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Cabinet de Avocatură Dimofte, Galați

Practice area

Lawyer for investments and real estate in Galați

We assist investors before they sign: we verify title to the property and the legal situation of the land, analyse encumbrances and pending disputes, structure the transaction and negotiate the contract. This is the area where preventive legal work makes the greatest difference, because a problem found before signing costs far less than one found after.

How we can help

  • Legal due diligence analysis of land and buildings
  • Checking the land register, encumbrances and pending disputes
  • Legal and tax structuring of the transaction
  • Preliminary agreements, promises of sale and sale and purchase contracts
  • Joint venture and company agreements for common projects
  • Permits, urban planning certificates and the relationship with local authorities
  • Construction works and design contracts for building projects
  • Disputes arising during the development of the project

How a case unfolds

  1. Legal verification

    We analyse the chain of title, the land register, dismemberments of ownership, encumbrances, pending disputes and the planning status. The result is a clear list of risks, with proposals to cover each of them.

  2. Structuring and negotiation

    Together we choose the form of the transaction, taking the tax treatment into account, and negotiate the clauses that matter: the price, the conditions precedent, the seller's warranties and the exit mechanisms.

  3. Closing and implementation

    We prepare the documentation for the notary, follow the registrations in the land register and stay alongside you during the development of the project, for permits and for the contracts with contractors.

Who handles it

George Dimofte

Attorney at law, tax consultant, chartered accountant

George Dimofte is an attorney at law with Baroul Galați, practising since 2012 through his own firm. He is also an active tax consultant, a Chamber of Tax Consultants member since 2007, a chartered accountant (CECCAR) since 2010 and a judicial tax expert with Tribunalul Galați. His main fields are tax law, administrative litigation and economic offences.

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Frequently asked questions

What do you check in a real estate due diligence review?

The chain of title back to its origin, the land register extract with all encumbrances, mortgages, easements, the existence of disputes or annotations, the planning status, the legal regime of the land and, where relevant, the status of restitutions. We deliver a report with the identified risks and what can be done about each.

Why does the tax structuring of the transaction matter?

The same operation can generate very different tax burdens depending on the chosen form, the capacity of the parties and the timing of the transfer. We analyse the legal and the tax variant together, because the lead lawyer is also a tax consultant.

What is a preliminary agreement and why do I need one?

It is the bilateral promise by which the parties undertake to conclude the final contract at a future date, usually after certain conditions are met. It is the instrument that protects you in the interval between the agreement and signing before the notary, if drafted correctly.

Do you also work with investors from outside România?

Yes. The regime governing the acquisition of land by foreign citizens and foreign companies has particularities, and the required documentation differs. We check it before the transaction starts, not in the middle of it.

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Do you have a investment and real estate question?

Call us or write a few lines about what is going on. We will tell you who will handle it, which documents to prepare and what it costs, before any work begins.

+40 723 255 392George Dimofte+40 722 398 232Gabriela Dimofteoffice@avocatidimofte.ro

The office is on Str. Domnească nr. 84, Galați. Open Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00. See the map and directions.