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Construction & Real Estate Law

Hansu Attorney Partnership represents investment banks and other financial leasing institutions, private equity funds, pension and government funds, real estate investment funds, hotel and shopping mall operators in the development, management and leasing processes of projects in the construction and real estate sector.

In this context, considering our client's needs with regard to each project, our lawyers offer comprehensive project development consultancy services.

We provide effective and solution-oriented support to the tender, project development, construction and operation stages for real estate projects to be built on public (treasury/municipal) and foundation lands, as well as project developer private entrepreneurs in the establishment and financing of the legal infrastructure of their projects.

In this context, our law firm has many years of experience and sectorial knowledge regarding the development of large-scale real estate projects such as shopping centers, universities, hotels, organized industrial zones, hospitals, museums as well as investments made in organized industrial zones and free trade zones. Our team of experts provides comprehensive consultancy services to our clients in other related fields such as contracts, public tenders, zoning, urban transformation, expropriation and tax law.

We offer legal services particularly in the following areas to our domestic and international clients operating in various sectors:

Key Services

Real estate purchase and sales contracts
Real estate lease agreements
Construction agreements in return for land share and revenue sharing construction agreements
Financial leasing agreements
Establishment and cancellation of personal rights (promise to sell, purchase, pre-emption, re-purchase) and real right (usufruct, mortgage) on real estate
Coordination of real estate projects
Coordination of construction license and other administrative processes
Examination of tax liabilities in project applications
Follow-up of contracts and administrative process regarding the restoration of historical real estate
Contracts on financing large-scale projects and partnership structures that bring investors and construction companies together
Disputes arising from ownership right of the real estate and other real and personal rights
Representation in title deed cancellation and registration cases
Declaratory action for lease, action for revision and evacuation
Follow up of processes of objection to zoning plan and litigation
Follow up of cadastral implementations and conducting any related litigation processes
Resolution of disputes arising from law of condominium
Resolution of any disputes arising from inheritance law

Focus Areas

Hansu Attorney Partnership offers efficient and comprehensive legal service to our domestic and international clients on purchase and sale of real estate. In this context, we do not only provide services in drafting and negotiation of contracts and the execution of sales transactions, but also consultancy service to our domestic and international clients in investment advantages and project development in Turkey.

When it comes to the purchase and sale of real estate, we provide particularly following services:

Examination of land registry records and informing about any registration and encumbrances thereon
Purchase and sales contract of real estate
Sale and registration procedures at the Land Registry Office
Drafting a preliminary contract for sale, contracts for purchase, repurchase, pre-emption rights and annotation these rights on the land register
Legal consultancy on land selection and allocation for any investments in Organized Industrial Zones and Free Trade Zones
Consultancy to foreigners in purchase and sales transactions and the process of obtaining citizenship through real estate investment in Turkey

Hansu Attorney Partnership provides legal consultancy services at all stages starting with the preparation of a comprehensive risk analysis report on the real estate investment projects of domestic and international clients in Turkey and the creation of the legal infrastructure of the project, including the implementation and commissioning of the real estate project. Our expert lawyers offers our clients with long-standing technical knowledge and experience on the development of large-scale real estate projects such as shopping malls, universities, hotels, hospitals, museums, roads, tunnels, bridges, investments made in organized industrial zones and free trade zones, and urban transformation projects.

We advise our clients on the commercial real estate projects of our clients, in particular as such:

Legal risk analysis (Due Diligence)
Selection and allocation of land suitable for the project as a result of examination made on the zoning plans and land registry records
Obtaining necessary permits and licenses from public institutions and organizations
Architectural project contracts
Auditing the compliance of the projects with environmental legislation
Project finance
Acquiring citizenship of foreigners through buying real estate
Construction contracts (Construction contract in return for land share or revenue sharing construction contract, Build-Operate-Transfer)
Procedures for the establishment of construction servitude and condominium
Preparation of the management plan and annotation it on the land register
Marketing, sales and lease contracts
Carrying out the closing transactions

Wen it comes to the rental law, we offer comprehensive legal service to our clients acting in the capacity of a lessor or a lessee. In addition to drafting, negotiation and signing of the lease agreement and its annotation on the land register, we provide effective and solution-oriented consultancy services to our clients for the disputes arising from the lease agreements and the evacuation processes of the lessee.

