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Sandra Aron

Avocate - Associée

Philippe Emiel

Avocat - Associé

Éric Hickel

Avocat - Associé

Loïc Le Claire

Avocat - Associé - Managing Partner

Lionel Lepetit

Associé du pôle Immobilier, Audit

Florian Louvet

Avocat - Directeur

Jitka Susankova

Avocate - Associée

Finance

"At this stage, Paris' real estate market is going through a difficult but not dramatic situation"

In the 2020 edition of their study Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe, PwC and Urban Land Institute named Paris the most attractive city (...)

Office

UK's Valesco pays € 1.2bn for Brussels Finance Tower in off-market transaction

London-based European real estate investment and asset manager The Valesco Group has acquired Finance Tower, a 185,754 sqm skyscraper located in Brussels’ CBD, for (...)

Office

Amundi, Crédit Agricole acquire 38-asset mixed portfolio on Lyon Presqu'île

Live from Simi (Paris) - Amundi Immobilier and Crédit Agricole Centre-Est have acquired a mixed portfolio of 38 real estate assets located on Lyon's Presqu'île for (...)

Hospitality

German Wealthcore says Vienna Hilton sold to Korean group for €370m

The final sale price of the Vienna Hilton Parkview hotel to a Korean consortium led by German investment manager Wealthcore came in at €370m, above that (...)

Hospitality

Invesco extends euro spending spree with €160m forward hotel buys in Italy

Global manager Invesco Real Estate, which at the end of June announced nearly €1bn in capital deployment in Europe, has signed two forward hotel (...)

Housing

US Greystar enters Spanish PRS, buying a building on Madrid's Grand Via

US residential specialist Greystar is expanding in Europe, entering Spanish PRS with the purchase of a building in Madrid, and analysing a pipeline of rented residential (...)

Finance

Reshuffling the investment pack in Europe’s Big Three

UK, on the ropes but not out yet The United Kingdom was on the ropes in 2018 but still managed to hold on to its title (...)

Housing

Nuveen, Value One in €600m European student housing JV

Nuveen Real Estate and developer Value One have agreed a €600m joint venture investing in pan-European student accommodation, seeding the vehicle with three assets. The (...)

Logistics

French Amundi, Panhard acquire four business parks in Paris region

French real estate investment managers Amundi and the Panhard Group are acquiring the Mosaic Parcs portfolio of four business parks in the Paris region (...)

Retail

Italy's Generali in €600m, 53-asset French retail purchase at year-end

Italy's Generali Real Estate, part of the Trieste-based insurance group, boosted its portfolio by €600m at year end, signing on a 53-asset retail portfolio in (...)

Office

Invesco sells La Défense Tour Prisma to AEW Ciloger

US-based manager Invesco Real Estate has sold the 23,000 sqm Tour Prisma in Paris La Défense to French manager AEW Ciloger. Specialists estimated the (...)

Housing

CBRE GIP, Madison invest €870m in 6.5k Spanish resi package

CBRE Global Investment Partners and Madison International Realty are jointly acquiring a 6,458-unit Spanish residential portfolio valued at €870m from Madrid's Azora group, which (...)

Office

GEG invests €275m to acquire 7th prime asset in Frankfurt

GEG German Estate Group, a joint venture between Germany's DIC and US-based M&A giant KKR, has invested €275m to acquire the Garden Tower in Frankfurt (...)

Office

Hines commits over €300m to European office in Berlin, Barcelona

Texas-based real estate giant Hines has committed over €300m to European real estate in the last week, acquiring the Zalando headquarters in Berlin for (...)

Office

Invesco, in largest European deal, pays Unibail €789m for Paris Capital 8

In its largest-ever European asset transaction, investment manager Invesco Real Estate is paying €789m for Capital 8, a 45,000 sqm office building in the (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - Europe 2018

Europe’s real estate industry remains “cautious but positive” as it comes to terms with today’s low-return market and the longer-term disruptive forces of technology (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2017

While there is a general post-Brexit slump in sentiment towards the UK, investors continue to see value in real estate across many parts of (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - Europe 2016

Capital flows and city rankings will always attract the headlines, but this year Emerging Trends Europe shines a spotlight on fundamental changes at the (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2016

Capital flows and city rankings will always attract the headlines, but this year Emerging Trends Europe shines a spotlight on fundamental changes at the business end (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - United States and Canada 2015

Another year, another look at the Emerging Trends expected to affect real estate in the coming year and beyond. It’s a healthy discipline for (...)

