Commercial and residential developers
Buyers/sellers
Landlords/tenants
Building contractors/subcontractors & material suppliers
Apartment building owners/property managers
Shopping center owners/managers
Convenience store operators
Real estate brokers
Architects
Other real estate-related entities
Services
Pvgee handles all aspects of commercial real estate, including buying and selling, platting, development, construction, financing, leasing and time-share and condominium creation and conversion. Pvgee also handles commercial and residential evictions, as well as transfers of residential real estate.
Major landlords and property developers, institutions and public markets who provide financing to the real estate industry have continuously trusted Pvgee’s Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Practice Group’s extensive knowledge and experience in real estate transactions. The Pvgee’s counsels a wide range of clients such as financial institutions, companies, regulated institutions, closely held businesses, and local and Indian real estate developers. Pvgee also conducts a nationwide mortgage banking practice, representing various participants in the primary and secondary mortgage markets in all aspects of the acquisition, disposition, financing and securitization of loans secured by real property in India.
Pvgee’s clients benefit from the Pvgee’s resources and its team approach. The Pvgee’s real estate attorneys often call upon the extensive experience of attorneys in the asset-based lending, bankruptcy, construction, environmental, insurance, litigation and tax practice areas to assist with specific projects.
Real Estate Transactions
For clients involved in real estate transactions in India, Pvgee represents:
Buyers and sellers of commercial and industrial real estate in structuring transactions
Banks, investment banks and other lenders in financing transactions secured by real estate, including acquisition, development, construction, long-term and project financing
Landlords and tenants in office, retail, commercial and industrial lease transactions throughout the region and nationally
Buyers and owners of real estate in negotiating financing commitments and in reviewing and negotiating real estate-backed loan documents
Owners and project developers in all phases of the land use approval process
Developers and real estate brokers in drafting, negotiating and resolving disputes arising out of real estate brokerage agreements
Owners in all phases of construction projects, including negotiation of construction-related agreements and litigation
Condominium Associations in connection with commercial and residential condominium, cooperative conversions and multi-use condominium developments
Sellers and buyers kind exchanges
Real Estate Financing in India
The Pvgee represents banks and other financial institutions in connection with financing transactions secured by real estate, including development, construction and long term financing, as well as secured and unsecured loans to real estate developers and owners. Pvgee also frequently serves as counsel to its clients as borrowers in real estate-backed transactions, whether in direct loan, conduit or structured finance transactions. When representing clients in real estate finance transactions, the Pvgee’s attorneys are actively involved in all aspects of structuring and documenting the transaction.
Pvgee’s Attorneys in the Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Group have significant experience in restructuring and “working out” troubled real estate loans, and in cases where a workout is not achievable in foreclosing commercial real estate. Utilizing the depth of its asset-based lending experience, the Group has represented clients in the entire spectrum of debt structures. Pvgee also represents underwriters, lenders, borrowers and credit support providers in industrial tax exempt revenue bond financings.
Acquisition of Real Estate in India
Pvgee’s attorneys regularly represent clients in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of real estate, real estate / properties in India. Whether acquiring dozens of residential lots as part of a master assemblage strategy or raw land for development purposes, the Pvgee’s attorneys are experienced in all aspects of real estate acquisition and disposition transactions. Working closely with the Pvgee’s Environmental Law and Litigation Department, the firm is able to assist clients in due diligence investigations of proposed acquisitions and provide guidance with the myriad of regulatory approvals.
Leasing of real estate in India
Pvgee attorneys represent lessor and lessees, developers and owners in all aspects of traditional and financing leasing transactions, ranging from raw land to commercial, retail, institutional, industrial and office properties. The firm represents developers and owners in creating leasing programs for office parks or individual buildings. The Pvgee’s attorneys also represent tenants with national property management groups in leasing commercial or retail space throughout the region and the nation.
Pvgee also conducts a Indian mortgage banking practice, representing various participants in the primary and secondary mortgage markets.
