Dmitry A. Kunitsa leads the firm’s real estate practice in Russia and other countries of the former USSR. He has extensive experience in real estate development, investment projects and virtually all types of contemporary real estate transactions. His practice focuses on advising institutional and private investors on structuring and implementing complex, cross-border transactions aimed at the acquisition of real estate; representing major Western and Russia-based companies in wide varieties of real estate transactions in Russia and other jurisdictions with similar legal systems; advising lenders and borrowers on real estate financing and refinancing matters; representing private companies in negotiations with governmental authorities of all levels; and providing legal advice on regulatory aspects of real estate transactions.

Mr. Kunitsa is recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 for his real estate practice in Russia. He also appears in Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers.

Mr. Kunitsa practiced with two major international firms in Moscow and New York for 14 years prior to joining Squire Sanders in 2007.

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• Representing a Europe-based private investment group in the acquisition of equity stake in a joint venture for the development of mixed use commercial property in the city of Sochi, Russia and advising a Central Europe-based state-owned bank in connection with the proposed financing of the property in Sochi.
• Advising a Europe-based investment fund on Russian real estate matters with a proposed refinancing of prior acquisitions in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
• Representing a major Russia-based airline in negotiations with regional authorities for the proposed construction of a new airport terminal.
• Representing a Russia-based developer in connection with the agreements on investing in, and joint development of, a 100,000-square-meter warehouse complex in the Moscow region with a UK-based real estate investment fund.
• Advising a major Russia-based bank in its investment of more than US$100 million in construction of its headquarters in one of the landmark development projects in Moscow through an agreement on share participation in construction.
• Advising a major US corporation on acquisition of development rights, compliance with land use and zoning requirements, construction permits and licenses, and negotiations of the land lease agreement for the purposes of construction of its own manufacturing facility in a Russian province.
• Representing a large privately held US company in selecting a Russian site for its production facility including due diligence of sites; counseling on acquisition techniques; negotiations with local, regional and federal authorities on land allocation and reclassification; provision of utilities to the site; and preparation of documentation.
• Advising a US-based hospitality management company in negotiating and drafting its management contracts with owners of the hotels in various Russian cities.
• Representing a UK-based company in the proposed development of a racing track capable of hosting Formula 1 Grand Prix events and a large sports and entertainment complex in Moscow.
• Advising a private investment group from Kazakhstan on a proposed acquisition of rights to a plot of land in the Emirate of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) for further development of mixed use commercial and residential properties.