Real Estate, Construction,
and Land Use Litigation
Protecting and defending your real estate operations
Real estate litigation involves significant financial, operational, and strategic stakes. Each dispute has the potential to halt a transaction, delay a project, or jeopardize an operating model.
We intervene at every stage of the asset lifecycle, including office buildings, retail premises, logistics facilities, hotels, residential properties, and alternative assets. Our work focuses on preventing, managing, and resolving disputes related to transactions, construction issues, and operational matters. Our approach combines in-depth case analysis, mastery of civil, commercial, administrative, and arbitral procedures, and a systematic search for effective solutions, whether through litigation or negotiated outcomes.
We represent developers, investors, funds, real estate companies, institutional landlords, and construction firms before all courts and tribunals, acting for plaintiffs or defendants, on the merits and in interim proceedings.
our Interventions
Sale agreements, SPAs, indemnity clauses, and warranty insurance all require careful protection when the terms of a real estate transaction are challenged or when guarantees must be triggered. We defend our clients’ interests in every dispute arising from the negotiation, performance, or enforcement of these commitments.
Claims for title, demolition actions, and enforcement of easements are among the many disputes we handle involving ownership, use, and real property rights.
Renewal rents, eviction indemnities, landlord–tenant disputes, and enforcement of guarantees are among the matters in which we assist both landlords and tenants. Our services cover all commercial, professional, and residential leases.
Pre-contract injunctions, court-appointed expert investigations, builder liability, cost overruns, and delays are frequent sources of construction disputes. We intervene from the procurement stage through project completion to prevent or manage conflicts arising during construction.
Every project carries specific risks, including technical, contractual, and insurance-related issues, which can lead to significant and disruptive litigation. We represent project owners, developers, general contractors, and subcontractors before all competent courts, in interim proceedings as well as on the merits.
Planning permissions, building permits, commercial zoning approvals, and environmental permitting for classified installations (ICPE) are frequent targets of administrative challenges or third-party objections. We defend real estate projects facing such claims, relying on our mastery of urban planning law, environmental regulation, and emergency procedures before administrative courts.
Ad hoc mandates, safeguard proceedings, judicial reorganizations, and liquidations all require highly coordinated support. We assist real estate stakeholders facing financial or operational difficulties, guiding them through each stage of restructuring and insolvency proceedings to preserve value and secure continuity.
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our References
Energy Company – Environmental Permits for Nuclear Facility
Advice to a major player in the energy sector on environmental and urban planning law aspects related to the structuring of operations for the construction of a nuclear waste storage basin at an operating nuclear site, including classified installation permit procedures and regulatory studies.
Real estate company – Administrative litigation (urban rehabilitation)
Advising and representing a real estate company in multiple administrative appeals initiated by local residents contesting the rehabilitation of a highly visible building in central Paris. The case raises issues relating to urban renewal in dense areas and the rights of local residents in the face of restructuring projects.
Real estate fund – Building permit dispute
Representation of a real estate fund in litigation regarding a building permit issued to a third party, whose project encroaches on our client’s property. Our role covers litigation strategy, defense of property rights, and determination of the limits of authorized construction.
our Distinctions
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(01)Chambers and Partners
2025 – Global
Real estate
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(02)Chambers and Partners
2024 – Global
Real estate
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