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Sector — Real Estate & Construction · Cross-Border Investment & Development

Real assets.
Real complexity.
Senior expertise.

WONE serves real estate investors, developers, and infrastructure businesses operating across borders — delivering legal, tax, audit, and advisory services calibrated to the specific complexity of cross-border real asset investment.

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Sector Overview

WONE in
Real Estate & Construction.

Real estate and infrastructure investment has become a genuinely global asset class. Capital from the GCC flows into European logistics. Southeast Asian family offices acquire residential portfolios in the UK and Australia. African infrastructure projects draw on development finance from multiple jurisdictions. The professional services requirements span multiple legal systems, complex tax structures, and regulatory environments that change with every market.

WONE's real estate and infrastructure practice combines the asset class expertise of specialist advisers with the cross-border infrastructure that international real asset investment requires. WONE's strongest presence in emerging markets — Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America — is particularly valuable in the markets where infrastructure investment is growing fastest and local advisory quality is most variable.

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Cross-border acquisition structures — title, tax, and financing
Acquiring real estate across multiple jurisdictions requires coordinated legal due diligence on title, tax structuring for the holding vehicle, and financing documentation across different legal systems — simultaneously, to a transaction timeline.
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Planning, permitting, and regulatory approvals in multiple markets
Infrastructure development in multiple markets requires coordinated engagement with planning authorities, environmental regulators, sector-specific regulatory bodies, and local government — each with different processes, timelines, and requirements.
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Transfer pricing and tax structuring for cross-border portfolios
A real estate portfolio held across multiple jurisdictions through a Luxembourg or Cayman holding structure requires careful transfer pricing documentation, withholding tax analysis, and ongoing tax compliance in every jurisdiction where assets are held.
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ESG reporting for real asset investors — CSRD, TCFD, GRESB
Real estate investors face growing ESG disclosure obligations — CSRD for European entities, TCFD for institutional investors, GRESB for fund reporting. Coordinating these disclosures across a multi-jurisdiction portfolio requires specialist assurance.
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Services in Real Estate & Construction

What we cover
in this sector.

Every service is delivered with sector expertise alongside jurisdictional knowledge — advisers who understand the specific regulatory environment, commercial dynamics, and operational reality of Real Estate & Construction.

Legal
Cross-border real estate acquisitionTitle due diligence — multi-jurisdictionDevelopment documentationConstruction contracts — internationalPlanning and permitting advisoryInfrastructure project financingREIT and fund structuringTenant and occupier documentation
Tax
Real estate holding structuresSDLT, RETT, transfer tax — multi-jurisdictionVAT on real estate transactionsWithholding tax on rental incomeREIT tax complianceDevelopment profit sharing structuresExit tax planning — real estateCross-border infrastructure tax
Audit
Real estate fund auditProperty company statutory auditESG assurance — GRESB, TCFD, CSRDNet asset value auditDevelopment cost auditInfrastructure project auditTenant compliance auditFinancial due diligence — property
Advisory
Real estate M&A advisoryDevelopment appraisal and feasibilityInfrastructure project structuringDue diligence — property and infrastructureValuation — multi-jurisdiction portfolioRestructuring — real asset vehiclesDispute advisory — real estatePost-acquisition integration
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Active Regions

Where WONE delivers
in Real Estate & Construction.

EuropeMiddle East & GCCAfricaAsia PacificAmericas
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Typical Clients

Who we serve
in Real Estate & Construction.

Client 01
Institutional real estate investors with cross-border portfolios
Client 02
Real estate developers operating in multiple markets
Client 03
Infrastructure developers and concession holders
Client 04
GCC-based family offices with international real estate
Client 05
Real estate private equity funds
Client 06
REITs with multi-jurisdiction portfolios
Client 07
Development finance institutions — infrastructure projects
Client 08
Sovereign wealth funds with real asset mandates
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Real Estate & Construction Professionals

Practitioners who
know your sector.

WONE professionals combine deep sector expertise with jurisdictional knowledge — the right combination for cross-border advisory in Real Estate & Construction.

Francesco Mangiameli
Francesco Mangiameli
Founding & Managing Partner
Tax Lean Associati Stp
Milan, Italy
Europe
Gianluigi Mollica
Gianluigi Mollica
Senior Associate
Tax Lean Associati Stp
Milan, Italy
Europe
Viswanathan Nair
Viswanathan Nair
Managing Partner
VASS International Auditing & Consultants
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Africa And Middle East
Reagan Blankfein Gates
Reagan Blankfein Gates
Managing Partner
Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners
Lusaka, Zambia
Africa And Middle East
Priju Dominic
Priju Dominic
CEO & Founding Partner
Dominic & Partners Chartered Accountants LLC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Africa And Middle East
Roberto Gilardino
Roberto Gilardino
Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries
Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company
Shanghai, China
Asia
Danny Luk
Danny Luk
Senior Equity Partner
Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Asia
Lucia Myriam Netti
Lucia Myriam Netti
Regional Partner EMEA, Russia, Belarus
Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company
Turin, Italy
Europe
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Submit a brief and we will assemble a senior real estate & infrastructure team within 48 hours. Fixed price before work starts. One contact across every jurisdiction.