Fairway A.A.R.P.I. > Paris, France > Firm Profile
Fairway A.A.R.P.I. Offices
25 RUE MURILLO
75008 PARIS
France
Fairway A.A.R.P.I. > The Legal 500 Rankings
France > Real estate Tier 1
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.Practice head(s):
Aubry d’Argenlieu; Frédéric Lefébure; Franck Denis; David Franco
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘A very close-knit team. Lots of availability and listening. A constructive business approach. Real customer service.’
‘A team that is very close to its customers. Very attentive, and, above all, very business-oriented. It’s always a pleasure to work with them. In just a few years, Fairway has undoubtedly become the equal of its competitors.’
‘Fairway is one of the market’s leading real estate investment firms. It brings together all the skills of the real estate industry at a high level with different associate profiles who all have in common an excellent knowledge of the market and its practices, a personalised approach and a concern for the preservation of the business.’
‘Special traits: great professionalism, attentive, accessible and available, a driving force in negotiation. Very good use of collaborative tools to advance a multi-handed mark-up.’
‘Excellent knowledge, responsiveness, availability and commitment of teams; very good coverage of skills and very good negotiators; good ability to find solutions to complex issues/negotiations; good ability to adapt to customer practices; very transparent billing.’
‘Very efficient and available team. Responsiveness, fair invoicing, no impression of overbilling. Business-oriented, talented, incredible network available to clients.’
‘David Franco an excellent finance lawyer, with a very good network that he shares with clients. Aubry d’Argenlieu is essential on the market; he excels in complex issues and delicate situations but can also adapt to support his client on a daily basis. This is a particularly valuable asset in negotiation and in strategic thinking about operations.’
‘Frédéric Lefebure and Cloé Teisson are very experienced, with excellent knowledge of the market and practices. Attentive, responsive and proactive, good ability to persuade the opposing party during negotiations. Excellent communication with customers, and a good ability to adapt. A pleasure to work with this team.’
Key clients
Aldi
Abenex Capital
Acofi
Alantra
Altarea
Ag2R La Mondiale
Anru (Agence Nationale Pour La Renovation Urbaine)
Apsys
Ares Management
Atream
Axa Im Real Assets
Bank of Ireland
Brookfield
Carlyle
Cheyne Capital
Covivio
Daa Capital
Dentresangle Initiatives
Edf Invest
Eternam
Freeport Retail
Friedland Investissements
Generali Real Estate
Groupe Les Etincelles / Altitude Resort Development
Helaba
Hig Capital
Groupe Panhard
Icg (Intermediate Capital Group)
Jc Decaux
Kerdonis
Keys Reim
Korian
La Francaise Am
La Francaise Real Estate Partners
Lokalis
Mata Capital
Mirabaud Asset Management
Nexity
Novaxia
Oxenwood
Perial Asset Management
Pitch Prmotion
Primonial Reim
Psa
Realterm
Remake
Scor
Sienna
Sight Capital
Staycity
Tikehau
Vgp
Vinci
France > Environment Tier 3
Fairway A.A.R.P.I.’s practice handles both industrial environmental law matters and real estate environmental law matters, ranging from transactional work to advisory mandates involving air and water pollution, natural hazards, and environmental certification. Department lead Juliette Bril routinely assists French and international investment funds with pollution, waste and renewable energies matters.Practice head(s):
Juliette Bril
Testimonials
‘The team is perfectly qualified to deal with all matters relating to real estate and environmental law.’
‘Juliette Bril is well-versed in environmental law issues, particularly in relation to ICPE and pollution.’
‘Highly responsive, reliable, knowledgeable, competent and negotiable.’
‘Juliette Bril is an exceptional lawyer. She is pragmatic and instructive, and always has a solution to our ICPE problems. She is a benchmark in environmental law.’
Key clients
Orange
Siemens SA
VGP
Stellantis (former PSA group)
Nidec Leroy Somer
STAM EUROPE
McDonalds
ADIM (Vinci Construction’s affiliate)
Federal Mogul France
Amundi
Realterm
Semperit
Générale du Solaire
Technicolor
Technicolor
Axa real estate
Aviva Investors Real Estate
Icade
Crossbay
Cloud HQ
Sixième sens
Novaxia
Aldi
Primonial Reim
Work highlights
- Advised VGP NV, a Belgium real estate investment fund, on the acquisition of former industrial sites to develop logistic and industrial activities in Petite Couronne.
