Real estate lawyer
in Moscow
I check apartments before you buy, handle sale and purchase deals and take on difficult property: shares, mortgaged or seized flats, bankruptcy auctions, premises with tenants.
I am a lawyer with a finance background, not an agent. I look at an apartment the way a court would look at it later: who sold it, where their title came from, whether anyone in the chain is heading for bankruptcy, who is registered there, and what happens if someone tries to reverse the deal.
Send me the address, a listing or an auction lot. The first review is free: within a day I tell you what the open registers show and what needs checking next.
What I do
Each situation has its own page: what I check, what you receive, steps and fees.
Apartment check before purchase
Seller, chain of owners, bankruptcy, debts, registered residents, alterations. A written report and a list of clauses for the contract.
Learn more →02Transaction support
Buying or selling, from deposit to keys: contract, letter of credit or notary deposit, mortgage, registration.
Learn more →03Share in an apartment
Sell for more than buy-out companies offer, buy a share and assemble the whole flat, buy out a co-owner through court.
Learn more →04Bankruptcy auction apartments
Lot check before you pay the deposit, support after you win: contract with the receiver, registration, residents.
Learn more →05Premises with a tenant
Due diligence on a ready rental business: tenant, lease, owner, taxes, real yield.
Learn more →06Mortgaged, seized, inherited
How to buy or sell an apartment with an encumbrance when agents refuse it.
Learn more →Why a lawyer, not an agent
An agent is paid when the deal closes. My job is to make sure it is not reversed a year later.
I have 20 years in finance and law. Court practice since 2009, more than 350 cases in commercial courts, many of them bankruptcies. Before that, audit and IFRS. A seller's bankruptcy file, auction rules or a lease agreement are my working language, and I see in them what later keeps buyers in court for years.
Reviews of Oksana Prisyazhnaya's work, Yandex Maps
Yandex Maps, «Присяжная и Партнёры» listing. Reviews in Russian, quoted as written.
«...благодаря её стараниям и высокой квалификации было выиграно дело, на мой взгляд довольно-таки сложное, т.к. при покупке квартиры был допущен ряд ошибок, а именно: квартира была куплена по заниженной стоимости, а в последствии продавец оказался банкротом. Мы первый раз покупали квартиру и как люди, которые в этом совсем не разбираются обратились в риэлтерское агентство и очень сильно обожглись, купив проблемную квартиру.»«...квартиру приобретали в Москве, а живем мы на другом краю света о.Сахалин. [...] Как мы были рады и счастливы, что нам никуда не нужно выезжать и лететь на сделку. Все можно сделать удаленно. При всем при этом покупка была с применением ипотеки. [...] Она полностью вела переговоры с застройщиком, с банком.»«Благодаря ей, среди множества объектов недвижимости удалось выбрать подходящий жилой комплекс бизнес-класса на Технопарке. Ездили вместе с Оксаной на просмотры объектов, отбирали банки для ипотеки, были на заключении сделки и после получил множество профессиональных советов и консультаций.»These reviews are about apartment purchases and a dispute after buying from a seller who went bankrupt. Cases on auctions, shares and rental premises will be added when those deals close.
How I work
Review, free
You send the address, listing or lot. Within a day I tell you what the open data shows and which documents to ask the seller for.
Contract
If we go ahead: a contract with Weylex LLC (ООО «Вейлекс», INN 9715397784) stating what I do, the timeline and the fee. Terms are agreed before work starts and do not change along the way.
Check and deal
Full check, written report, negotiation of terms, contract, payment, registration, handover.
Questions
How much does a consultation with a real estate lawyer cost?
The first review is free: you send the address or listing, I tell you what I see and what to check. A full check is a fixed fee, transaction support is a percentage of the property price. I quote both after the review and put them in the contract with Weylex LLC (ООО «Вейлекс», INN 9715397784). If you need your apartment sold within a set term, the fee is 3% of the price, see the transaction support page.
What is the difference between a real estate lawyer and an agent?
An agent finds a buyer or an apartment and earns a commission when the deal happens. A lawyer makes sure the deal is lawful and cannot be reversed: checks the seller and the property, drafts the contract, sets up the payment. You can have an agent and me in the same deal, we do different work.
Can a foreigner buy or sell an apartment in Moscow?
Yes, but for some people there is a special procedure. Since March 2022, under Presidential Decree No. 81, property deals with citizens of countries Russia lists as "unfriendly" (the EU, the UK, the US, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea and others), and with persons registered there, need permission from the Government Commission on foreign investment. Individuals have a general exemption: a Russian resident can usually sell to such a person without separate permission, and can buy from them if the money goes to the seller's type "C" account. Funds on a type "C" account can be used only for a limited list of operations and cannot be freely sent abroad. The procedure does not apply to deals between Russian currency residents, and that includes foreigners with a Russian residence permit. Russian citizens living abroad are usually not affected unless they also hold citizenship of one of these countries. The rules change, so before any deal I check the regime in force on that date: whether your case falls under it, whether you need permission or a type "C" account, which bank will handle the payment and how long it will take.
Can we work remotely?
Yes. The check, negotiations and documents are done remotely, and the deal can be registered electronically. One client bought an apartment in Moscow while living on Sakhalin, her review is above.
Do you work only in Moscow?
Properties in Moscow and the nearby region. Register checks and bankruptcy auctions anywhere in Russia.
Do you handle commercial litigation, tax disputes, corporate bankruptcy?
Yes, on a different site: prisyazhnaya-partners.ru. This site is about real estate only.
What don't you take on?
Property with signs of fraud and deals where I am expected to ignore a risk. I say so after the review, before any contract.
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