Jones Day

Real Estate

Partner

Erwan Le Douce-Bercot has more than 25 years of experience in real estate law, with extensive knowledge in real estate and property company acquisitions and disposals as well as commercial leases and construction law. He oversees the Firm's Real Estate Practice in Paris and advises French and international groups on real estate share deals, property transactions, development, and asset management. He also litigates real estate-related cases, in particular with respect to real estate sales, liabilities guarantee, and lease-related disputes.

Erwan has recently managed major real estate transactions, including advising MARK/Crossbay on its aggregation strategy of logistics acquisitions and on the resale of its €1.585 billion portfolio to Prologis, Goldman Sachs on the acquisition and refurbishment of a mixed-use building in the center of Paris and on the purchase of a logistic platform in the North of France, and Casino Guichard Perrachon on the disposition of its property management company Sudeco to Credit Agricole Immobilier. On the litigation side, he is currently handling approximately 30 ongoing legal proceedings covering transactions, leasing, and construction law.

Erwan is a member of the Greater Paris Investment Agency (Paris-Île-de-France Capitale Economique). He is also a lecturer on real estate law at Sciences Po, a leading French research university.

English, French

University of Paris V-René Descartes (Postgraduate degree in Law of Civil and Commercial Obligations 1997); Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (Diploma in Economic and Financial Section 1995)