Catherine Saint Geniest is a partner in charge of the real estate practice and Co-Managing Partner of Jeantet since January 2019.
She has developed extensive experience in complex real estate transactions such as real estate development contracts, commercial leases. She is also involved in sales operations, both in transactions and in litigation.
Catherine is a former member of the Paris Bar Council (2010-2012), Chartered Surveyor – MRICS and Knight of the Legion of Honor.
She is a lecturer at the French Bar Association Training School.
Skills
Lawyer since : 1985
Bar. : Paris
Language(s) : French - English - Spanish
Training :
- Bar Training School (Ecole de Formation du Barreau), 1984
- Postgraduate degree in Law (Maîtrise en droit) – University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, 1983
- Bachelor of History (Licence d’histoire) – University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 1982
Member of :
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Le Cercle des Femmes de l’immobilier (CFI)
Publications
- [FLASH NEWS] Commercial leases: when is an exclusively upward indexation clause divisible?
- Transition énergétique – Vers un nouveau durcissement progressif de la réglementation encadrant la rénovation énergétique des bâtiments – Loyers et Copropriété, 01/12/2021
- Chronique Baux commerciaux – Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires ,11/11/2021
- Commercial Leases – The Notarial and Real Estate Legal Week, 05/07/2021
- Real Estate News – State of health emergency and rents: the judicial court rejects the lessor’s plea of non-performance, 05/03/2021
- Interview: Arbitration and commercial leases – Loyers et copropriété, décembre 2020
- State of emergency and commercial leases: dispute resolution in the service of emergency
- Guide des baux commerciaux 2019/2020
- La loi Pinel ne ressuscite pas la prescription biennale acquise – Option Finance, 24/07/2017
- Chronique baux commerciaux, dirigée par Joël Monéger, JCP-E 15/06/2017
- La refacturation des travaux de mise en conformité au locataire à bail commercial – in Liber Amicorum en l’honneur du Professeur Joël Moneger, Lexisnexis, 2017
- Commercial real estate – Global Legal insights, Chapter France, 2016
- Assistance to Caisse des Dépôts et des Consignations in connection with investments in several real estate projects.
- Advised La Française Real Estate Managers in connection with the acquisition of the Smart’Up building from Tishman Speyer.
- Assistance to a gym clubs company on all their real estate law issues.
- Assistance to Lidl in several outlet acquisition projects.
- Assistance to a French retailer in all of its real estate law issues.
- Assistance to real estate investment and asset management companies in their real estate law issues (acquisition, leasehold rights, rental disputes, construction defects, etc.).
The secrets of firm longevity – LJA Magazine, 02/04/2022
Catherine Saint-Geniest and Karl Hepp de Sevelinges were interviewed by Aurélia Granel for her article on the longevity of law firms published in the LJA Magazine. Extract: “Les cabinets cinquantenaires pourraient être définis comme des institutions reconnues sur le marché français et à l’international, composées de fortes personnalités individuelles qui s’unissent sous une marque, parce […]
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Jeantet advises La Française Real Estate Managers (REM) on the acquisition of two buildings a surface area of 16,900 sq.m
Paris, January 21, 2022– Jeantet advised La Française Real Estate Managers (REM) in connection with its acquisitions of two office buildings with a surface area of 16,900m², in the heart of the Gerland district, Lyon, from a joint development company. The transaction, which was carried out with 6e Sens Immobilier and Foncière Polygone, involves two […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE | REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
[FLASH NEWS] Commercial leases: when is an exclusively upward indexation clause divisible?
By a decision of January 12, 2022 n°21-11.169, the 3rd civil chamber of the Court of Cassation consolidates its jurisprudence on indexation clauses deemed not written. The Supreme Court thus considers that the mention of the determining and essential character of the indexation clause in the lessor’s consent is not sufficient to pronounce its indivisibility. […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Transition énergétique – Vers un nouveau durcissement progressif de la réglementation encadrant la rénovation énergétique des bâtiments – Loyers et Copropriété, 01/12/2021
Energy renovation of buildings is a national responsibility, and the government has been steadily developing a progressive but strict regulatory framework with an arsenal of measures that will eventually require all buildings to reduce their environmental impact and meet minimum performance standards. The “green value” in real estate is therefore emerging this time to ensure […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE | ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chronique Baux commerciaux – Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires ,11/11/2021
This column covers the period from 1 January 2021 to 1 September 2021.
Paris | REAL ESTATE
At La Défense, teleworking is shaking up business real estate – Business Immo, 03/09/2021
It’s back to school time at La Défense: workers in suits or tailors are returning to the glass towers, which are still partially empty due to the significant use of telecommuting, which could change the real estate trends in the business district in the long term. Due to the pandemic and the obligation to telecommute […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Commercial Leases – The Notarial and Real Estate Legal Week, 05/07/2021
This column essentially covers the period from 1 June to 31 December 2020. A few lines are devoted to the decision of the Constitutional Council of 5 March 2021 (S 4).
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Jeantet advised group.ONE in its acquisition of WP Media
Paris, 14 April 2021 – Jeantet advised group.ONE, an international multi-brand company offering a wide-range of online services and the parent company of web services brand one.com, in its acquisition of the French company WP Media, a global leader of WordPress performance optimisation, offering intuitive plug-in products: WP Rocket, Imagify, and RocketCDN.
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Jeantet advised Telecom Invest in the establishment of a management trust with Natixis
Paris, 12th April 2021 – Jeantet AARPI advised Telecom Invest in the establishment of a management trust with Natixis CIB, fiduciary.
Paris | FINANCING
Wait and see position: “Stakeholders need to know when the health crisis will end” – Jurishebdo Immo, 04/06/2021
What impact has the health crisis had on real estate contracts? Analysis by Catherine Saint Geniest, partner in the real estate department of Jeantet. Uncertainty about the end of the health crisis is contributing to a wait-and-see attitude.
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Real Estate News – State of health emergency and rents: the judicial court rejects the lessor’s plea of non-performance, 05/03/2021
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Jeantet advises Jumbodiset within the frame of exclusive discussions with TF1 Group in view of the acquisition of TF1 Games and Dujardin
Paris, 11 February 2021 – Jeantet advised the Dutch group JumboDiset, a privately held toy and games publisher, within the frame of exclusive discussions with the TF1 group with a view to acquiring TF1 Games and Dujardin, the leading toy and game publishers in France. TF1 Games and Dujardin are publishers of classic games such […]
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