Real estate and construction criminal law

For over twenty-five years, our lawyers have been assisting real estate professionals (real estate companies, construction and public work companies, lessors, sponsors, etc.) in the following areas:

  • Management and prevention of criminal risks alongside project managers (legal arrangements, delegations, etc.)
  • Health, safety and environment (HSE)
  • Construction and urbanism
  • Pollution and waste
  • Classified installations
  • Fight against illegal work
  • Accidents
  • Assistance to institutional lessors in the day-to-day management of criminal litigations
  • Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations

Examples include:

  • Representing a listed investment company during a preliminary investigation following a  two-fatality accident on a construction site.
  • Representing a public housing landlord prosecuted for breaching regional healthcare  regulations.
  • Representing a project owner involved in an investigation for environmental damage.
  • Representing a real estate agent as legal entity, and its manager prosecuted before the National Sanctions Commission for breaches of anti-money laundering regulation.
  • Acting for a leading Real Estate Manager following acts of corruption committed by an employee.
  • Representing an architect during a requisition ordered in a state of health emergency.

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