August & Debouzy has specific expertise in real-estate leases and advises a wide range of institutional lessors which regularly use our services in the context of wide-scale business restructuring operations.

August & Debouzy advises on all types of construction projects, regardless of their nature or implications, at all stages of the project.

We handle all of the legal aspects of the construction project and assist our clients with preparing the construction contract and with negotiating and drafting the legal documentation.

August & Debouzy assists companies, individuals and local authorities with issues relating to town planning and development law.

We advise on applications for planning permission (building permits, demolition permits, development permits), particularly in the Paris Ile-de-France region, and on all types of planning documents (drafting and revising town planning rules (PLU), territorial coherence plans (SCOT), etc.).

We advise a wide range of property developers and owners (private or public) throughout their real-estate projects in all areas of the real-estate sector (particularly major diversified projects, offices, business centres, shopping centres, housing).

August & Debouzy advises French, European and international investors on real-estate investment transactions involving all types of real-estate property or building portfolios (particularly major projects, offices, business centres, shopping centres) in France, Europe and North Africa, and on all types of acquisitions (purchase of real-estate assets or listed or unlisted real-estate companies).

Our real-estate litigation team comprises lawyers specifically specialised in handling all types of disputes relating to real-estate transactions before the civil or arbitral courts.

We handle all of the disputes which a vendor or buyer may come up against (lack of consent, hidden defects, non-compliance, etc.).