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DIDIER LASAYGUES NOTARY OFFICE Index Presentation of Didier Lasaygues Notary Office 2 Our services 3 Origins of our legal vision 7 Contacts 8 For further information, please contact: Didier Lasaygues 142 boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris T+ 33 1 42 68 83 50 F+ 60 E [e-mail] Didier Lasaygues Notary Office - presentation Didier Lasaygues Notary Office is particularly reknowned in the field of complex real estate operations, such as acquisitions of portfolio assets, acquisitions of buildings, acquisitions of development and promotion companies, and acquisitions of property companies, in France and abroad, and financing of commercial real estate. Our team includes two Notaires - Didier Lasaygues, the founding partner, and Hubert de Vaulgrenant, as well as a consultant, Marie-Elisabeth Mathieu, along with about fifteen notary clerks. A high-ranked Having privileged experience with major international networks of lawyers and legal professionals, Didier Lasaygues notarial Notary Office offers its clients the assurance of a high-level notary service, regardless of the nature and scale of the service, envisaged projects, at both national and international level. A multi-In the framework of complex operations, our experience ensures a renewed approach to the notary profession thanks to the disciplinary expertise of a multidisciplinary team, capable of working on all legal ...

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DIDIER LASAYGUES NOTARY OFFICE

Index

Presentation of Didier Lasaygues Notary Office

2

Our services

3

Origins of our legal vision

7

Contacts

8

For further information, please contact:

Didier Lasaygues

142 boulevard Haussmann

75008 Paris

T+

33 1 42 68 83 50

F+

33 1 42 68 83 60

E

[e-mail]

Didier Lasaygues Notary Office - presentation

Didier Lasaygues Notary Office is particularly reknowned in the field of complex real estate operations, such as acquisitions

of portfolio assets, acquisitions of buildings, acquisitions of development and promotion companies, and acquisitions of

property companies, in France and abroad, and financing of commercial real estate.

Our team includes two

Notaires

-

Didier Lasaygues

, the founding partner, and

Hubert de Vaulgrenant

, as well as a

consultant, Marie-Elisabeth Mathieu, along with about fifteen notary clerks.

Having

privileged experience with major international networks of lawyers and legal professionals

, Didier Lasaygues

Notary Office offers its clients the assurance of a high-level notary service, regardless of the nature and scale of the

envisaged projects, at both national and international level.

In the framework of complex operations, our experience ensures a

renewed approach

to the notary profession thanks to the

expertise of a

multidisciplinary team

, capable of working on all legal aspects involved.

The expertise of Didier Lasaygues Notary Office includes numerous fields beyond real estate, such as public law,

environmental law, financing, tax law, acquisition operations and transfer of real estate or transfer of property companies.

The issues which may be raised in the framework of an operation are scrutinized and resolved by a team well versed in the

importance of each legal issue of the case.

In a context where real estate transactions are more and more transnational, where market players are often foreign investors

and where the market investment strategy is integrated into a financial and tax framework, our experience of partnerships

with law firms allows us to build fully integrated teams. We would like to underline the value of such inter-professional

partnership experiences in the framework of cross-border transactions, which is part of our regular practice.

A high-ranked

notarial

service,

A multi-

disciplinary

team,

Whatever the

size of your

project

Didier Lasaygues Notary Office

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Our services

A

CQUISITION

–

TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE ASSETS

Our team is actively engaged in all legal issues related to the sale and purchase of real estate assets. In addition to our

involvement in local transactions, such as investment in real estate and land development operations, Didier Lasaygues

Notary Office has unrivalled experience in acquisitions of portfolio assets and real estate arbitration. Our firm also masters

all the technical, legal and financial operations relating to sale and lease back and outsourcing of real estate assets.

The employees of our firm have solid expertise in carrying out legal audits of real estate and in drafting and negotiating

contractual documentation.

Real Estate Audit

In our role as counsel to the transferor, our teams assist the client in defining the best legal framework for valuation and

constitution of the client’s property portfolio, as well as in assessing the choice of the investor and supporting him with the

establishment of the documentation for the asset transfers. Our firm provides the transferor with an online "data room"

service which enables a true optimisation of tendering and transfer procedures.

As counsel to the purchaser, we mobilize a team tailored to the demands of our client to carry out legal real estate audits

which allows us, through accomplishment of a rigorous analysis of the legal situation of companies and/or assets, to identify

the key issues in order to provide appropriate advice in assessment of legal risks and examination of legal solutions tailored

to assets targeted for acquisition.

