Bignon Lebray provides its legal and tax expertise — in both advisory and litigation — to developers, listed and non‑listed property companies, asset managers, contractors, investment banks, public bodies and local authorities, and to national and international investors.
AN INTEGRATED EXPERTISE TO SECURE, DEVELOP AND ENHANCE YOUR ASSETS
More than 20 specialists in real estate, urban planning, banking and tax work across all asset classes: offices, retail, logistics, industrial, residential, hotels, healthcare… Our cross‑disciplinary approach allows us to support clients through the full life cycle of an asset: acquisition, financing, lease management, restructuring and disposal.
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Banking & Capital Markets
- Secured financing for development projects
- Asset refinancing
- Securitisation
Real Estate Transactions
- Share deals, asset deals and joint ventures
- Legal and tax structuring of regulated or unregulated vehicles (REITs, property funds, professional funds)
- Cross‑border due diligence and data room management
Asset Management
- Negotiation, renegotiation, drafting and management of commercial, industrial and professional leases
- Lease and technical disputes
Construction
- Support for off‑plan sales (VEFA) and buildings for lease (BEFA)
- Construction expertise
- Litigation on mandatory warranty claims
Urban Planning & Development
- Project structuring (ZAC, ORT, PUP), permit audits, local zoning (PLU) analysis
- Administrative and criminal litigation
- Residential, office, industrial and retail projects
Real Estate Tax
- Structuring acquisitions and exit operations
- Real estate VAT, 3% tax, registration duties, local taxes
- Optimisation and legal certainty of structures and financing
We complement our capacities with those of our Property Law and Tax Law departments (e.g. negotiation of lease agreements and tax-optimised real estate development, respectively), to offer our clients comprehensive expertise in the planning and development of their projects.
A few references
- Advised Satys Coatings on all legal aspects of a sale & leaseback transaction.
- Advised FIFA on the lease of its new premises and negotiation of fit‑out works.
- Assisted Arcade Beauty in a sale & leaseback covering three industrial sites of 34 000 m².
