Pierre-Nicolas has been member of the Paris Bar since 1999, having previously worked as an in-house lawyer at Crédit Immobilier de France. After seven years spent working for a leading French law firm, he joined Herbert Smith in 2005 and became a partner in 2008.
Pierre-Nicolas specialises in real estate investment and construction matters, advising French and foreign companies (particularly German funds) on their acquisitions and disposals of real estate property or real estate companies, commercial leases and construction projects through contractors' agreements and development contracts.
He is of French mother tongue and speaks fluent English.
Credentials
Investment and divestment/asset deals
- Eiffage on the sale-and-lease back of 120 office and activities buildings of a global surface area of 190,000 m²
- Deka Immobilien on the sale of a 16,160 m² and 453 car space office building in Lyon, completed in 2005
Investment and divestment/share deals
- Union Investment Real Estate AG (UIRE) on the purchase of a SPV holding a 18,000 m² office building in Boulogne-Billancourt (France)
- Predica on the shares transfer of two companies holding Portuguese SPVs owning a shopping centre in Lisboa
- Icade on the acquisition of a real estate company holding 35 properties of a leading French DIY retailer
SPVs and partnerships
- Cenor Asset Management on shopping centre development projects in Russia and the setting-up of related JVs with local partners
Construction and development
- Carlyle Real Estate Advisors on the refurbishment of a 40,000 m² office building in Paris
- Sogelym Steiner on the construction and "off the plan" sale of "Tour Oxygène" in Lyon comprising the first "HQE" (high environmental quality) office tower (29,000 m²), a 14,000 m² shopping centre and a 420 space car park
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
- Prédica on a project for the renovation, construction, financing and maintenance of the French Constabulary Service Headquarters near Paris