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Zoning & Land Planning Management

Monitoring zoning and urban planning processes demands an integrated approach combining legal expertise and technical compliance, which is the very essence of this multidisciplinary area of Public Law. We advise real estate developers and property owners in project feasibility, ensuring full compliance with land management instruments and municipal regulations.

Our practice spans from the licensing of urban development operations (construction and subdivision/loteamento) to the negotiation of urbanization contracts and the structuring of urban rehabilitation operations.

In the field of Land Use Planning, we intervene in the drafting and revision phases of land management instruments, representing our clients' interests before municipalities and other central government entities.

Practice Focus

  • Subdivision and Construction Operations
  • Prior Information and Feasibility
  • Urban Rehabilitation
  • Urbanization Contracts
  • Municipal Land Plans (PDM)
  • preparing and monitoring licenses for urban subdivisions (loteamentos) and subdivision projects
  • advising on prior communication, use authorization, and licensing procedures for urban operations and/or facilities of residential, commercial, industrial, or recreational spaces (Shopping Centers and Retail Parks, Housing Developments, Industrial Units and Office Parks, etc.)
  • advising on the development and execution of Illegally Generated Urban Areas (AUGIs) and illegal construction recovery
  • advising on, negotiating, and drafting urbanization contracts
  • advising on administrative procedures for the drafting, public discussion, and execution of urban plans and land management instruments (POCs, POAs, PDMs, PUs, and PPs, etc.)
  • legal advisory during the public discussion and execution phases of land use plans
  • advising and representing clients in pre-litigation and litigation concerning the denial of urban claims and licensing applications
  • conducting urban-related legal audits (due diligence) in connection with real estate acquisitions and transfers
  • advising on the licensing and development of tourist projects
  • advising on urban planning studies for developers and public entities
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