Mr Hugues Moreau > Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. Offices
15 rue de Laborde
Paris
75008
France
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Mr Hugues Moreau
Work Department
Real Estate Transactions & Financing
Position
Partner Hugues Moreau advises French and international operators on all legal issues involved in the real estate value creation chain: mergers & acquisitions, investment & divestments, property development, restructuring, asset management and financing transactions. His expertise encompasses the creation of joint ventures as well as of regulated (OPCIs) and unregulated investment vehicles.
He splits his time between our Paris and London offices and is instructed on all classes of real estate assets (office buildings, retail premises and shopping centres, hotels, logistic platforms, student housing, residential care homes, leisure facilities, etc.) for a variety of institutional players (investors, developers, fund and asset managers, regulated RE management companies, etc.).
Since 2000, Hugues has been involved in number of acquisition, divestment and restructuring projects, for single assets and entire portfolios, real estate receivables and property holding companies. He has also been instructed on several major private-equity transactions in the industry (eg. involving developers and AMF regulated ManCos).
He is recognized as an expert in sale-and-leaseback transactions, as well as in real estate development and leasing operations.
He also regularly supports the French and international expansion of major retailers, particularly in the luxury and fashion industries.
Hugues is active in dispute resolution cases and represents his clients before civil and commercial courts.
Listed in both the M&A and Real Estate sections of Legal 500 EMEA with quotes such as: “Skillfull negotiator” and “always available”, Hugues Moreau is described as having a “sharp understanding of the retail market” and being “very quick to understand issues”. “Excellent and very business-oriented” Hugues Moreau “is highly appreciated for his ability to advise clients on major strategic issues” and “provides fast, very efficient and enjoyable services”.
Languages
English and French
Lawyer Rankings
France > Real estate
(Leading individuals)The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., which one client considers ‘capable of covering the entire range of services that a real estate player may need’, is frequently instructed by real estate companies, fund managers, financial institutions, insurers and hospitality groups. Sales, acquisitions, leasebacks, financing and development mandates are core areas of expertise. The practice is co-led by Frédéric Nouel, who is lauded for his ‘extensive experience and a unique ability to find solutions’, and majors on transactional and financing mandates. Alongside him, Eric Martin-Impératori is well-versed in planning law, construction law and project financing. Additional key department figures include Renaud Baguenault de Puchesse, Hugues Moreau, Christopher Szostak, Rémi Tabbagh and Laetitia Lemercier.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- Environment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Media and entertainment: Television/radio
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Insolvency