Our law firm particularly offers following legal services including:

Drafting, negotiation and execution of commercial lease contracts
Sub-lease, transfer of the right of use, transfer of lease contracts
Annotation of the lease contract on the land register
Declaratory action for rent
Action for revision of rent
Exercise of the right of retention
Obligations on income tax (stoppage), value added tax (VAT) and stamp tax
Termination of the lease agreement due to reasons such as breach of the agreement, the lessee's bankruptcy, death or non-payment of the rent.
Termination of the lease agreement by the lessee with a valid reason or due to the expiry of the lease term.
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the eviction commitment letter
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of two justifiable warnings due to the lessee's failure to pay the rent.
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the lessor's need of respective leased property
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the zoning or reconstruction of the leased property
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the new owner's need of respective leased property
Enforcement proceeding without judgement with the demand for the collection of the outstanding rent and the evacuation of the lessee from the leased property

Client-focused legal services are provided by our team of expert lawyers regarding the Condominium Law, which regulates the rules to be followed by the individuals living in common in a building and the obligations of the condominium owners as well as the disputes that may arise between the condominium owners or between the condominium owners and the management.

Hansu Attorney Partnership provides legal services regarding the Condominium Law especially in the following matters:

Preparation of the management plan
Disputes between the condominium owner and the management
Disputes regarding common costs and dues payments
Board of condominium owners
Condominium owners board resolutions and action for annulment of these resolutions
Lawsuits for the correction of land share
Possessory actions against interventions to the common area

The solution of the complex process that occurs with the death of the legator is of great importance both for the family of the legator and for the persons who gain a right through a will. The rate of disputes regarding inheritance law is quite high in Turkey for various reasons. Hansu Attorney Partnership provides legal support to its clients on any matters subject to the Inheritance Law regarding the management of this complex process in compliance with the current legislation.

In this context we offer legal services especially in the following matters:

Certificate of inheritance (Determination of Heirship)
Action for annulment of inheritance certificate
Issuance of the will
Lawsuit for the opening of the will
Lawsuit for the enforcement of the will
Action for annulment of the will
Contract for lifelong support, partition of the inheritance contract, renunciation of the inheritance contract
Lawsuit for disclaimer of the inheritance
Declaratory action for estate
Lawsuit for elimination of joint ownership
Lawsuit for the conversion of collective ownership into joint ownership
Lawsuit for adequate pay
Action for reduction
Lawsuit for restitution of inheritance
Action for recovery of property due to inheritance (Decedent's Collusion)
Lawsuit for misappropriation of property from inheritance (Collusion of Deceased)
Fulfillment of obligations regarding inheritance and succession tax and fees

Expert lawyers of Hansu Attorney Partnership conduct any and all transactions at the land registry office on behalf of their clients. In addition, all cases related to the land registry are handled by our experienced lawyers with technical knowledge.

In this context, our Law Firm provides legal services especially in the following matters:

Examination of land registry records
Registration, cancellation and amendment of property right, easements rights (such as Usufruct, Superficies, Water Resource right, Right of Access, Utility Easement), right of encumbrance and pledge.
Construction contract in return for land share, preliminary contract for real estate sale, lease contract, contractual pre-emption, purchase, repurchase rights, contract for lifelong support, pledgee's right to advance to vacant degree, annotation of decisions regarding utilization, use and management of joint ownership
Fulfilment of land registry transactions stipulated in Condominium Law, Zoning Law, Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets, Expropriation Law, Law on Transformation of Areas Under Disaster Risk and other special laws
Action to compel for registration
Filing a lawsuit for cancellation and registration of land register, in case the registration is not based on a valid legal reason (Violation of Form Requirement, Collusion, Incompetence, Forged Power of Attorney, Exploitation of Power of Attorney)
Declaratory action for the determination of someone else's buildings on the land
Cases regarding the responsibility of the state arising from keeping the land registry
Cases arising from ordinary and extraordinary acquisitive prescription

Focus Areas

When it comes to the purchase and sale of real estate, we provide particularly following services:

Examination of land registry records and informing about any registration and encumbrances thereon
Purchase and sales contract of real estate
Sale and registration procedures at the Land Registry Office
Drafting a preliminary contract for sale, contracts for purchase, repurchase, pre-emption rights and annotation these rights on the land register
Legal consultancy on land selection and allocation for any investments in Organized Industrial Zones and Free Trade Zones
Consultancy to foreigners in purchase and sales transactions and the process of obtaining citizenship through real estate investment in Turkey

We advise our clients on the commercial real estate projects of our clients, in particular as such:

Legal risk analysis (Due Diligence)
Selection and allocation of land suitable for the project as a result of examination made on the zoning plans and land registry records
Obtaining necessary permits and licenses from public institutions and organizations
Architectural project contracts
Auditing the compliance of the projects with environmental legislation
Project finance
Acquiring citizenship of foreigners through buying real estate
Construction contracts (Construction contract in return for land share or revenue sharing construction contract, Build-Operate-Transfer)
Procedures for the establishment of construction servitude and condominium
Preparation of the management plan and annotation it on the land register
Marketing, sales and lease contracts
Carrying out the closing transactions

Our law firm particularly offers following legal services including:

Drafting, negotiation and execution of commercial lease contracts
Sub-lease, transfer of the right of use, transfer of lease contracts
Annotation of the lease contract on the land register
Declaratory action for rent
Action for revision of rent
Exercise of the right of retention
Obligations on income tax (stoppage), value added tax (VAT) and stamp tax
Termination of the lease agreement due to reasons such as breach of the agreement, the lessee's bankruptcy, death or non-payment of the rent.
Termination of the lease agreement by the lessee with a valid reason or due to the expiry of the lease term.
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the eviction commitment letter
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of two justifiable warnings due to the lessee's failure to pay the rent.
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the lessor's need of respective leased property
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the zoning or reconstruction of the leased property
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the new owner's need of respective leased property
Enforcement proceeding without judgement with the demand for the collection of the outstanding rent and the evacuation of the lessee from the leased property

Hansu Attorney Partnership provides legal services regarding the Condominium Law especially in the following matters:

Preparation of the management plan
Disputes between the condominium owner and the management
Disputes regarding common costs and dues payments
Board of condominium owners
Condominium owners board resolutions and action for annulment of these resolutions
Lawsuits for the correction of land share
Possessory actions against interventions to the common area

In this context we offer legal services especially in the following matters:

Certificate of inheritance (Determination of Heirship)
Action for annulment of inheritance certificate
Issuance of the will
Lawsuit for the opening of the will
Lawsuit for the enforcement of the will
Action for annulment of the will
Contract for lifelong support, partition of the inheritance contract, renunciation of the inheritance contract
Lawsuit for disclaimer of the inheritance
Declaratory action for estate
Lawsuit for elimination of joint ownership
Lawsuit for the conversion of collective ownership into joint ownership
Lawsuit for adequate pay
Action for reduction
Lawsuit for restitution of inheritance
Action for recovery of property due to inheritance (Decedent's Collusion)
Lawsuit for misappropriation of property from inheritance (Collusion of Deceased)
Fulfillment of obligations regarding inheritance and succession tax and fees

In this context, our Law Firm provides legal services especially in the following matters:

Examination of land registry records
Registration, cancellation and amendment of property right, easements rights (such as Usufruct, Superficies, Water Resource right, Right of Access, Utility Easement), right of encumbrance and pledge.
Construction contract in return for land share, preliminary contract for real estate sale, lease contract, contractual pre-emption, purchase, repurchase rights, contract for lifelong support, pledgee's right to advance to vacant degree, annotation of decisions regarding utilization, use and management of joint ownership
Fulfilment of land registry transactions stipulated in Condominium Law, Zoning Law, Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets, Expropriation Law, Law on Transformation of Areas Under Disaster Risk and other special laws
Action to compel for registration
Filing a lawsuit for cancellation and registration of land register, in case the registration is not based on a valid legal reason (Violation of Form Requirement, Collusion, Incompetence, Forged Power of Attorney, Exploitation of Power of Attorney)
Declaratory action for the determination of someone else's buildings on the land
Cases regarding the responsibility of the state arising from keeping the land registry
Cases arising from ordinary and extraordinary acquisitive prescription

Construction & Real Estate Law

In this context, considering our client's needs with regard to each project, our lawyers offer comprehensive project development consultancy services.

We offer legal services particularly in the following areas to our domestic and international clients operating in various sectors:

Key Services

Real estate purchase and sales contracts
Real estate lease agreements
Construction agreements in return for land share and revenue sharing construction agreements
Financial leasing agreements
Establishment and cancellation of personal rights (promise to sell, purchase, pre-emption, re-purchase) and real right (usufruct, mortgage) on real estate
Coordination of real estate projects
Coordination of construction license and other administrative processes
Examination of tax liabilities in project applications
Follow-up of contracts and administrative process regarding the restoration of historical real estate
Contracts on financing large-scale projects and partnership structures that bring investors and construction companies together
Disputes arising from ownership right of the real estate and other real and personal rights
Representation in title deed cancellation and registration cases
Declaratory action for lease, action for revision and evacuation
Follow up of processes of objection to zoning plan and litigation
Follow up of cadastral implementations and conducting any related litigation processes
Resolution of disputes arising from law of condominium
Resolution of any disputes arising from inheritance law