Development Approvals in India
Pvgee assists project developers in all phases of the India government approval process. The firm represents clients in connection with preparing and submitting site plans and subdivision applications for office buildings, shopping centers, industrial parks and residential complexes to various concerned authorities in India. The Pvgee also represents clients before India planning and India zoning boards of adjustment and redevelopment authorities in India. In addition, members of the Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Practice Group often represent planning and zoning boards in various India municipalities. Pvgee’s Attorneys in the Environmental Department provide guidance through India laws and regulations, including
Contaminated properties in India
The Pvgee’s attorneys have extensive experience counseling prospective purchasers of contaminated properties to obtain protection from liability for pre-existing conditions. The Pvgee’s attorneys seek to maximize their client’s liability protection, economic incentives, including environmental cost reimbursement under a Redevelopment Agreement, and remediation flexibility available under India law.
Construction Activity in India
Construction activity in both the public and private sectors invariably in India gives rise to significant legal and business issues. Pvgee Construction Law Practice Group, coupled with the Pvgee's extensive breadth of practices, assists public and private owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and others in navigating each phase of real estate development and construction.
Planning and Organization of real estate in India
In the project inception phase, the Pvgee's real estate attorneys in India offer invaluable assistance in the acquisition and financing process. The firm's environmental attorneys are well-versed in issues such as wetlands disturbance and hazardous substance liability that often accompany property transfers and construction/development activities in India.
As the construction project proceeds, Pvgee’s Construction Law Practice Group provides assistance in the negotiation and preparation of contracts for all forms of project delivery, ranging from basic lump sum/fixed schedule contracts to complex cost-reimbursable agreements incorporating critical path schedules and significant milestone events.
In addition, the Pvgee's attorneys have a solid record of successfully prosecuting and defending emergent public bid challenges in both the trial and appellate courts.
Facilitating and Managing the Project in India
With the commencement of construction, the Pvgee is focused on its goal to keep the client's project on track and to assure that all participants in the process fulfill their contractual and administrative obligations in India. The Pvgee's experience in such areas as local permitting and India building code enforcement, India public wage-and-hour regulation, and workplace health and safety/ compliance can be critical when interacting with various India government agencies on the local, state, and federal levels to facilitate job progress.
When problems arise during the course of a job, the Construction Pvgee Practice Group can provide help with project administration and management issues to control "down time" and insure that work disruption is avoided or kept to a minimum.
Protecting Your Rights in India
Much of the Construction Pvgee Practice Group's work involves the resolution of payment claims. The firm guides clients through the maze of lien, bond, and contractual payment issues that arise in complex construction projects, including those arising under the Construction Lien Law in Visakhapatnam and similar statutes in other states of India. The Pvgee's attorneys have extensive experience in prosecuting and defending surety claims, and have been successful both in obtaining the benefits of performance/payment bonds and in defeating unjustified bond claims in India.
The Pvgee’s real estate attorneys often marshal the resources of attorneys in the Construction Law Practice Group. The Group’s in-depth knowledge of the construction process enables it to identify a broad range of legal risks and propose constructive ways of allocating those risks within the contract documents to protect the client’s business needs and expectations. When a building project leads to litigation, the Group has the experience to successfully litigate construction matters for project owners, contractors, subs, suppliers, and sureties in Visakhapatnam courts and in all other courts of India.
Services
Project facilitation
Contract negotiation and drafting
Regulatory compliance
Litigation
Lobbying
Pvgee has vast experience representing all parties in real estate transactions, from banks and institutional lenders, to owners and operators, developers, lessors, lessees and individual or corporate partners in complex real estate partnerships. Lease and option disputes, challenges to zoning and land use determinations, disputes among partners in real estate partnerships, contested foreclosures of large real estate developments, and commercial landlord/tenant foreclosures are just some of the areas in which the Pvgee’s litigators have extensive experience in representing institutional, corporate and individual clients.
Pvgee’s concern for the delay and expense that often accompanies litigated construction disputes has prompted the Pvgee to aggressively support alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") initiatives in India.
- Securities and Trusts litigation
- Debt Recoveries
- Winding up
- Client representation throughout the appellate process
- Arbitration and mediation to resolve disputes without trial
- Litigation of worker's compensation, discrimination and other employment-related claims
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