Mr Pascal Schmitz > Dentons > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
5 BOULEVARD MALESHERBES
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Pascal Schmitz is a Partner and heads the Paris Real Estate group.

As a renowned property investment lawyer, Pascal has developed a strategic expertise in corporate real estate and in investment transactions (acquisitions and disposals, M&A) as well as in acquisition financing, joint ventures and in structuring investments including negotiating financing, partnership agreements and structuring funds.

In addition, he also has extensive experience in all areas of property management, such as commercial leases, development agreements and construction law.

Pascal advises German, French, European and US investment funds on transactions throughout France and Europe.

Career

Real Estate Partner, Dentons (2018 – present)
Real Estate Partner, King & Spalding, Paris (2012 – 2018)
Real Estate Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2002 – 2012)

Languages

English, French

Memberships

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995
Member of the Urban Land Institute’s French Chapter

Education

Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I), 1990, Postgraduate degree, Real Estate Law
Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I), 1989, Master’s Degree, Business Law

Lawyer Rankings

France > Real estate

‘Responsiveness, skill and tenacity’ are the calling cards of the team at Dentons, who are active on a range of real estate investment transactions including acquisitions, disposals, sales and leasebacks. Development work, property management and litigation are additional core skills. Property investment specialist Pascal Schmitz heads up the group, which is also home to key figures Véronique Lagarde and Maxime Simonnet. Audrey Arnaut-Lacombe and Charlotte Rossi support the partners across the gamut of matters and also garner client praise.