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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

Lawyer Profiles

Photo	Name	Position	Profile
	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