CMS Francis Lefebvre advised SharkNinja on the negotiation of a commercial lease agreement for its new offices in Paris. SharkNinja, an international company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, specializes...

CMS Francis Lefebvre advised IDIA Capital Investissement and Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement on the acquisition of a minority stake in Dammann Frères. CMS Francis Lefebvre has advised IDIA Capital...

CMS Francis Lefebvre advised Arcade Holding on the sale of the Arcade group companies to the Kurita group CMS Francis Lefebvre has advised Arcade Holding on the sale of the Arcade group companies in France...

CMS Francis Lefebvre advised Zehnder Group, a listed company specializing in ventilation, cooling, heating and air purification, on the acquisition of a 75% majority stake in Caladair International, a...

AEW, on behalf of Distripole Dourges II, has signed a commercial lease agreement with Usleep France, for a warehouse of approximately 12,000 m² located in Dourges (in the south of Lille), as part of...

Recent work highlights Investment and disposal Advising Deka Immobilien on the acquisition of a newly refurbished building of 21,000m² by ways of a share deal in the Paris CBD from JP Morgan. Advised Amundi Immobilier for the acquisition from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) of a mixed-use real estate asset portfolio of retail, office and residential properties in Lyon called “Rue de la République - Grolée – Carnot” Managers and occupiers Advised Whirlpool on the negotiation with Gazeley, an investor and developer of logistics warehouses and distribution parks, of the new lease for a 40,482m² logistics warehouse located in Combsla-Ville. Advised Gaumont on the drafting and the negotiation of the commercial lease agreement of a building on the Champs Elysees in Paris to a very famous retailer so as to create an events flagship store around culture and cinema. Construction and development Advised Financière du Grand Palais and Alliance Terres Rares on the sale off plan to CIPAV of an office and retail building in Paris, place Saint Augustin. of a 2,500m² located Paris. Advised Opalia on the project management contract for the construction of a new stadium in Nîmes together with a 82.000m² mixed use development project. Advised Arlenxeo for the engineering and construction contracts for the extension of a plant. Planning and environmental Advised LBO FRANCE on the development project of 300,000m² (residential, commercial and public equipment program) in the suburbs of Paris, also involving the environmental and planning permission, financing of the public equipment and the amendment of the town planning documents. Advised Carlyle on the development project of a 24,000m² office building in Saint-Lazare railway station, including the acquisition of the property and planning and environmental application Structuring Advised Nexity SA, the leading real estate developer in France, and Harvestate AM on the exclusive partnership launch of the TERRAE OPTIMAE 1 land development fund. Advised Amundi Immobilier on the post-acquisition restructuring, including the liquidation of a regulated fund, of the “Mosaic Parcs” portfolio, consisting in 52 buildings of mixed use (of­fice/activ­ity) in the Paris region, further to its acquisition from AEW. Financing Advised UBS Real Estate, on the financing from ING together with the acquisition of a portfolio of luxury retail shops located in Paris. Advised Crédit Suisse Real Estate on the financing from La Banque Postale together with the acquisition of an office building located in the Grand Paris from Commerz Real. Advised MEAG on the financing from Berlin Hyp together with the acquisition of a prime real estate asset located in Lyon purchased as a sale and leaseback transaction from BNP Paribas Real Estate. 

1. Which documents can use an electronic signature and take legal effect? Generally, an electronic signature can be used for all commercial Real Estate documents (with a few exceptions). This includes:Sale...