real estate law

Real estate practice

Ecuador is a country that offers ample real estate investment possibilities in areas ranging from unique natural paradises to shopping centers.

Paz Horowitz regularly represents clients in a broad range of private and commercial real estate matters, providing assistance with the structural, tax and environmental aspects of real estate transactions. The firm has handled transactions for buyers, sellers, lenders, guarantors, borrowers, as well as conservators of public lands. We seek the best options for our clients while taking into account legal guarantees, timeliness, tax structures, environmental regulations, as well as possible risks and contingencies.

Permitting and registrations

We obtain permits and registrations for the following matters:

Sales, exchanges and grants
Divisions, partitions and severances
Declarations of horizontal property and internal living space rules
Legal structuring of subdivisions and internal regulations
Rectification and clarification of real estate titles
Bailment
Complex real estate negotiations
Title searches and risk analysis

Experience

Paz Horowitz’s real estate group has been involved in a broad spectrum of projects, including:

The first international joint venture between local and foreign NGOs for the purchase and management of an eco-tourism facility
Procurement of all administrative and environmental permits for the first 5-star hotel in the Galapagos Islands
Purchases of natural reserve areas
Environmentally friendly private housing in the Galapagos Islands
The first environmental easements in Ecuador for the protection of primary forests
Contracts and Guarantees on lands to be reforested for carbon-exchange buyers
The concession and current construction of Quito ’s new international airport
Original research and investigation into the Ecuadorian Real Estate system leading to the first Title Insurance coverage on property in Ecuador, which has now become broadly available.