Michele Rizzo Law Firm provides out-of-court and judicial legal assistance to real estate operators (companies, real estate funds, professionals in the sector) and public sector bodies in transactions related to real estate development, sale and lease of public and private immovable property, as well as mergers & acquisitions transactions involving companies that own immovable property.

The Firm has specific expertise in all aspects of Urban Planning, Building and Environmental Law, relating to real estate transactions, such as proposals for real estate development plans, execution of town planning agreements, urban regeneration and social housing initiatives, procedures for obtaining building permits and administrative measures for new constructions (including those carried out as part of urban regeneration real estate projects), the renovation of existing real estate units, changes of use, demolition and building violations.

Also, in the real estate sector, the Firm can assist (public and private) companies and local authorities in the implementation of energy efficiency projects. More precisely, we can assist our clients in the design and implementation of energy requalification interventions of buildings by means of energy performance contracts (EPC), assist the developer of real estate projects or public sector bodies that own the property in legal aspects regarding the construction of new buildings or the renovation of existing ones in order to ensure compliance with the efficiency requirements provided for by the sectoral regulations (minimum environmental criteria and “nearly zero energy buildings”), or even to obtain forms of voluntary certification recognized at international level that guarantee the standards of environmental sustainability of buildings, as in the case of the LEED^® certification.

The Firm also supports companies and local authorities in initiatives aimed at the valorisation (by lease or sale)  of public properties.

The assistance may concern the procedures for the awarding of the concession of non-disposable assets of the public authorities, especially in the context of public maritime domain, or even the procedures for the privatization and approval of plans for the disposal of immovable property no longer considered useful by the public owner.

Finally, the Firm provides judicial and extrajudicial legal support to public sector entities, companies and private individuals on matters relating to the expropriation procedures for the construction of public works or works of public interest and emergency occupations, in the context of major real estate developments or infrastructure construction.

Find out more about the legal services for the energy requalification of buildings and public assets.

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