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Aline Divo
Partner

Aline Divo

Vice Chairman of the firm's Advisory Board

Languages
  • French
  • English
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Aline Divo is a partner in the Real Estate Legal Department. She works in real estate law and in particular in the following areas: commercial leases, hotel leases, off-plan leases, building leases, business leases, transfers of lease rights, sales of operating assets, property sales, property development contracts, delegated project management contracts. She provides advice, drafts legal documents and acts in disputes.

She has been advising both French and international clients for nearly 20 years. For 5 years, she has been a lecturer on the “Property Law” Master's degree course at the University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne and in the Paris Bar School, teaching commercial leases. She is part of the editorial team of Francis Lefebvre's Commercial Leases and Property Management Handbook. She was a member of the Hauts-de-Seine departmental Bar Council from 2013 to 2015.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Leading partner
    Legal 500 EMEA 2025 - Real Estate
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    "Aline Divo is an accomplished professional with an impressive knowledge of construction law. She is an excellent negotiator who defends her clients' interests with intelligence."
    Legal 500 EMEA 2025 - Real Estate
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    Aline Divo, the partner, and Arnaud Valverde, her senior associate, are distinguished by their high technicality and their human values […].
    Legal 500 EMEA Real Estate 2023
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    "Aline Divo’s technical expertise and situational intelligence make her an outstanding negotiator in commercial leases. It is a pleasure to work with her and her responsive and dynamic team."
    Legal 500 EMEA Real Estate 2021
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    Best Lawyer, Construction Law
    Best Lawyers 2024
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    "Aline Divo and her team are experts in real estate law and demonstrate speed, efficiency and availability."
    Legal 500 EMEA Real Estate 2022
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    Immobilier, Les grands avocats de demain Legal 500
    Legal 500 paris 2024

Relevant experience

  • Lecturer in commercial leases, Paris Bar School (EFB) (2010-2012)
  • Lecturer in commercial leases, University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (2005-2010)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the firm’s Advisory Board (2020-2024)
  • Member of Hauts-de-Seine Bar Council (2013-2015)
  • Member of ACE (French Association of Corporate Legal Advisors)

Education

  • Diploma in Property Law, RNCP National Registry of Professional Certifications (2002)
  • CAPA (post-graduate legal qualification required to practise as a solicitor or barrister in France) (1997)
  • Post-graduate degree (DJCE), University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (1996)
  • Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Corporate Law and Taxation, University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas – Leiden University (1996)