Real estate transactions and investments
Acquisitions, disposals and mergers with one or more underlying real estate assets.
Structuring real estate packages for all types of transactions; dedicated equity transactions, setting up partnerships, joint ventures, etc.
Regulations specific to the acquisition, holding and disposal of real estate assets; setting up and monitoring regulated vehicles (listed companies or companies admitted to trading on a regulated market (OPCIs, SCPIs)), AIFM regulations, etc.).
Our assignments
Legal and tax structuring of deals
in coordination with the firm’s other areas of expertise, in particular financing, assistance in setting up the most appropriate investment and financing structure, taking into account the regulatory constraints specific to the underlying real estate.
Regulatory support
on all issues relating to listed companies or to companies admitted to trading on a regulated market, corporate aspects of collective real estate investment (OPCIs, SCPIs) and AIFM regulations.
Assistance with pre- or post-acquisition due diligence
on both the seller and the buyer sides, identifying and analyzing risks, whilst recommending appropriate solutions
Negotiating and drafting of all the transaction documentation
relating to the proposed transactions and, in particular, sale agreements, guarantees of assets and liabilities, shareholders’ agreements and any other agreements relating to the transactions to be negotiated.
Post-operation dispute management
litigation resulting from the implementation of reps and warranties, of earn-out clauses, and other specific clauses negotiated within the framework of the transaction.
Strategy and litigation consulting
on all types of transactions with one or more underlying real estate assets.
Recent track record
- Advice to a French investment fund for the acquisition of a majority interest in an OPPCI holding 108 service industry assets;
- Advice to an Anglo-Saxon investment fund for the off-market acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 26 assets, totalling near to 100,000 m² of distribution areas;
- Advice to a North American pension fund for the implementation of a partnership for the acquisition of residential assets in France;
- Advice to an independent global investment manager focusing on the transport sector for the acquisition of a logistics portfolio of 15 assets with a total surface area of 73,000 m²;
- Advice to a family office for the implementation of a partnership with a professional private equity fund with a view to acquiring a mixed-use residential and office complex;
- Advice to structures planning to set up a real estate portfolio management company approved by the French financial markets authority (AMF), and implementation of their partnership;
- Advice to institutional investors in setting up a partnership through the creation of a real estate company to acquire residential real estate assets under construction.
Our specialists
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