we helped open the doors; our firm was the first international law firm to open an office in Mongolia and because of this we have been working now for clients for close to 20 years there. In China one of our partners was the first American asked to assist US business interests in China just after Nixon’s trip in 1972. Our attorneys represent a broad range of clients from offshore companies acquiring factories, to hotel chains, to large scale construction of whole apartment complexes, to foreign individuals buying or leasing a home.

We have experience negotiating and creating documents for these highly complex projects. We are used to dealing with a wide array of work partners whether they are in-house counsels or outside legal teams. Whether owner, investor, lender, or operator, working in residential, commercial or industrial sectors, we can help you.

We provide a variety of services including:

• Acquiring land, land use and land use rights
• Structuring real property projects
• Acquisition of estates and buildings
• Development projects
• Tax issues related to realty investment
• Financing and financial restructuring of development projects
• Cross-border real estate transactions
• Leases

Our clients include:

one of the largest real estate and construction companies in the world based in the Netherlands; one of the largest real estate development corporations in China (residential, commercial and industrial); one of the largest US based hotel chain conglomerates; Large hotel group with hotels around the world; large industrial company with a number of factories and offices around China; British property management group; a Macao hotel casino; large real estate development company in China; technical machine equipment producer