Real estate and property lawyers in Guatemala
We advise owners, buyers, investors, companies, and developers to verify, negotiate, document, and execute real estate transactions with greater legal clarity.
We handle sales, leases, title searches, legalizations, developments, and real estate disputes.
Buying, selling, or developing requires more than signing a contract.
A real estate transaction combines the property's situation, the parties' capacities, the economic agreements, and the necessary formalization.
Verify
Review background, ownership, limitations, and available documentation.
Structure
Define parts, vehicle, conditions, warranties, and responsibilities.
Negotiate
Agree on price, deadlines, deliveries, conditions, and solutions for breaches.
Formalize
Prepare contracts, instruments, and documents corresponding to the transaction.
Run
Coordinate signatures, payments, delivery, registrations, and follow-up procedures.
Real estate, contract, and project consulting.
The scope is defined according to the type of property, operation, background, and the outcome you need to achieve.
Real estate due diligence
Legal and registration review of background, ownership, encumbrances, documents, and identifiable risks.
Sales and promises
Negotiation, purchase and sale agreements, contracts, public instruments, and closing coordination.
Leases
Drafting, review, and negotiation of residential, commercial, and industrial contracts.
Horizontal property and co-ownership
Bylaws, deeds, regulations, common areas, and co-ownership rules.
Construction, gray work, and finishes
Contracts and documentation for the sale and purchase of gray construction (unfinished), finishes, and construction or delivery obligations.
Project Structures
Shareholder companies, condominium administration, and share participation agreements.
Registrations and registry procedures
Preparation and tracking of documents subject to registration, modification, or cancellation in the registry.
Real estate immobilization
Advisory and management of voluntary immobilization as a measure for the registrable protection of the asset.
Mortgages and mortgage bonds
Constitution, revision, modification, and cancellation of mortgages, loans, and real estate collateral.
Regularization and easements
Rectifications, subdivisions, consolidations, easements, and other property documentation situations.
Use, licenses, and municipal coordination
Legal review and coordination of procedures related to intended use and competent authorities.
Real estate conflicts
Negotiation, strategy, and representation in contractual, possessory, registration, or property disputes.
Legal review does not substitute for technical evaluations. Depending on the property and the transaction, it may be necessary to coordinate appraisals, surveys, physical, environmental, tax, or municipal studies with specialists.
A good property doesn't always mean a good deal.
It's advisable to review both the legal status of the property and the terms of the business being considered.
The goal is not to accumulate documents. It is to identify what can impede, delay, or increase the cost of the operation and decide how to handle it before assuming relevant commitments.
Property risks
They relate to the property, its background, and the possibility of using it for the intended purpose.
Operational risks
They arise from the parties, the agreements, the method of payment, and the execution of the negotiated terms.
From business intention to a documented closing.
The route is adapted to the operation, the type of property, the available background information, and the detected contingencies.
We understand the operation
We identified the property, the parties, the objective, the deadlines, and the commercial terms.
We are reviewing backgrounds.
We analyze documents, registration information, powers, and relevant contingencies.
We structure and negotiate
We define conditions, warranties, responsibilities, and mechanisms for handling risks.
We formalize and support.
We prepare documents and coordinate signatures, closing, registrations, and subsequent agreed-upon steps.