- Advised Realterm on the acquisition of a logistics portfolio of 15 assets, which involved auditing environmental documentation as well as drafting environmental guarantees.
- Advised Orange on the reorganisation of all its technical premises, which involved negotiating a pollution agreement concerning.
France > Tax Tier 5
Practice head(s):
Emmanuel Galifer
Testimonials
‘Fairway is a firm that specialises in real estate with the full suite of services from real estate to financing and taxation. This makes it possible to manage everything with a single firm and to have a superior quality of advice because the partners understand the file in its entirety. ’
‘The team is very responsive and dynamic, able to quickly understand our problems. They do not hesitate to think outside the box to help us find solutions in complex and emergency situations. Tecommendations made by the team are always enlightening and adapted to the context’
‘Emmanuel Galifer particularly stands out in that he knows how to put himself within the reach of non-tax specialists and explain a tax subject in such a way that it is understandable to everyone. He is very efficient and approaches the subjects with a lot of understanding, enthusiasm and involvement.’
‘This team manages to combine several qualities, that’s what makes it unique. A professional, responsive team, attentive to the customer.’
‘Emmanuel Galifer has a great ability to simplify sometimes complex concepts. He is also very pleasant and enthusiastic, which is rather rare.’
‘Beyond his undeniable technique and experience in real estate taxation, Emmanuel Galifer knows how to reassure his clients in all circumstances; he simply exposes the problems and the ways to resolve them with calm and discernment.’
‘Emmanuel Galifer: extremely reliable, concise, efficient lawyer. Knows how to simplify the subject, identify the essential issues to respond effectively and accurately to the problem.’
Key clients
Ag2R La Mondiale
Ares Management
Axa Real Estate
Cloud Hq
Dentressangle Initiatives
Generali
Groupe Les Etincelles
Icg (Intermediate Capital Group)
Intuitae
Jc Decaux Holding
Mercialys
Novaxia
Primevest Capital Partners
Stam Europe
Tikeau
Vivendi
Fairway A.A.R.P.I. > Firm Profile
Firm overview: Fairway is a French business law firm established in 2011 with a sector-specific approach to real estate. However, the firm covers a field of practices including corporate, M&A, restructuring and litigation. The 36-lawyers firm covers the complete range of expertise on the real estate market, spanning investment, development, leasing, environment, town planning, asset management, transaction, restructuring, tax, litigation and property financing know-how. Among these lawyers, 25 of them are involved in corporate/M&A, restructuring, corporate tax and litigation.
Main areas of practice
Real estate
8 partners, 18 fee-earners
Fairway real estate lawyers joined the firm aiming at focusing on providing high-quality, cost-effective advice to companies in the real estate industry. Today, the firm is one of the leaders in France. Its real estate sector focus, together with its full service range of legal skills (investment, transaction, finance, tax, construction, environment, town planning, leases, asset management, etc), enable the firm to assist all market players, both French and International (financial institutions, investment companies, investment funds, family offices, asset managers, developers and others involved in construction projects, landlords and tenants, business and industrial companies, large corporate and public bodies), in every phase of real estate matters.
Contact: Frédéric Lefébure
Email: flefebure@fway.fr
Contact: Aubry d’Argenlieu
Email: adargenlieu@fway.fr
M&A/corporate
4 partners, 11 fee-earners
Fairway’s corporate team is a partner of choice for many investors and investment management companies in their core trade (structuring, investments, management and arbitration) but also for industrial companies operating in extremely diverse sectors such as the mass retail sector, the automotive industry, the healthcare sector, telecommunications and the media, etc. This practice covers both the real estate industry and traditional corporate / M&A (industry sectors, private equity transactions, etc).
Contact: Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles
Email: pefonteilles@fway.fr
Contact: Sandrine Benaroya
Email: sbenaroya@fway.fr
Restructuring
1 partner, 3 fee-earners
Fairway assists French and international clients, including financial institutions, investment funds, key players of the real estate industry as well as industrial and service companies from diverse sectors, in all the phases of financial restructuring processes and insolvency proceedings. From renegotiating financial contracts to more complex restructurings as part of confidential or insolvency proceedings, Fairway offers its legal expertise, its experience acquired while handling major restructuring cases and its perfect knowledge of the other professionals regularly involved in restructuring matters (judicial administrators, trustees, financial advisers and auditors, interim managers, etc).
