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Sarah Fleury

Partner
Paris
About

Sarah Fleury is a partner in DLA Piper's Real Estate practice in Paris.

Sarah Fleury advises French and international investors and developers on all their real estate transactions, including acquisitions/disposals of assets and companies holding real estate assets, real estate joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions, hotel investments, acquisitions of office, logistics, residential, serviced residences, life science and data center properties. She also advises clients on the negotiation and conclusion of commercial leases and construction contracts (VEFA, BEFA, property development contracts, delegated project owner, assistant project owner, project manager).

She assists foreign clients and new entrants to the French real estate market, and is also involved in construction matters and real estate litigation/property company disputes. 

She is a Global Gouverning Trustee of ULI Europe (Urban Land Institute) and a member of France Biotech's Propscience working group, set up at the request of the French government.

Areas of FocusReal EstateConstruction and EngineeringReal Estate Investment Sales and Joint VenturesHospitality and Leisure
Professional QualificationsAvocat à la Cour admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Brookfield on the acquisition of a paneuropean Hostels portfolio.
  • Advising Axens in relation to the acquisition and development of a huge production plant for electric vehicle batteries in Valenciennes.
  • Advising Emeis on the structuring of a partnership to hold approximately 90 assets operated in France, Spain and Germany, ahead of their sale to one or more international investors.
Languages
  • French
  • English

Awards and RECOGNITIONS

  • Sarah Fleury is regularly recognized for her expertise by leading trade publications such as Legal 500.
Education
  • Université Paris XI
  • Université Lille II
  • EDHEC Business School

Publications

  • Le métavers, nouveau terrain de construction, L’Agefi, June 2022.
  • Property Sciences, un marché en devenir, Business Immo, February 2022 (co-authored with Anne-Charlotte Rivière).
  • L'atout local du secteur des sciences de la vie, Agefi Actifs, April 2021.
  • La Propscience, classe d’actifs à l’aube se son expansion en Europe, Business Immo, March 2021.
  • Coliving : comment investir dans ce nouveau produit d’immobilier résidentiel ? CFNews, October 2019 (co-écrit avec Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint-Cyr et Agnès Druot).
  • Coliving : Quel modèle réglementaire adopter pour une meilleure flexibilité ? La Tribune, September 2019, (co-écrit avec Agnès Druot).
  • Les baux commerciaux à l’épreuve de l’évolution du secteur hôtelier, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine, March-April 2019-2021.

SEMINARS

  • Moderated a round table “Immobilier et Climat, choisir entre frugalité ou innovation technologique”, hosted by ULI France at their annual conference, November 2022.
  • Moderated a webinar “PropTech – A solution for the real estate market?” hosted by ULI France, September 2020.
  • Moderated a webinar “COVID-19, an accelerating factor of innovation in real estate” hosted by ULI France, April 2020.

Prior experience

  • Previously, Sarah was a partner in leading international law firms.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Sarah Fleury is a member of the steering committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) France and co-chair of the Product Council Innovation with ULI.
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Phone

+33 (0) 1 40 15 24 75
(Work, Paris)
+33 (0)1 40 15 24 01
(Fax, Paris)