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Marceau Muselet

Senior Associate
About

Marceau Muselet is an associate in the Finance practice at DLA Piper in Paris.

He specialises in domestic and international real estate financing transactions in relation to all assets types.

He advises both institutional and alternative lenders and sponsors or borrowers (investments funds, developers, real estate holdings) on the structuring and implementation of investment financing (share deal and asset deal) as well as development financing of real estate assets and portfolios.

Professional QualificationsAvocat admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Blackstone, on the acquisition from Proudreed of a portfolio of nearly 500 logistics and industrial assets (c. 2 million sqm) valued at approximately EUR 2.3 billion.
  • Advising Tikehau Capital, on a EUR 238 million financing granted by Natixis, Société Générale and BRED Banque Populaire for the acquisition from CDC Habitat of a portfolio of 38 residential assets (1,264 units) located across France.
  • Advising Northwood Investors, Vitura and AXA IM Alts, on the refinancing of acquisition debt and the financing of the renovation of the Kennedy office building in Paris, including a facility available in the form of a first demand guarantee for construction contractors.
  • Advising Boreal IM, on a EUR 170 million financing and refinancing granted by Aareal Bank for a portfolio of logistics assets in France and Germany, as well as an additional EUR 77 million facility.
  • Advising Blackstone, on the refinancing of a prime retail asset in the Saint Honoré district in Paris through the issuance of private bonds of approximately EUR 100 million subscribed by insurance debt vehicles.
  • Advising Edyn Group, on the refinancing of an iconic hotel in Paris, as part of a multi jurisdictional and multi currency refinancing covering a pan European hotel portfolio across France, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
  • Advising Metric Capital Partners, as secured lender and co investor in a joint venture for the acquisition and development of a portfolio of self storage assets in France.
  • Advising Invesco, as lender (through its French debt fund), on a mortgage facility financing the acquisition and development of a portfolio of last mile logistics assets in France and Spain.
  • Advising The Carlyle Group, on the acquisition of a portfolio of 27 logistics distribution assets located in France and Germany.
Languages
  • French
  • English
Education
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master 2, Opérations et Fiscalité Internationales des Sociétés
  • Université Rennes 1, Magistère Juriste d’Affaires Franco-Britannique
  • University of Exeter, LL.M in International Commercial Law

Prior Experience

  • Prior to joining DLA Piper, Marceau worked for three years in the Banking and Finance department of a real estate top tier French law firm.