Property corporate finance

One of the recent developments in the real estate environment has been the corporatisation of property ownership. In many cases significant property assets are held within special purpose companies or unit trusts.

How can we help?

It is now very common to see property investment assets and development projects held within companies, trusts or partnerships. This may be to facilitate complicated joint ownership structures or to optimise the tax efficiency of the ownership structure. The 'wrapper' around the property interest can be either onshore or offshore.

Thomas Eggar LLP's lawyers are experienced in advising clients in the establishment of these structures, their financing and, ultimately, on any sale, purchase or other change in control. We assemble bespoke project teams using expertise from our corporate finance, property, banking and tax teams to help clients achieve their objectives. We also maintain close links with law firms in the many jurisdictions where offshore special purpose companies and unit trusts are typically based.

Our corporate real estate services

• Tax efficient structuring of property ownership
• Establishment of property owning vehicles
• Advice on acquisitions and disposals of property owning vehicles
• Liaison with advisers in off-shore jurisdictions