Green

Building Better Cities: Competitive, sustainable and livable metropolises in APEC (and how to become one)

Two hundred and ten million people. That’s the aggregate population of the 28 urban centers covered in our first-ever Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) city (...)

Territories

Into Africa : The continent’s Cities of Opportunity

As with our global Cities of Opportunity report, this one is specifically designed for three sets of readers. The entire purpose of this analysis, (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - Europe 2015

The confidence comes from the availability of capital. Real estate is awash with equity. Most of Emerging Trends Europe’s survey respondents and interviewees anticipate (...)

Territories

Cities of Opportunity 2014

The sixth of Cities of Opportunity continues an investigation that began in 2007 in an effort to help the world’s great cities understand what (...)

Investment

Real Estate 2020: building the future

It’s March 2020. Ahmed Naneesh, chief investment officer of a sovereign wealth fund and steward of one of the world’s largest real estate portfolios, (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - 2014

Europe’s real estate industry expects more and better in 2014. It is more confident about its prospects and its ability to improve profits. Headcounts, (...)

Juridicial

Luxembourg - Real Estate Going Global

Luxembourg has been a favoured place for real estate ownership structuring for nearly two decades. The main principles of Luxembourg tax law are an (...)

Juridicial

Malaysia - Real Estate Going Global

The coordination and regulation of the acquisitions of assets, including real property, by foreign interests, is undertaken by the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) in (...)

Juridicial

Sweden - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign corporate investor may invest in Swedish property directly or through a local company (i.e. aktiebolag, or AB), a non-resident company, or through (...)

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Switzerland - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign investor is allowed to invest into Swiss real estate property directly or through a local or a non-resident company if such property (...)

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Argentina - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign investor may invest in Argentine property directly or through a local corporation (sociedades anónimas), a local limited liability corporation (sociedad de responsabilidad (...)

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Australia - Real Estate Going Global

Non-residents may invest in Australian property by direct ownership of the property from offshore, or through interposed companies, partnerships or unit trusts (either resident (...)

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Austria - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign individual or corporate investor may invest in Austrian property directly or through a local company, such as an Aktiengesellschaft (AG) or Gesellschaft (...)

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Belgium - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign corporate investor can invest in Belgian property through a local or a non-resident company, or through a partnership. Foreign investors usually invest in (...)

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Brazil - Real Estate Going Global

Non-residents may invest in property through direct ownership from abroad, or through resident companies or partnerships. The acquisition of real property by foreign individuals or (...)

Juridicial

Bulgaria - Real Estate Going Global

There are no legal restrictions upon foreign companies and individuals acquiring ownership over buildings (or parts thereof) in Bulgaria; they are also allowed to (...)

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Canada - Real Estate Going Global

Foreign investors may invest in property in Canada by direct ownership of the property from offshore or via resident corporations, partnerships, or trusts. The purchase (...)

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Denmark - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign company can invest directly in real estate in Denmark, or through a public or private limited company, which is resident in Denmark. Foreign (...)

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Finland - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign investor may invest in Finnish real estate property through a local company (such as an Osakeyhtiö (Oy)), a local partnership (such as (...)

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Greece - Real Estate Going Global

Currently real estate property in Greece is subject to various taxes. In that respect, the possession, the use, the purchasing, the donation or inheritance (...)

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Hungary - Real Estate Going Global

Certain rights (including ownership) and physical data relating to real properties and specified by the law must be registered in the Land Register, which (...)

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India - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign investor is not permitted to invest directly in an immovable property in India. However, this restriction does not apply to non-resident Indian (...)

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Indonesia - Real Estate Going Global

Under the current land regulations the option for a foreign citizen and/or entity to own land (and buildings, as the case may be) in (...)

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Ireland - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign corporate investor may invest in Irish property directly, or through a local Irish subsidiary company. The selection of the appropriate structure for (...)

Juridicial

Italy - Real Estate Going Global

In the Italian tax system, real estate property is generally deemed to produce taxable income, even if not used by the owner or even (...)

Juridicial

Malta - Real Estate Going Global

Malta’s full imputation system of taxation, the refund mechanism and the participation exemption are among the main characteristics of Maltese tax legislation, which may (...)

Juridicial

Japan - Real Estate Going Global

In general, foreign corporate investors may invest in Japanese property directly or through a Japanese local corporation including special purpose entities (e.g., kabushiki kaisha (...)

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Mexico - Real Estate Going Global

Investment in real estate developments has increased in recent years. Regulations regarding accounting, tax and environmental matters should be considered for these investments. Real (...)

Juridicial

Kazakhstan - Real Estate Going Global

Rental income from land and property, less tax-deductible expenses, is subject to corporate income tax at the standard corporate tax rate of 20%. Permanent (...)

