PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global law firm Goodwin announced today the expansion of its
market-leading, international Real
Estate Industry Group into Paris
with partner Sarah
Fleury. Fleury joins from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where
she was a partner and the head of the French Real Estate Group.
Fleury advises French and international investors on a wide range of
real estate transactions, including asset and share deals, joint venture
and real estate mergers and acquisitions, hospitality investments,
office building acquisitions, commercial leases, and sale and lease-back
transactions. She has a track record in counseling foreign clients and
new players who enter the French real estate market, and broad
experience working on construction and real-estate-related litigation
cases.
“The firm’s expertise within the real estate sector across both Europe
and the U.S. is second to none, and I look forward to leveraging it for
the benefit of our clients as we build our offering in France,” said
Fleury.
Goodwin’s Paris office opened in 2016 with a leading team of private
equity and mergers and acquisitions lawyers. Today, the office includes
50 lawyers and is widely-regarded as a top private equity and mergers
and acquisitions advisor in France.
“Goodwin’s firmwide strategy is to be the go-to firm in our select
client industries, including private equity and real estate,” said Maxence
Bloch, Chair of Goodwin’s Paris office. “The expansion of our
international real estate platform into France is a key component of
this strategy, and Sarah is the right leader to help us take this
important next step in Paris. She brings solid industry expertise, an
entrepreneurial vision and a collaborative approach, and we are thrilled
to have her on board as we bring Goodwin’s real estate offering into
France.”
The firm’s nearly 200 Real Estate Industry Group lawyers around the
world help companies make the most of every investment decision – from
private fund formation and all types of real estate transactions to REIT
and real estate mergers and acquisitions. The group is consistently
ranked as a top advisor, including as the “Real Estate Law Firm of the
Year 2019” by Best Lawyers. Goodwin recently launched PropTech,
an innovative new platform that brings together the firm’s deep
expertise in real estate and technology.
“We are seeing strong market demand for Goodwin’s global real estate,
private equity and technology perspective and expertise in France,” said Minta
Kay, Chair of Goodwin’s Real Estate Industry Group. “Sarah’s
appointment enables us to meet our clients’ domestic and cross-border
transactional needs at the intersection of these practices. We are
excited to welcome Sarah to the Goodwin partnership.”
A member of the Paris Bar since 2002, Fleury holds post graduate and
M.A. degrees in business law from Université Paris XI, as well as a
diploma from the EDHEC Business School.
Fleury can be reached at [email protected]
or +33.185.657.160.
About Goodwin
At Goodwin, we partner with our clients to
practice law with integrity, ingenuity, agility and ambition. Our
1,000-plus lawyers across the United States, Europe and Asia excel at
complex transactions, high-stakes litigation and world-class advisory
services in the technology, life sciences, real estate, private equity,
and financial industries. Our unique combination of deep experience
serving both the innovators and investors in a rapidly-changing,
technology-driven economy sets us apart. To learn more, visit us at www.goodwinlaw.com
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Contacts
Somna Maraj
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