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The principal corporate documents required for a corporate real estate (CRE) joint venture transaction involving the development of a property are:

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    the joint venture agreement (JVA), and

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    the articles of association (articles) of the joint venture company (JVC)

Additional documents that will be required are:

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    the property sale agreement

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    the development funding agreement

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    development management agreement

Property joint ventures

A property development joint venture allows the parties to it to:

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    share risk and also to place specialist risk with the relevant joint venture party, eg placing such risk with a developer

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    gain access to specialist experience and knowledge from a party with specialist market experience outside of its own normal course of business

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    combine specialist knowledge, expertise and resources to leverage the scale of a party’s usual operations in order to achieve greater returns or liquidity

For further information on the key considerations relevant specifically to structuring property joint ventures, see Practice Notes:

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    Property Joint Ventures—general issues

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    Property Joint Ventures—choosing the right structure

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    Types of development structures

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