Real estate law | BONNIER SAINT-FÉLIX Avocats

Real estate assets are acquired, managed, vacated, leased, and operated.

They must be fitted out, repaired, renovated, brought up to standard and adapted.

At each of these stages, they become the site of specific needs and sometimes conflicting interests.

At BONNIER SAINT-FÉLIX, we support you in building solutions. We help prevent disputes, define and implement strategies, and protect your rights both now and in the long term.

Our commitment: to involve you continuously in the decisions to be made, through a responsive, tailor-made and educational approach.

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Areas of Practice:

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Occupancy of Premises

We assist both landlords and tenants throughout the lifecycle of lease agreements:

Drafting of leases (residential, professional, commercial, and short-term derogatory leases)
Management of performance-related disputes (rent arrears, breach of permitted use clauses, unauthorised works, disturbance of enjoyment, landlord’s obligation to deliver, and housing suitability standards)
Setting and reviewing rent for commercial and residential leases
Insolvency proceedings and lease termination processes (termination notices, eviction compensation, and tenant repair obligations)

We also advise on:

Temporary occupation agreements
Occupancy arrangements and service-based premises use agreements

Condominium Ownership

We advise co-ownership associations, managing boards, and individual co-owners on the organisation and management of residential buildings:

Drafting notices convening general meetings
Preparation of resolutions
Litigation relating to recovery of service charges, annulment of resolutions, or infringements affecting common areas and the intended use of the building

We also assist in cases involving:

Change of property management company
Transfer of records and archives
Failure or default of the managing association or syndicate of co-owners

Property and Neighbor Relations

We handle sensitive neighbour disputes, including:

Nuisance and abnormal disturbance claims
Easements, including rights of access for construction (easement of “tour d’échelle”)
Encroachments
Unlawful works
Disputes relating to existing easements or the creation of new easements

Real Estate Professionals

We assist real estate professionals and their clients on legal issues related to their activities:

Validity and termination of real estate agency mandates
Right to commission and remuneration
Liability of property managers, condominium managers, and property inspectors

Business Asset Transfers / Leasehold Rights / Property Sales

We draft preliminary agreements and final deeds for the transfer of businesses and leasehold rights (going concern transfers and lease assignments). We assist in negotiating contractual clauses and conditions precedent for these transactions, as well as for real estate sales, and support our clients in related disputes, including withdrawal rights, reservation deposits, forced sales, defects of consent, and hidden defects.

We may also act as real estate transaction agents.