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

Dentons
5 BOULEVARD MALESHERBES
75008 PARIS
France
Pascal Schmitz photo

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

With activity across the hotel, office, and retail sectors, Dentons‘ practice is geared towards property development projects, financing, and leasing. With over three decades of experience, Pascal Schmitz leads the practice and is praised as a ‘good negotiator and dealmaker’. Amélie de Baudry d’Asson handles real estate investments, while Simon Bernard and Charlotte Rossi are well versed in leasing. Maxime Simonnet is also noted.