Real Estate Advisory
One firm carries the site, from feasibility to a closed transaction.
One firm carries the site across India and Dubai — feasibility, regulatory approvals, transaction execution and financial structuring owned end to end as a single accountable mandate to a documented transaction. This is governed advisory and execution, not a promise of guaranteed returns.
Who we work with
Principals who need a site carried, not just advised on
Real estate stalls when feasibility, approvals, the transaction and the financing each sit with a different party and no one owns the whole. We are engaged by the people accountable for the asset — to carry it end to end, under discretion.
Developers
Building, repositioning or monetising a site and needing feasibility, approvals and the transaction run to one accountable plan.
Investors, incl. NRI & UAE
Domestic and overseas investors deploying into Indian and Dubai real estate who need execution on the ground, not just an introduction.
Government & PPP partners
Public bodies and private partners structuring public–private projects where approvals and accountability sit on the critical path.
Landowners
Owners unlocking value from land — assessing feasibility, securing approvals and structuring a clean transaction or partnership.
Institutional buyers
Funds and corporates acquiring or leasing assets who require diligence, structuring and the transaction carried to a documented close.
Cross-border principals
Buyers and sellers transacting across the India–UAE corridor, where structuring and approvals decide whether the deal completes.
Problems we solve
Where real estate mandates stall
Most sites do not fail on the location. They fail in the gaps between disciplines — an untested feasibility, an approval that drags, a transaction no one is carrying, and financing that was never properly structured.
Feasibility uncertainty
A site is committed to before the feasibility is honestly tested — demand, use, cost and timeline. We pressure-test the assumptions before capital is exposed, and say plainly when the numbers do not hold.
Regulatory & approval delays
Permissions, NOCs, change-of-use and statutory clearances span multiple authorities. Without a single owner of the approvals programme, weeks become quarters and the project loses its window.
Fragmented transaction execution
Brokers introduce, lawyers paper, lenders fund — and no one owns the transaction from term sheet to a documented close. Momentum, and value, leak between the hand-offs.
Weak financial structuring
A deal funded on the wrong structure underperforms regardless of the asset. We structure the consideration, capital and partnership terms so the transaction is sound before it is signed.
No accountable owner across the arc
Feasibility, approvals, the transaction and the financing are usually four separate relationships. We hold one accountable point across all four, so the site does not stall between them.
Cross-border friction
India–UAE real estate adds holding structures, repatriation and approvals on both sides. Without a firm carrying the cross-border workstream, the deal stalls in the seams between jurisdictions.
What LGS owns
The site, end to end
Ownership is a defined scope, not a slogan. On a real estate mandate, LGS is accountable for each stage below — with senior people on the engagement and a documented transaction at the end.
Feasibility
We test the site before capital is committed — use, demand, cost, timeline and the realistic path to value — and report honestly, including when a site should not proceed.
Regulatory approvals
We run the approvals programme — permissions, NOCs, change-of-use, registrations and statutory clearances — coordinated in the right sequence across the authorities involved, lawfully.
Transaction execution
We carry the transaction from term sheet through diligence, negotiation and documentation to a documented close — owning the process rather than handing it between advisors.
Financial structuring
We structure the consideration, capital, partnership and holding terms — including for cross-border and PPP transactions — so the deal stands on a sound footing before it is signed.
The Method
How a real estate mandate is run
Step 1: Evaluate
We assess the mandate against our acceptance framework before we take it.
Step 2: Structure
We define scope, accountability and the path to a documented result.
Step 3: Coordinate
We align stakeholders, advisors and authorities across jurisdictions.
Step 4: Execute
We run the mandate end to end, with senior people on every engagement.
Step 5: Document
We carry the mandate to a documented close and a clean hand-over.
Governance & compliance
How we govern a real estate mandate
Confidentiality, senior accountability and restraint about what we promise are the conditions of the engagement. Every site is carried inside these standards.
Transaction confidentiality governs every mandate. A signed NDA is in place before sensitive information moves; we describe mandates by type and outcome only, never by client, asset or counterparty.
Senior people are accountable end to end — the people who scope the mandate are accountable for executing it, from feasibility through to a documented transaction.
Every mandate is evaluated against our five-dimension acceptance framework before we accept it. We will not carry a site we cannot own across the full arc.
We make no guarantees on returns, valuations or appreciation. Markets and authorities decide those. Our accountability is for the quality and conduct of the execution, not for a promised yield.
We coordinate regulatory and statutory approvals lawfully and in sequence. This is compliance-led execution support — not lobbying, and never the brokering of a guaranteed decision.
Representative mandate
Described by type and outcome — never by client
A single illustrative mandate type. Across the practice, real estate mandates are described by type and outcome under NDA; client identities, asset details and commercial terms remain confidential.
Client identities and commercial terms are confidential. Mandates are described by type and outcome under NDA.
Proof
Defensible proof only
We do not publish asset values, returns, appreciation or named transactions. Any real estate-specific proof ships only once it has cleared confidentiality review and founder confirmation.
Our confidentiality posture
We deliberately do not publish transaction values, returns, appreciation, success rates or named clients on a real estate mandate. Representative mandates are described by type and outcome; the specifics — assets, counterparties and commercial terms — are shared privately, under NDA, with principals who have a reason to see them. The firm-wide record that backs this work — 12+ years of execution, senior-led accountability on every engagement, 500+ institutional relationships and three offices across India and the UAE — is set out on the About and Governance pages.
We publish no client names, success rates or counts. Representative mandates are described by type; specifics are shared privately under NDA.
Submit a confidential mandate
If the site is one we can carry, we will take it to a documented transaction.
Tell us about the asset, the stage it is at and the jurisdiction. Every real estate mandate is evaluated against our acceptance framework before we take it — under NDA, with senior accountability from the first conversation, and no promises on returns.
FAQ
Real estate mandates — common questions
All three, alongside land and mixed-use sites. What determines fit is not the asset class but whether a single accountable owner across feasibility, approvals, the transaction and the structuring adds real value — and whether the mandate clears our acceptance framework. We assess that for each site rather than working to a fixed asset-class list.
Yes. The approvals programme is part of what we own — permissions, NOCs, change-of-use, registrations and statutory clearances, coordinated in the right sequence across the authorities involved. We run it as compliance-led execution support, lawfully. This is not lobbying, and we do not broker or guarantee a decision; authorities decide.
Yes. We work with public bodies and private partners on public–private and government-linked real estate projects, where approvals and clear accountability sit on the critical path. As with every mandate, the engagement is governed by our acceptance framework and run under confidentiality, with senior people accountable throughout.
Yes — India and Dubai, including the India–UAE cross-border corridor, run by one accountable firm. On cross-border mandates we carry the holding structures, approvals and registrations on both sides as one workstream, rather than handing the site between disconnected advisors in each jurisdiction.
We structure the deal — the consideration, capital, partnership and holding terms, including for cross-border and PPP transactions — so the transaction is sound before it is signed. We structure and coordinate the financing workstream as part of the mandate; we are an advisory and execution firm, not a lender, and we make no promises on returns or valuations.
We decline any site we cannot own across the full arc — where confidentiality cannot be protected, senior accountability cannot be held end to end, or there is no credible path to a documented transaction. We also decline anything framed as a guaranteed return, or anything that would require operating outside the law or a regulator's regime. What we refuse defines the practice as much as what we accept.