Maxime Simonnet
Dentons‘Responsiveness, skill and tenacity’ are the calling cards of the team at Dentons, who are active on a range of real estate investment transactions including acquisitions, disposals, sales and leasebacks. Development work, property management and litigation are additional core skills. Property investment specialist Pascal Schmitz heads up the group, which is also home to key figures Véronique Lagarde and Maxime Simonnet. Audrey Arnaut-Lacombe and Charlotte Rossi support the partners across the gamut of matters and also garner client praise.
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Testimonials
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‘I had a very good experience with Dentons working with Véronique Lagarde and her team. I appreciate Véronique's responsiveness and her support on my often complex files.'
‘Team members able to multitask and be innovative when challenges are presented.’
‘Can’t say enough positive things about Veronique Lagarde. She is excellent as a team leader and very responsive. Capable of being a puzzle solver along with having great legal abilities.’
‘Responsiveness, skill, tenacity.’
‘Maxime Simonnet, Audrey Arnaut-Lacombe and Charlotte Rossi - excellent knowledge of their subjects, fine negotiators and integrating the particularities of their clients in the handling of files.'
Key clients
- Business & Management
- Paref Gestion
- The Row
- Star Hotels
- Trammell Crow
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Sedco
- BASF France
- Gecina
- Phoenix Tower International
- BIC
- Groupama Gan REIM
- Indigo
- Marathon Asset Management (MAM)
- MG Real Estate
- Oreima
- P3 Logistic Parks
- Redevco France
- Scannell
- Grand Case Beach Club SAS
- Vectura Immobilier
Work highlights
- Advised Phoenix Tower International on the acquisition of a portfolio of 50 assets in the French West Indies in a build-to-suit program and on a major pan-European project of land acquisition in France, Ireland, Italy and Cyprus.
- Advised Business & Management on the acquisition of Exelmans hotel in Paris by a JV formed by three investors: Banque Populaire, Business & Management and Groupe Arcange. The transaction was done via the acquisition of shares of the owner company.
- Advised Scannell Properties on the development of an urban logistics center near Paris (Conflans Ste Honorine).
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Practice head
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Pascal Schmitz