The group at Simmons & Simmons handles real estate financing, sales and aquisitions. Practice co-head Elisa Bocianowski's expertise covers transactional real estate matters and has a particular focus on commercial lease mandates. Alongside her, Céline Larmet majors on real estate finance and has experience advising lenders and borrowers on local and cross-border lending transactions and debt restructurings. Chloë Nessim and Louis Delestrée are additional key contacts.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Responsiveness and professionalism.’

  • ‘Excellent in negotiation, very good support on business points. Always on time. Total transparency on invoicing, deadlines and potential conflicts.’

  • ‘Responsive, efficient and experienced team. Elisa Bocianowski is excellent technician, and is always very up-to-date and infallible on doctrine. Louis Delestrée is a deal facilitator with a large capacity for any urgent work.'

Key clients

  • BNP Paribas REIM
  • Groupama Immobilier
  • Valor Real Estate Partners
  • Colony Capital
  • Global Net Lease
  • Société de Développement Axe Nord
  • Allianz Real Estate
  • Champagne Hospitality
  • Savills Investment Management
  • Perial
  • DRC Capital
  • Ronan Group
  • MPUR/Stepling
  • Caisse d’Epargne Normandie
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Brookfield

Work highlights

  • Advised Groupama Immobilier on the sale of a historic office building located at 150 Avenue des Champs-Elysées to equity firm Cheval Paris.
  • Advised Brookfield on the acquisition and financing of a large portfolio of data centers in Europe.
  • Advised Goldman Sachs on the implementation of a real estate financing provided to Edyn for the acquisition and redevelopment of a boutique hotel in Paris.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Elisa Bocianowski, Céline Larmet

Other key lawyers

Chloë Nessim, Louis Delestrée