Client Alert | June 1, 2023
Peru: Empowering homeowner boards
Real Estate
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Chambers & Partners
Practices 2021 2022 2023 Real Estate Band 4 Band 4 Band 3 Testimonials
Band 3: Chambers and Partners — 2023
Estudio Echecopar - Baker McKenzie is a noteworthy firm that showcases skills handling real estate issues related to usufruct and lease agreements. The team is experienced dealing with the acquisition and repurposing of distressed real estate assets. The department also advises on municipal matters, such as regularisation of titles and obtaining permits. Naima Montiel and Paramount Pictures are notable additions to the firm's client roster.
Strengths "Estudio Echecopar - Baker McKenzie has a very efficient and proactive team with extensive knowledge of the real estate market and its regulation."Work highlights Estudio Echecopar - Baker McKenzie assisted Sensient Natural Colours Peru with obtaining its licence and safety certificates for its premises.Band 4: Chambers and Partners — 2020
"They exceeded our expectations in all legal and commercial matters," with another explaining: "All their lawyers are well known and specialised in different practice areas. They are lawyers with experience."
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The Legal 500
Practices 2021 2022 2023 Real Estate Band 3 Band 3 Band 3 Testimonials
Band 3: The Legal 500 — 2023
Clients appreciate the ‘100% dedication and efficiency' at Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International, which typically advises on sophisticated real estate financings on behalf of banks and investment funds. Practice head Marco Alarcon Piana's ‘attention-to-detail and personalised treatment greatly differentiates the team' from market peers, with other areas of coverage involving municipal license handling and public or urban law. To this end, Jorge Danos is currently defending the Real Plaza shopping centre in Lima regarding its land use designation against the National Superintendency of Public Property. Alonso Miranda and newly promoted of counsel Enrique Johanson are additional key practice contacts.
‘The multidisciplinary team is exceptional. Advice from the different teams generates an ideal scenario for decision-making. The team provides a very clear scheme of opportunities and risks. 100% dedication and efficiency.’
‘The firm’s lawyers stand out for their personal qualities, experience, rectitude and knowledge of the field. Marco Alarcón has nearly three decades of experience in the market and has the ability to put together extraordinary teams. He is accurate and very executive.’
‘The team has extensive knowledge of the sector and pays great attention to the relevant details of the transactions in which they have advised us.’
Band 3: The Legal 500 — 2019
Delivers a "combination of commitment, professionalism and reputation" to developers, funds, lenders and public and private companies.
Description
Estudio Echecopar is a renowned market leader in this matter as we provided advice on important real estate projects in the country. We offer market-leading advice on transactions where real estate law is the core business. Our real estate and urban law practice area covers real estate business in a comprehensive way. We have wide experience in advising our clients on every aspect of any real estate transaction, project development, construction, real estate fund, financing, acquisition, associative agreements, joint venture, leasing, use of land, and taxation, among others.
In effect, our practice is sophisticated. It is not limited to traditional transactions in the market. Our creativity and experience combines civil, contract, and registration law practices with urban, administrative, financial, and tax law in a comprehensive way to run complex real estate projects.
Our team includes lawyers with considerable experience in every aspect of the real estate business: planning and use of land, construction, contracts, real estate funds, hotels and tourism, leasing, sales and acquisitions, financing, trusts, management contracts, environment, taxes, regulation, registration, corporate solutions, etc. Due to this, Estudio Echecopar is able to overcome any kind of legal barriers that they may encounter in the real estate schemes.
Our job and extensive knowledge in the matter allows us to accompany our clients during the whole project they want to carry out -from the stage of research, structuring, negotiation, and closure, to follow-up for its conclusion and execution, providing suitable mechanisms in their agreements to resolve potential controversies between the parties.
Thus, we carry out operations such as acquisitions, civil and financial leases, usufruct, easement, and surfaces, among others, as well as the most complete financing schemes to provide our clients with the utmost safety. All this is guaranteed by conducting thorough due diligence and our great solvency in contractual and guaranty (security interest and surety) matters.
Our renowned proficiency on the matters mentioned above translates into a significant cost reduction in the administrative aspect and the highest efficiency in tax matters, which has allowed our Firm to lead very important operations in the real estate market, in both urban and rural premises -of private or State ownership- in several areas of Peru's territory.