Martin, Jean-Louis

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Jean-Louis Martin practices in all aspects of real estate law and investments, with particular focus on acquisitions and sales of assets, portfolios, and property companies and the formation of real estate funds. He leads the Firm's real estate practice in Paris.

Jean-Louis has extensive experience with commercial and logistics real estate, including development projects for such assets. His clients include the real estate funds managed by AIG European Real Estate Partners, AIG French Property Fund, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, LaSalle, MSREF, Tishman Speyer Properties, and UBS Real Estate Europe; investors such as Bank of Ireland, Generali, and Irish Life; and a number of French investors and developers.

Jean-Louis also has a sports law practice. He has been involved in major international sports events and, as president of the Legal Committee of the French Professional Rugby League (Ligue Nationale de Rugby) since June 2000, advises the league on the sale of its national championship broadcasting and marketing rights.

Before joining Jones Day, Jean-Louis worked in the Paris office of Debevoise & Plimpton and in the real estate group at Clifford Chance.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds
• Real Estate Finance

Representative Cases

• Abercrombie & Fitch negotiates flagship lease on Champs Elysées in Paris
• Apollo Real Estate Advisors sets up two joint ventures
• Axa Reim sells Paris office building for EUR 90 million
• Bank of Ireland acquires Paris building complex for office, retail, and residential use
• Bank of Ireland Private Banking Ltd. acquires "Cité du Retiro," headquarters of Cartier International
• GE acquires Club Med buildings for €117 million
• Generali Immobilier Gestion acquires and receives financing for a French office building
• Hansteen acquires leased properties in St. Priest (Lyon suburb) for warehouse use
• LaSalle enters into joint venture to acquire, by forward purchase, an office building to be constructed in Gennevilliers , (2009)
• LaSalle forms LaSalle French Fund II
• LaSalle French Fund II purchases and receives financing for Meudon la Foret office building , (2009)
• LaSalle negotiates €270 million credit facility to finance acquisitions on the 'light industrial' market
• Marathon Real Estate Opportunity Fund sells multiple French buildings and companies , (2009)
• Mines de la Lucette acquires Paris suburb commercial building
• Morgan Stanley acquires 20% of a French REIT
• Morgan Stanley acquires two Paris office buildings
• Morgan Stanley Fund obtains financing for the acquisition of Pascal Defense
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate acquires Paris office building , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund sells 50% of the share capital of Akama SarL, a company holding a multi-let warehouse portfolio
• PAREF acquires and finances three buildings in the suburbs of Paris , (2009)
• PAREF acquires hotel portfolio located in Dax and Saint Paul Les Dax , (2009)
• PAREF acquires office/storage building in Aubergenville, France , (2009)
• PAREF acquires warehouse/light industrial and office building portfolio
• PAREF refinances Belambra VVF Group in the framework of a sale and leaseback transaction , (2009)
• PPI St Ouen l'Aumone leases and develops an office building in Paris suburb , (2009)
• Realia Business acquires Lafarge headquarters in Paris
• Realia Business purchases shares and corresponding office buildings
• SETE sells shares in Parholding, which owns two assets in Paris 8
• Siemens purchases three Paris office buildings
• UBS acquires an office building in Suresnes (Paris region)
• UBS acquires office building located at Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris) and executes redevelopment program with Sodearif
• UBS acquires two office building in Paris suburbs , (2010)
• UBS acquires two office buildings in Toulouse on plans from Icade
• UBS negotiates lease granted to Electricité de France involving the "Pablo-Picasso" office building , (2009)
• Westbrook Real Estate Funds forms joint venture for the sale-leaseback of a Nice office/lab property
• Westbrook Real Estate Partners II acquires 4-star Paris hotel , (2009)
• Westbrook Real Estate Partners II sells eight commercial buildings

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Paris, France

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• U de Dijon - France
• U of Montpellier I - France

Address

2, rue Saint- Florentin
75001 Paris, France

Phones

33.1.56.59.39.10 (Business Phone)

Faxes

33.1.56.59.39.38 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com