Focus Areas

When it comes to the purchase and sale of real estate, we provide particularly following services:

Examination of land registry records and informing about any registration and encumbrances thereon
Purchase and sales contract of real estate
Sale and registration procedures at the Land Registry Office
Drafting a preliminary contract for sale, contracts for purchase, repurchase, pre-emption rights and annotation these rights on the land register
Legal consultancy on land selection and allocation for any investments in Organized Industrial Zones and Free Trade Zones
Consultancy to foreigners in purchase and sales transactions and the process of obtaining citizenship through real estate investment in Turkey

We advise our clients on the commercial real estate projects of our clients, in particular as such:

Legal risk analysis (Due Diligence)
Selection and allocation of land suitable for the project as a result of examination made on the zoning plans and land registry records
Obtaining necessary permits and licenses from public institutions and organizations
Architectural project contracts
Auditing the compliance of the projects with environmental legislation
Project finance
Acquiring citizenship of foreigners through buying real estate
Construction contracts (Construction contract in return for land share or revenue sharing construction contract, Build-Operate-Transfer)
Procedures for the establishment of construction servitude and condominium
Preparation of the management plan and annotation it on the land register
Marketing, sales and lease contracts
Carrying out the closing transactions

Our law firm particularly offers following legal services including:

Drafting, negotiation and execution of commercial lease contracts
Sub-lease, transfer of the right of use, transfer of lease contracts
Annotation of the lease contract on the land register
Declaratory action for rent
Action for revision of rent
Exercise of the right of retention
Obligations on income tax (stoppage), value added tax (VAT) and stamp tax
Termination of the lease agreement due to reasons such as breach of the agreement, the lessee's bankruptcy, death or non-payment of the rent.
Termination of the lease agreement by the lessee with a valid reason or due to the expiry of the lease term.
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the eviction commitment letter
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of two justifiable warnings due to the lessee's failure to pay the rent.
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the lessor's need of respective leased property
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the zoning or reconstruction of the leased property
Evacuation lawsuits filed on the ground of the new owner's need of respective leased property
Enforcement proceeding without judgement with the demand for the collection of the outstanding rent and the evacuation of the lessee from the leased property

Hansu Attorney Partnership provides legal services regarding the Condominium Law especially in the following matters:

Preparation of the management plan
Disputes between the condominium owner and the management
Disputes regarding common costs and dues payments
Board of condominium owners
Condominium owners board resolutions and action for annulment of these resolutions
Lawsuits for the correction of land share
Possessory actions against interventions to the common area

In this context we offer legal services especially in the following matters:

Certificate of inheritance (Determination of Heirship)
Action for annulment of inheritance certificate
Issuance of the will
Lawsuit for the opening of the will
Lawsuit for the enforcement of the will
Action for annulment of the will
Contract for lifelong support, partition of the inheritance contract, renunciation of the inheritance contract
Lawsuit for disclaimer of the inheritance
Declaratory action for estate
Lawsuit for elimination of joint ownership
Lawsuit for the conversion of collective ownership into joint ownership
Lawsuit for adequate pay
Action for reduction
Lawsuit for restitution of inheritance
Action for recovery of property due to inheritance (Decedent's Collusion)
Lawsuit for misappropriation of property from inheritance (Collusion of Deceased)
Fulfillment of obligations regarding inheritance and succession tax and fees

In this context, our Law Firm provides legal services especially in the following matters:

Examination of land registry records
Registration, cancellation and amendment of property right, easements rights (such as Usufruct, Superficies, Water Resource right, Right of Access, Utility Easement), right of encumbrance and pledge.
Construction contract in return for land share, preliminary contract for real estate sale, lease contract, contractual pre-emption, purchase, repurchase rights, contract for lifelong support, pledgee's right to advance to vacant degree, annotation of decisions regarding utilization, use and management of joint ownership
Fulfilment of land registry transactions stipulated in Condominium Law, Zoning Law, Law on Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets, Expropriation Law, Law on Transformation of Areas Under Disaster Risk and other special laws
Action to compel for registration
Filing a lawsuit for cancellation and registration of land register, in case the registration is not based on a valid legal reason (Violation of Form Requirement, Collusion, Incompetence, Forged Power of Attorney, Exploitation of Power of Attorney)
Declaratory action for the determination of someone else's buildings on the land
Cases regarding the responsibility of the state arising from keeping the land registry
Cases arising from ordinary and extraordinary acquisitive prescription