Contact: Matthieu Barthélemy
Email: mbarthelemy@fway.fr
Dispute resolution
2 partners, 4 fee-earners
Fairway’s litigation team assists and represents its clients for the resolution of their disputes, either in relation to civil or commercial litigation, or through alternative dispute resolution modes (contractual or judicially conducted mediation, arbitration). Attentive to its clients’ needs and thanks to its disciplined and cross-functional approach, Fairway’s litigation team is able to offer pragmatic solutions in support of their development and of the defense of their interests.
Contact: Sabine du Granrut
Email: sdugranrut@fway.fr
Tax
1 partner, 2 fee-earners
Fairway’s tax team is specialised in real estate and corporate/M&A tax. Working closely with all the other lawyers of the firm, the tax team advises French and international clients on a broad range of matters and is involved in complex transactions (M&A, private equity, restructuring, investment funds and real estate transactions).
Contact: Emmanuel Galifer
Email: egalifer@fway.fr
Chairman: Frédéric Lefébure
Managing partners: Aubry d’Argenlieu & Frédéric Lefébure
Number of partners: 12
Number of lawyers: 27
Languages: English, French, German, Turkish
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Managing partner (real estate) | Frédéric Lefébure | flefebure@fway.fr | |
Managing partner (real estate) | Aubry d’Argenlieu | adargenlieu@fway.fr | |
Partner (finance) | David Franco | dfranco@fway.fr | |
Partner (corporate / M&A) | Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles | pefonteilles@fway.fr | |
Partner (environment) | Juliette Bril | jbril@fway.fr | |
Partner (real estate) | Neslihan Gabriel-Denizkurdu | ngabriel@fway.fr | |
Partner (real estate) | Franck Denis | fdenis@fway.fr | |
Partner (real estate tax) | Emmanuel Galifer | egalifer@fway.fr | |
Partner (restructuring) | Matthieu Barthélemy | mbarthelemy@fway.fr | |
Partner (litigation) | Sabine du Granrut | sdugranrut@fway.fr | |
Partner (corporate / M&A) | Sandrine Benaroya | sbenaroya@fway.fr | |
Partner (litigation, commercial contracts) | Nicolas Aynès | naynes@fway.fr |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mr Nicolas Aynes | Nicolas Aynès assists and represents clients for the resolution of their disputes,… | View Profile | |
Mr Matthieu Barthélemy | Matthieu joined Fairway as a partner in September 2020 in order to… | View Profile | |
Maitre Sandrine Benaroya | Sandrine Benaroya, a specialist in M&A and LBO – Private Equity transactions,… | View Profile | |
Ms Juliette Bril | Juliette Bril is in charge of the firm’s environmental law department. Bilingual… | View Profile | |
Mr Franck Denis | Franck was co-opted as partner in July 2019. He is essentially involved… | View Profile | |
Mr Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles | With over 20 years of experience and a solid base of both… | View Profile | |
Mr David Franco | David Franco is specialized in financing and restructuring transactions, mainly focusing on… | View Profile | |
Ms Neslihan Gabriel-Denizkurdu | Neslihan has joined Fairway as a Partner in January 2018. She specializes… | View Profile | |
Mr Emmanuel Galifer | Emmanuel Galifer’s expertise in real estate tax matters allows him to assist… | View Profile | |
Mr Frédéric Lefébure | Frédéric Lefébure’s main activity focuses on real estate acquisitions (portfolio, real estate… | View Profile | |
Cécile Peyronnet | Of counsel | View Profile | |
Sébastien Sehili-Franceschini | Counsel | View Profile | |
Cloé Teisson | Counsel | View Profile | |
Mr Aubry d'Argenlieu | Aubry joined Fairway as a Partner, in June 2012. He is particularly… | View Profile | |
Mr Aubry d'Argenlieu | Aubry joined Fairway as a Partner, in June 2012. He is particularly… | View Profile | |
Ms Sabine du Granrut | Sabine du Granrut has extensive experience in commercial and real estate litigation… | View Profile | |
Mrs Aurore du Marais | Aurore du Marais is counsel at Fairway. She specializes in the fields… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Partners : 12 Lawyers : 27Languages
French German English TurkishOther
Contacts : Aubry d’Argenlieu (adargenlieu@fway.fr), Frédéric Lefébure (flefebure@fway.fr)Diversity/Community
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