Mr David Franco > Fairway A.A.R.P.I. > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Fairway A.A.R.P.I.
25 RUE MURILLO
75008 PARIS
France
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Work Department

Real Estate Financing / Restructuring

Position

David Franco is specialized in financing and restructuring transactions, mainly focusing on real estate assets (acquisitions or development of offices, retail, logistics, hospitality, healthcare or residential assets). He assists both investors (investment funds, institutional investors, asset managers, family offices, developers) and lenders (banks, financial institutions, insurance companies) located in France or abroad. David Franco also advises in debt restructuring within the framework of pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings.

Career

Before joining Fairway, David Franco spent over 6 years in both the real estate and restructuring departments at De Pardieu Brocas Maffei law firm. Before this, he worked 6 years in the banking department at the law firm Allen & Overy.

Languages

French, English

Education

  • Postgraduate degree in Banking and Finance Law, University Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne (1998)

Lawyer Rankings

France > Real estate

(Leading individuals: Real estate finance)

David FrancoFairway A.A.R.P.I.

Fairway A.A.R.P.I.‘s ‘close-knit’, ‘attentive’ and ‘business-oriented’ real estate team is well-placed to handle transactional and financing mandates, the structuring of investment funds and the setting up of joint ventures. Four partners share leadership of the group: Aubry D’Argenlieu, described as ‘essential on the market’, focuses on real estate M&A, construction and leasing work; Frédéric Lefébure, lauded as ‘very experienced with excellent knowledge of the market’; financing specialist David Franco; and Franck Denis, who majors on real estate development and transactions for office, logistics, retail, hospitality and residential real estate. Cloé Teisson is also noted.