Property and Real Estate

At S. M. Oyeghe & Co., our property and real estate team handles the entire property life-cycle, from acquisition and development to letting and disposal. We give our clients edge-cutting advise on:

  • Acquisition and disposals.
  • Letting, sale and leaseback arrangements.
  • Real estate tax structures.
  • Real estate financing etc.

The Firm has vast experience in investigating and deducing title; preparation of conveyancing documentation, obtaining governmental consents and registering land instruments, negotiating and drafting leases, general and lending development funding, syndications, mortgages, acquisition of sites and development of same.

Other areas include forfeitures, acquiring security enforcement and defence for creditors including banks, rent reviews, mortgages, trusts, arbitration, development disputes, obtain planning permits and rating of commercial highbrow residential property, sports facilities and shopping centres. Management of commercial and highbrow residential property including the provision of services thereto. Drawing up conveyances, conducting searches at the Lands Registry and the situs.

We have been engaged in all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisition, investment, development, redevelopment and refinancing. We also provide sound opinion to our clients on acquisition, sale, mortgages of property, property appreciation projection etc.

The firm also advises on transmission of property on death and the rules of inheritance, process Letters of Administration, draft Wills, and institutes inheritance claims, likewise compensation claims and obtains land dispute settlements either by negotiation or litigation/arbitration.