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David Gérard

David Gérard

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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance

France

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Real estate

Clifford Chance has a comprehensive real estate offering, allowing the team to advise on real estate investments, acquisitions, leasebacks and joint ventures. The team is also recognised for its expertise in handling financings, restructurings, REITs and tax structuring. The practice group is co-led by experienced partners François Bonteil, who specialises in acquisitions, leaseback transactions and funds formation; and Alexandre Couturier, who focuses on joint ventures, disposals and sales for clients, including hotels and data centres. David Gérard excels in advising on private equity matters. Karen Bortolotti and Louis-Antoine Frentz are names to note for real estate financing.
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Phone
+33 1 4405 5138
Email
[email protected]
Profile
cliffordchance.com

Profile

Work Department
Real estate
Position

David advises on all aspects of real estate law. He specialises in corporate real estate, including portfolio, high-profile and complex real estate transactions, as well as real estate private equity, including the formation of real estate funds, joint-ventures and partnerships. His practice also extends to asset, property and development management, with a particular focus on the Property Technology and Energy sectors.

Career

Gide Loyrette Nouel 2011

Joined Clifford Chance 2014

Languages
English and French
Memberships
Member of the Paris Bar
Education

University of Paris – Panthéon Assas (Maîtrise Droit des affaires) 2007
University of Paris – Panthéon Sorbonne (Master 2 Droit des affaires et de l'économie), 2008

University of Paris – Panthéon Sorbonne (Master 2 Droit bancaire et financier), 2009

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Excellent real estate team. They are proactive, responsive, pragmatic, and possess excellent technical expertise in real estate matters.

    Their contribution was key to a major project that we were able to finalise thanks to their involvement.’

    ‘François Bonteil: An excellent negotiator. Pragmatic, always proactive. A true dealmaker.

    'David Gérard: An excellent lawyer with a very strong work ethic, resilience, and a very good negotiator.'

    ‘Responsiveness and availability’

    ‘Professionalism of the team, quality of deliverables, speed of execution’

    ‘Very detailed knowledge of the market and all its players.’

    ‘Alexandre Couturier is an accessible partner lawyer who knows his cases perfectly but also knows how to showcase his teams.’

     

Key clients

  • AccorInvest (Essendi) AEW Alderan Pimco Prime Amundi Immobilier Atream Ofi Invest Real Estate AXA IM Bain Capital Blackstone BNP Paribas REIM BlackRock Bouygues Immobilier Cale Street Partners CBRE Investment Management CDC Investissement Immobilier CNP Assurances Colony Investment Management Crédit Suisse Asset Management DigitalBridge DWS Farallon Capital Fortress Gecina Generali Real Estate GIC Goodman GLP Goldman Sachs HSBC REIM Ivanhoé Cambridge JD.com Kering Klépierre Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment Mubadala Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Oreima Partners Group Patrizia Praemia REIM Proudreed Richemont Luxury Group Schroders Swiss Life Asset Management Tikehau Investment Management The Valesco Group Westbrook

Work highlights

Advised AccorInvest on its asset swap agreement with Covivio Hotels, the total exchange value is nearly €800 million. The assets are located in France, Belgium and Germany.