Objectives

The Real Estate and Environment practice group provides advice on all legal issues relating to commercial and residential real estate. Our clients are banks, private equity funds, and other investors as well as industrial companies and private individuals. We regularly assist foreign clients on real estate investments and divestments in Switzerland. We also advise and support our clients in relocating their center of activities to Switzerland. To provide our services, we closely cooperate with our corporate, tax and private client specialists.

 

Expertise

The services of the Real Estate and Environment practice group cover the following areas:

• Real estate transactions regarding industrial buildings, office constructions, restaurants, hospitals, and residential housing
• Portfolio transactions
• Due diligence reviews
• Commercial rent and leasing
• Sale and lease-back agreements
• Construction agreements, general contractor agreements
• Facility management agreements, contract design, and service description
• Financing and refinancing of real estate projects
• Security for warranty and contract fulfillment claims
• Environmental matters, e.g. legal aspects of hazardous waste or brownfields
• Permits for the acquisition of real property by foreign persons

Publications

09.04.2013 / Federal Supreme Court confirms scope of 'polluter pays' principle	Michael LipsAnne-C. Imhoff	Download documents ILO Switzerland Environment March 2013
Detail Federal Supreme Court confirms scope of 'polluter pays' principle, in: International Law Office (www.internationallawoffice.com), London 2013

25.03.2013 / Swiss Federal Government Introduces Compulsory Countercyclical Capital Buffer	Michael LipsAnne-C. Imhoff	Download documents NR Alert 2013 - Capital Buffer
Detail Swiss Federal Government Introduces Compulsory Countercyclical Capital Buffer, in: Norton Rose Commercial Real Estate Alerts, published on www.nortonrose.com, London 2013

05.02.2013 / Legislation overview (including brownfield sites, chemicals, VOC emissions, carbon emissions, vehicles, pipelines, air pollution, noise protection, electronic waste)	Michael LipsAnne-C. Imhoff	Download documents ILO Switzerland Environment February 2013.pdf
Detail Legislation overview (including brownfield sites, chemicals, VOC emissions, carbon emissions, vehicles, pipelines, air pollution, noise protection, electronic waste), in: International Law Office (www.internationallawoffice.com), London 2013

28.11.2012 / Modelle für Infrastruktur-Investitionen – rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und mögliche Projektstrukturen	Michael LipsChristian Knütel	Download documents Knuetel-Lips Infrastruktur-Investitionen SPV PPS 11-2012
Detail Modelle für Infrastruktur-Investitionen – rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und mögliche Projektstrukturen, in: Schweizer Personalvorsorge / Prévoyance Professionnelle Suisse, Luzern 2012

28.11.2012 / 'Polluter pays' principle applies to litter disposal costs	Michael LipsAnne-C. Imhoff	Download documents ILO Switzerland Environment November 2012
Detail 'Polluter pays' principle applies to litter disposal costs, in: International Law Office (www.internationallawoffice.com), London 2012

16.08.2012 / Clean-up of polluted sites: relative and absolute time limitation	Michael LipsAnne-C. Imhoff	Download documents ILO Switzerland Environment August 2012
Detail Clean-up of polluted sites: relative and absolute time limitation, in: International Law Office (www.internationallawoffice.com), London 2012

Flyer Practice Group Real Estate & Environment 03.11