Juridicial

Korea - Real Estate Going Global

Foreign investment in real estate in Korea has significantly increased since limitations on foreign investors’ acquisition of land were removed under the revised Aliens (...)

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Netherlands - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign corporate investor may invest in Dutch property in various manners. The investor may invest directly, through a local company (such as a (...)

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New Zealand - Real Estate Going Global

Non-residents may invest in New Zealand property directly, or through a local company, non-resident company, trust or partnership. Investments in New Zealand real property by (...)

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Norway - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign corporate investor may invest in Norwegian property directly or through a Norwegian limited liability company or Norwegian partnership owning the property. From a (...)

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Philippines - Real Estate Going Global

Normally, foreign investors invest in Philippine real property through a corporation in a joint venture with Filipino individuals or Filipino-owned corporations. Rental income earned by (...)

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Poland - Real Estate Going Global

Net income received by corporate taxpayers is taxable in Poland at the general corporate income tax rate of 19%. Generally, all expenses incurred by (...)

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Portugal - Real Estate Going Global

Foreign corporate entities and real estate funds may invest in properties located in Portugal by setting up or acquiring local companies, such as joint (...)

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Romania - Real Estate Going Global

In the Romanian law is enshrined the principle of free transferability of assets, with only few restrictions on the acquisition of real estate or (...)

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Russia - Real Estate Going Global

In recent years, property investors and developers have become much more international in their outlook. Property has effectively become part of the global marketplace. (...)

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Singapore - Real Estate Going Global

Foreign investors may invest in the Singaporean commercial property market with little or no restriction. Residential property is divided into three main groups, as follows: (...)

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Slovakia - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign corporate or individual investor may acquire real estate in Slovakia directly (with a few exceptions, such as forest and agricultural land where (...)

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Spain - Real Estate Going Global

The net income of a Spanish entity is taxed at 30%. When investing through a real estate investment fund or company, a reduced rate (...)

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Taiwan - Real Estate Going Global

Foreign entities (including individual and company) are permitted to purchase real estate in Taiwan, subject to prior government approval. This approval is country-specific in (...)

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Thailand - Real Estate Going Global

Ownership of land is generally not open to non-Thai nationals. Foreign investors may directly invest in certain property in Thailand such as condominiums, or (...)

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Turkey - Real Estate Going Global

According to article 35 of Land Registry Law numbered 2644 (the “Law”), in principle, foreign individuals may acquire immovable assets. Before 18 May 2012, (...)

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Ukraine - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign investor may purchase Ukrainian property either directly or through a local company. However, there is a requirement for foreign individuals to rent (...)

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United States of America - Real Estate Going Global

A foreign investor may invest in US real property directly, or through a domestic or foreign partnership, limited liability company or corporation. If a foreign (...)

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Germany - Real Estate Going Global

German tax law distinguishes between resident and non-resident status. A German resident entity is, in principle, subject to tax on its worldwide income (so-called (...)

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Hong Kong - Real Estate Going Global

Foreign investors may invest in Hong Kong property through a non-resident entity or, more commonly, through a resident entity. Rental income derived from Hong Kong (...)

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United Kingdom - Real Estate Going Global

In recent years, property investors and developers have become much more international in their outlook. Property has effectively become part of the global marketplace. (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - 2013

Optimism has returned to Europe’s real estate industry. Sentiment among industry leaders about the prospects for their businesses is more positive than at any (...)

Hospitality

Thriving or surviving

The hotel industry faces a more competitive and challenging environment in 2013 with continuing economic headwinds likely to hold back growth. RevPAR growth is (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - Europe 2013

Optimism has returned to Europe’s real estate industry. Sentiment among industry leaders about the prospects for their businesses is more positive than at any (...)

Investment

La contribution fiscale des SIIC en France

Le régime des Sociétés d’Investissement Immobilier Cotées (SIIC) a été créé en 2003. Il constitue la principale réussite boursière de la place de Paris (...)

Investment

Cities of Opportunity

Cities of Opportunity 2012 analyzes the trajectory of 27 cities, all capitals of finance, commerce, and culture — and through their current performance seeks (...)

Investment

Le poids socio-économique des SIIC en France

66 300 emplois au total ont été générés par les SIIC en 2011, avec une progression annuelle moyenne de 24,4% / an depuis 2003. (...)

Investment

Emerging Trends in Real Estate - 2012

As Emerging Trends 2012 went to press, Europe’s economic outlook remained a grave concern: for its politicians, its financial markets, and not least of (...)