Joint development and joint ventures, structured before they are signed
We bring together landowners, developers and capital partners, and coordinate the commercial terms, feasibility and registration steps of a joint development or joint venture in Dubai.
What we do
- Partner search: landowners, developers and capital providers
- Feasibility and land-value analysis for the term sheet
- Commercial terms: land contribution, profit share, area share or fee models
- Coordination with legal counsel on the joint development agreement
- Registration steps with DLD, including usufruct or musataha rights where used
What we check before you commit
- Land title, permitted use and master-plan conditions
- Developer registration and delivery record
- Escrow and project registration before off-plan sales
- Fees that apply when land and development companies differ
- Exit, default and deadlock provisions
Typical holding structures
- Area-share joint development
- Profit-share joint venture company
- Development management agreement
- Usufruct or musataha (long-term development right)
Structures are chosen with your legal and tax advisors. Evara does not give legal or tax advice.
Relevant facts
development contract fee noted by DLD where the parties to the land-owning company differ from those of the development company
Dubai Land Department, accessed 24 Oct 2026DLD registers usufruct and musataha rights, a route to develop land without transferring title
Dubai Land Department, accessed 24 Oct 2026Off-plan sale proceeds must go into a registered project escrow account under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007
Dubai Land Department, compendiumQuestions investors ask
Do you draft the joint development agreement?
No. Legal drafting stays with your counsel. We prepare the commercial terms, the feasibility and the partner process, and coordinate the registration steps.
Can a landowner keep title?
Yes. A musataha or usufruct right registered with DLD lets a developer build without the land changing hands. The right structure depends on tax, financing and exit.
Who do you work for in a JV?
One side only, agreed in writing at the start. We do not act for both parties in the same transaction.
Tell us the mandate. We reply within 24 hours.
Private briefings in Dubai, in Bengaluru or by video call.