Real Estate is a key area of expertise at Haavind and has been for decades. We assist landowners, developers, managers, brokers, the state and municipalities. We are respected for our contribution of advisory services and assistance with processes to major private and public players. The client plays a key role in our advisory services, and we are certain that this has resulted in favourable results for our clients in combination with our substantial industry knowledge and professional experience.
Our lawyers sit on various professional committees and are popular lecturers in the fields of property law and rights to real estate, planning and building law, and expropriation law. In addition, we arrange customer-oriented seminars, and contribute to external seminars. The team’s work includes:
- Right of ownership and boundaries, redemption rights, rights of neighbours, ground leases, common property and access rights, land consolidation, watercourses, joint property, allodial rights, hunting and fishing, prescriptive titles, as well as all other forms of rights of use
- Expropriation and appraisal: Expropriation, appraisal process, road and railway development, power plants, water works, power lines, nature conservation
- Environmental and pollution permits
- Planning applications, building applications, infrastructure (road, water and sewer), reimbursement, development agreements, illegal actions - sanctions
- Concessions
- Dispute resolution and litigation
Recent instructions include:
- Acquisition of land for Eastern Norway Regional Field
- Acquisition of city centre land for development of a new road system, Ring Road 3 from Ulven to Sinsen for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration
- New double track from Skøyen to Asker for the Norwegian National Rail Administration
- New double track from Sandnes to Stavanger for the Norwegian National Rail Administration
- New double track for the Vesfold Line for the Norwegian National Rail Administration
- Development of E6 dual carriageway from Jessheim to Minnesund for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration
- Development of RV2 dual carriageway from Kløfta to Langbakk for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration