Construction Law and Real Estate
LETT has unparalleled expertise as regards construction law, the law of landlord and tenant and the sale of real estate, which are among LETT’s core practice areas.
LETT has accumulated vast experience in providing advice to businesses and professional players in the markets of constructing, acquiring, developing and selling business properties and leased business premises. LETT has special expertise in the sale and purchase of business properties and residential rental properties. We provide assistance to property investment companies, project developers and other players in connection with the sale and purchase by businesses of office premises and properties for production and storage purposes.
LETT has considerable experience in providing assistance to purchasers as well as sellers of businesses, including as regards due diligence investigations of the properties, drafting contract terms and warranties and, in particular relating to cross-border transactions, in advising foreign parties on the ground rules of the Danish property market.
LETT has extensive experience and expertise in leases. We assist in negotiating and drafting leases, rent adjustment and other changes to the rented premises or the lease.
Furthermore, LETT provides advice to all kinds of professional players within the construction industry. We have extensive experience in advising owners, building contractors, consultants and suppliers.
We contribute constructively to resolving the disputes that inevitably arise in connection with the completion of construction work. We have extensive experience in conducting lawsuits and arbitration proceedings, attending expert inspections and assisting in mediation processes.
In line with the increasingly comprehensive environmental legislation, LETT has built up considerable expertise within the field of environmental and planning law as regards the aspects of both public law and civil law in environmental rules.
In addition, LETT provides advice and assistance regarding financing of real estate in general. We have special experience regarding loans secured on real estate, including particularly mortgage finance and mortgages in general, and regarding the completion of a forced sale as well as all related proceedings.
On behalf of our clients, LETT’s property management department manages all kinds of housing cooperatives, owners’ association and rental properties with business premises as well as residential dwellings.
Finally, we are highly experienced in advising private individuals on the sale, purchase and lease of residential dwellings and summer cottages in Denmark as well as abroad.