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Real Estate & Construction

Do you work in real estate and construction? Your company will naturally need someone to give you legal advice on the transactions and deals in this field, particularly if it is a large company with a good reputation in the market.

Many company owners prefer to engage a lawyer specializing in real estate in Saudi Arabia to ensure they receive the best possible legal service for their business in the real estate and construction market, including real estate development projects, administrative matters, acquisitions, licensing, and cases involving landlords and tenants.

Real Estate and Construction Law and Its Key Areas

Like any other sector, real estate and construction needs a set of legal rules to protect the rights of the contracting parties and help them avoid disputes, fraud, legal liability and the like.

Real estate and construction law covers every practice and procedure relating to the sale, purchase, construction and development of property of any kind, as well as taxes, contracts, acquisitions and real estate planning.

Real estate and construction law is constantly developing and changing, and it can be difficult and complex. It is not limited to the rules on buying and selling; it covers a large number of other operations and transactions that may contain loopholes that are not obvious to business owners. A construction and real estate lawyer is therefore the person entrusted with giving you appropriate real estate legal advice and guiding you to the correct practice at every step you take.

At Sahal Law Firm, we provide the best legal solutions for every problem or obstacle that hinders your business and projects in real estate and construction.

Types of Real Estate

Real estate takes many forms. There is residential property for individuals and families, bought for personal use, such as apartments, houses, villas and palaces; and there is commercial property used by its owners for business activities and services of every kind, such as shops, hotels, offices, factories and restaurants.

Land is also a type of real estate, and it can be classified as agricultural, industrial or commercial land according to how it has been zoned by the state.

Our Mission as a Law Firm Specializing in Real Estate and Construction

Our mission as a firm specializing in real estate law in Saudi Arabia is to guide you in dealing with property on a sound legal basis, resolve disputes between the parties, review all contracts and documents in advance and advise on any loopholes they contain. We also represent the interests of both sellers and buyers.

Our mission also includes ensuring that the proper procedures are followed when acquiring or selling property, along with other steps that keep us constantly informed of any developments that could affect the transaction.

5 Reasons You Need to Work with a Real Estate Lawyer

Are you asking yourself why you should work with a real estate or construction lawyer? Many people recommend working with a law firm that specializes in this field for the following reasons:

  1. Avoiding heavy financial losses, especially as real estate and construction is an intricate field full of complex details; the lawyer's role is to protect you and your interests.
  2. Engaging a lawyer in this field helps you read and understand all documents, agreements and contracts clearly, honestly and transparently, so that you can be sure of your requirements and have them documented on a sound legal basis.
  3. Dealing in real estate and construction is a major investment that needs to be protected from anything going wrong in the future. Engaging a specialist lawyer brings expertise in thoroughly reviewing all legal documents, handling negotiations and every other matter that preserves and protects your investments and savings.
  4. Appointing a lawyer for a construction or real estate company means appointing someone with knowledge and experience of the law and its developments, who can handle any situation and mitigate any risks that could hinder your business.

Our Key Legal Services in Real Estate and Construction

We can provide a wide range of legal services with a high degree of professionalism, including:

  1. Legal consultations on buying, selling, leasing, construction, and real estate development and management.
  2. Preparing, drafting and reviewing preliminary and final contracts and agreements to safeguard the rights of all parties.
  3. Preparing construction contracts, including the general and special conditions, the project's engineering drawings and the project schedule.
  4. Property subdivision services.
  5. Assistance with obtaining building permits and the related procedures.
  6. Organizing the contracting process between owners and contractors, as well as relationships with financing bodies.
  7. Drafting and reviewing contracts for leasing construction equipment.
  8. Following up the application of the laws that apply to real estate and construction companies, such as tax, investment and insurance laws.
  9. Pleading before the courts at every level of litigation.
  10. Completing all transactions before the various real estate authorities in accordance with Saudi law.
  11. Completing all the legal procedures needed to launch real estate and construction projects.
  12. Finding legal solutions to disputes over building and engineering projects and settling them.
  13. Finding the right legal solution to any problems or disagreements between clients and real estate developers.
  14. Following up contractors' execution of projects on site, based on the contracts drafted and agreed.

At Sahal Law Firm, we represent you, negotiate on your behalf, support you at every step and take on the burden of navigating the complexities of real estate and construction transactions. We make sure you are protected from legal loopholes, problems, cases and disputes that you might not notice while running your business.

A Lawyer Specializing in Real Estate and Construction Contracts

You will certainly need to conclude contracts for your agreements with other parties, whether in real estate or construction. It is therefore essential to engage a lawyer specializing in real estate in Saudi Arabia who also has a good background in the laws relating to construction, to draft and review this type of contract.

What Is a Contract?

A contract is a legal agreement that binds the contracting parties and contains all the details the parties agree to carry out. For a contract to be legally binding, it must be written down, agreed and signed by all the parties concerned, so that it can be used whenever needed to confirm each party's rights.

Anyone can draft a contract, but it is best done under the supervision of a specialist lawyer, particularly where the contract involves many details and contracting parties, or concerns large-scale real estate and construction work, so that every party's rights are protected.

When Are Real Estate and Construction Contracts Legally Binding?

For a contract to be valid and legally binding, it must contain a number of clauses, the most important of which are:

  1. The type of contract.
  2. All the details of every contracting party.
  3. The offer.
  4. Acceptance of the offer.
  5. The promise to perform.
  6. Consideration.
  7. The date by which the offer must be fulfilled.
  8. The terms and conditions of performance.

For the contract to be effective, all the parties must have legal capacity and must be free of duress at the time of contracting, and it must be confirmed that no clause is contrary to the law.

What We Offer for Real Estate and Construction Contracts

Our duties and responsibilities at Sahal Law Firm with regard to real estate and construction contracts are to draft and review them and safeguard our clients' rights. We have extensive experience of contract requirements, including the necessary terms and clauses, and of making sure contracts are legally sound and enforceable.

Our Policy in Providing Legal Services in Real Estate and Construction

Our belief in a set of principles and policies, and our work as a professional team sharing the same goals, is the secret of our success, distinction and good reputation in the legal services we provide in real estate and construction. We are committed to:

  1. Complete confidentiality and privacy for our clients.
  2. Professionalism and seriousness in carrying out our work.
  3. Handling work pressure with intelligence, wisdom and patience.
  4. Working with impartiality, integrity, honesty and transparency, without bias towards any party.
  5. Making the right legal decisions at the right time, in the client's interest.
  6. Providing a legal service only after studying it thoroughly and reviewing the related documents.
  7. A thorough knowledge of the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and of litigation procedures, and keeping up with every new development in the legal arena.
  8. Following up cases, organizing them and their hearing dates, and pursuing them until they are decided.

Contact us and we will follow up all your real estate and construction procedures professionally and lawfully, in accordance with the latest laws and regulations in force in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.