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Laurent Modave is a member of Gide's Tax practice group. He specialises in French and international tax law. His practice mainly concentrates on property-based transactions, mergers and acquisitions and group reorganisations.
He has developed significant expertise in asset management issues and investment funds, including structuring real estate and private equity funds. Since 2004, he has conducted the discussions with the French tax authorities on the design and the implementation of the OPCI, the newly-created French non-listed REIT. He is also very active on transactions involving listed REITs (SIIC).
Recently, Laurent Modave advised Solvay on the tax aspects of its proposed Euro 3.4 billion acquisition of Rhodia. He also advised UFG Rem on the purchase of a portfolio of hotels from the Accor group for a sale and leaseback transaction, Casino Group on an outsourcing of real estate assets, as well as Natixis on the split-up of a real estate investment fund and BNP Paribas bank on the restructuring of two of its funds.
Laurent Modave is a frequent speaker on tax law and investment fund issues.
He is a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils fiscaux. He regularly authors publications on tax issues.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘It is an efficiently organized team, which is reflected both in the quality of the service provided (very strong involvement of the partners) and in the ability to offer competitive fees (very good value/fee amount ratio).’
- ‘Magali Buchert is the preferred point of contact at Gide for tax matters. She is incredibly competent, efficient, available, proactive, and pragmatic.’
- ‘Highly qualified.’
- ‘In my experience, the Gide team delivers top-notch tax advice across the French tax spectrum. They are able to cover all areas, including real estate tax, general corporate tax, and management incentive packages.’
- ‘Laurent Modave is the go-to guy when it comes to real estate taxation in France, both technically and in terms of market trends.’
- ‘The team exhibits excellent technical quality, responsiveness, and proactivity on our subjects. They are clearly innovative in terms of proposed solutions and particularly adept at adapting to the market, new rules, and situations.’
- ‘Bertrand Jouanneau has been able to build a real relationship of trust, which is invaluable, thanks to his unfailing availability and the consistently impeccable quality of his deliverables.’
Key clients
- OFI Invest
- Antin Infrastructures Partners
- Atland
- Brookfield
- Eurazeo
- Kering
- Experimental Group
- L'Oréal
- Norges Bank
- Redevco
- Renault
- Saint-Gobain
- Société Générale
- Swiss Life
- Wendel
- Amundi Immobilier
- Blackrock France
- Groupe Bruxelles Lambert
- LVMH
- Air France