REAL ESTATE
We design pragmatic and innovative solutions to address your issues.
Our teams of lawyers have been involved in changes in the real estate sector for many years and innovate alongside various stakeholders: institutional investors (listed and unlisted real estate companies, OPCIs, insurance companies), investment funds, financial institutions, real estate developers and users (large-scale distribution, stores, service residences).
Our ability to anticipate all of your operations provides you with a comprehensive service at the forefront of current events.
We work in conjunction with other experts in the firm, in particular the financing, corporate and public law teams.
Our expertise
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
We assist you both in terms of consultancy and litigation on all legal aspects of your complex public or private real estate transactions, from design to construction, as well as marketing and management. Our team is also involved in the training of your legal and operational teams.
- Contractual structuring of real estate transactions (leases in future state of completion, sale in future state of completion, real estate development contract, etc.) ;
- Drafting and negotiation of commercial, professional and residential leases ;
- Development (and similar operations) and construction ;
- Buyer/seller audits for all types of real estate (commercial premises, offices, logistics buildings, residential buildings, etc.) ;
- Drafting of legal advice on real estate (re-invoicing of charges and works, indexation clauses, delivery obligation, urban and commercial pre-emption rights, etc.) ;
- Drafting of legal deeds (dismissal with renewal offer, request for triennial revision, etc.) ;
- Sales in future state of completion, leases in future state of completion ;
- Transfer of business and leasehold rights (creation and management of networks) ;
- Real estate investment (acquisition and sale of real estate assets of real estate companies and portfolios of real estate claims) ;
- Restructuring and development of real estate assets (outsourcing of premises, sale & leaseback, lease & leaseback, construction leases, etc.).
REAL ESTATE LITIGATION
When a dispute arises, we devise the best strategy in close collaboration with you, through the legal system or alternative dispute resolution, arbitration or mediation, to reach the most effective solution :
- Rental litigation relating to commercial, professional and residential leases ;
- Sale litigation ;
- Construction litigation ;
- Liability guarantees for portfolio transfer operations ;
- Incidents during construction or during the acceptance of works ;
- Litigation related to management of residential properties and serviced residences.
Construction Law
TRAINING
Our real estate department is also involved in the training of legal and operational teams.
It actively participates in academic activities (drafting of the Guide des Baux Commerciaux (Commercial Leases Guide), LexisNexis, etc.).
JEANTET ADVISED H2AIR IN THE CONCLUSION OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH iCON INFRASTRUCTURE LLP
Paris, 22 April 2025 – Jeantet advised H2air in the conclusion of a strategic partnership with funds advised by iCON Infrastructure LLP aimed at supporting H2air’s development and accelerating its growth. Founded in 2008, H2air is a leading independent developer of onshore wind and solar projects in France. Based in Amiens (Somme), the company currently […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | FINANCING | EMPLOYMENT | REAL ESTATE | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Jeantet advises La Française Real Estate Managers in connection with the acquisition of a commercial real estate complex in Montmarte
Paris, July 18, 2023 – Jeantet has assisted La Française Real Estate Managers (REM) in connection with the acquisition of a commercial real estate complex located at the foot of the Sacré Coeur in Paris. La Française Real Estate Managers has acquired “Le Pavillon”, an 863m2 commercial real estate complex built in the 1900s for […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Best Lawyers in France: 2024 Ranking
The firm is delighted with the ranking of 25 of its lawyers in the following categories: Jean-François Adelle Banking and Finance Law Bertrand Biette Insolvency and Reorganization Law Jacques-Henry de Bourmont Tax Law Thierry Brun Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Yvon Dréano Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Health Care Law Karl Hepp de […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW | TAX | REAL ESTATE | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (large & mid cap) | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW | TECH & DATA | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Real estate in the age of energy performance – Business Immo BIG, March 2023
Avec près de 980 millions de m² de bâtiments tertiaires, le secteur de l’immobilier tertiaire est responsable de 30 % des consommations d’énergie en France. Face à ce constat les acteurs se trouvent contraints d’investir dans la transition énergétique et écologique du parc immobilier existant.
Paris | PROJECT FINANCING / PUBLIC LAW / PPP | REAL ESTATE
Jeantet advises Omnes in connection with the fundraising of Redman
Paris, January 24, 2023 – Jeantet has advised Omnes, a leading private equity and facility specialist and ESG player, in the acquisition of a minority interest in the Redman Group, founded in 2007 by Matthias Navarro and Nicolas Ponson, in connection with the raising of more than €30 million in equity and debt. Through CEP2, […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | TAX | EMPLOYMENT | REAL ESTATE
Jeantet advises La Française Real Estate Managers in the acquisition of the co-living residence in Huningue
Paris, on January 6, 2023 – Jeantet has advised “La Française Real Estate Managers” (REM) in the acquisition, on behalf of an institutional investor, of “The 226”, a VEFA co-living residence in Haningue, a city bordering Basel (Switzerland). This acquisition was carried out with Constructa Les Editeurs Urbains, specialists in development and promotion, a subsidiary […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Jeantet continues its growth dynamic
Paris, Monday, November 24, 2022, Jeantet is recruiting a team recognized for its energy transition and sustainable development activities and strengthens its public law, banking and M&A departments with the hiring of three new partners and their teams: Hélène Gelas, Alexae Fournier-de Faÿ and Philippe Raybaud. These hirings reflect the firm’s constantly growing momentum and […]
Paris | ENVIRONMENT | URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LAW | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | RENEWABLE ENERGY – RE | FINANCING | FINANCIAL ENGINEERING | REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS | FINANCING | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (large & mid cap) | PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Commercial rent indexation: quicksand! – Business Immo, november 2022
Après une actualité jurisprudentielle fournie au cours des dernières années sur la validité des clauses d’échelle mobile limitant la variation indiciaire du loyer du bail commercial, c’est au tour du gouvernement et du législateur d’intervenir successivement pour contraindre l’indice des loyers commerciaux (ILC). Ainsi, par deux mesures à quelques mois d’intervalle, l’évolution indiciaire des loyers […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Best Lawyers in France : Rankings 2023
The firm is pleased to have 20 of its lawyers ranked, including 1 new entry in the following categories : Jean-François Adelle Banking and Finance Law Bertrand Biette Insolvency and Reorganization Law Jacques-Henry de Bourmont Tax Law Thierry Brun Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Yvon Dréano Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Karl Hepp […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW | TAX | REAL ESTATE | MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW | TECH & DATA | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Jeantet advises Pitch Immo on the acquisition of Groupe XF
Paris, August 2, 2022, Jeantet has advised Pitch Immo, a brand of the Altarea Group, on the acquisition of Groupe XF. Based in Toulouse, Groupe XF is a developer and planner specialising in new real estate in Occitania. As part of Pitch Immo’s growth plan in regional cities, this operation will enable it to offer […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | REAL ESTATE | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
Jeantet advises ØRSTED on the acquisition of german wind turbine developer and operator OSTWIND
Paris, July 25, 2022, Jeantet has advised the Danish group Ørsted on the acquisition of the French business and portfolio of the German group Ostwind, developer, owner and operator of wind and photovoltaic farms, for an enterprise value of €689 million. With the acquisition of Ostwind, Ørsted enters the German and French markets and expands […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY | REAL ESTATE | FINANCING | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
Commercial leases – June 30, 2022: a halt to covid rents? – Semaine Juridique Générale, 07/11/2022
Arnaud Colin, Counsel, looks back at the long-awaited judgments of the Court of Cassation of 30 June 2022 on Covid rents.
Paris | REAL ESTATE