Drafting and Negotiating Contractual Documentation

We assist our clients in legal and tax structuring of their projects by drafting and negotiating legal documentation in

accordance with their needs.

A renowned

expertise

A renewed

approach

Didier Lasaygues Notary Office

3

Our services

A

CQUISITION

–

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY COMPANIES

Our team is actively involved in all legal issues related to the sale and acquisition of property companies.

We assist our clients in legal and tax structuring of their projects by drafting and negotiating legal documentation in

accordance with their needs. Within the framework of acquisitions and transfers of property companies, we undertake legal

audits of companies and the drafting and negotiation of various deeds (guarantees of assets and liabilities, preferential right

agreement, price clause, constitution of security interests, etc.).

Our mission could be extended to include the follow-up of a company's legal formalities.

R

EAL

E

STATE

F

INANCING

Our team is particularly involved in advising investors, banks (French and foreign), and any financial institution in the

implementation and monitoring of real estate financing operations. This can include the financing of acquisitions and the

financing of construction schemes with regards to real estate assets, public infrastructure or real estate portfolio projects.

Our expertise extends to providing counsel to all participants of the credit market, notably in the context of restructuring

operations of existing debt as well as of operations related to the assignment of real estate receivables.

Our firm is able to provide all standard services, accompanying its clients in all aspects of complex, domestic or, in

partnership with duly qualified law firms, pan-European financing: project financing, structured financing, restructuring and

renegotiation of receivables, and real estate leases.

Didier Lasaygues also offers its customers a unique experience in financing and investment in the French overseas territories

(DOM-TOM) and assimilated territories.

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Our services

A practical

and extended

experience in

real security

interests

An up-to-date

knowledge of

specific

sectors

Furthermore, within the framework of the reform of movable and real estate security interests (Order No. 2006-346 of 23

March 2006),

fiducie

(Law No 2007-211 of 19 February 2007 and Act No. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008) and the forthcoming

reform of the law of obligations, our expertise and our experience make us a privileged partner in the implementation of any

real estate financing operation, especially by offering our customers the analysis and development of a new security interest

scheme.

Finally, our status of public officer allows us to provide our clients with an enforceable title, whose efficiency is confirmed

by Act No. 2005-845 of 26 July 2005.

Moreover, given the trend affecting urban commercial planning (Act No. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008), our firm has adapted

and offers potential investors the schemes most adapted to their requirements.

I

SLAMIC FINANCING

Our office has experienced counseling both banks and investors in the framework of operations consistent with the

principles of Islamic law (Sharia).

We thus have a particular expertise in the field of structuring different Islamic financing operations: murabaha, mudharaba,

istina…

PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

On the basis of our experience in advising banks and investors in the framework of energy project financing, we have

developed close ties with developers in the framework of structuring their energy projects, in particular wind farms.

Our team has for some time responded to the needs of various developers specialized in renewable energy in France and

Europe, assisting them in the implementation of their projects. In particular, we assist our clients in all real estate aspects of

the transaction: from the analysis of necessary permits (building permits, operating permits, contracts to purchase electricity,

etc.) to drafting and negotiating the contractual documentation (construction contracts, operating agreements, etc.)

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Our services

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This competence extends to the audit and consultation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, including regular

monitoring of reforms in the concerned field, such as the reform of building permits and planning permission

(Order No. 2005-1527 of 8 December 2005) and the reform of commercial operation authorizations (Law No. 2008-776 of

4 August 2008, articles 100 and following).

In the framework of operational urban planning and land development transactions, we provide counsel to spatial planners,

developers

a

nd more generally to investors in choices of operational strategies and regarding negotiations, with public

partners, of documentation related to the planning and legal organization of complex real estate asset, with French and

foreign clients. Among our clients are real estate investment companies, promoters, banks and credit institutions, companies

specialized in development and construction or local public authorities.

In any real estate transaction, the negotiation, re-negotiation, or drafting of lease agreements for commercial buildings,

destined for mixed or professional use, are key stages for the investor. Didier Lasaygues Notary Office can competently

support you in this respect.

A dedicated team within our firm supports the full legal secretarial formalities of your companies: incorporation, preparation

of meetings and drafting of minutes, monitoring partners’ and management decisions, and assistance with various other

necessary formalities.

Didier Lasaygues Notary Office assists its Clients at all stages of land management by providing them with a legal team

tailored to their specific demands and to the particular transaction lawyers specialized in urban planning, construction law,

environmental law, public law and tax law.

U

RBAN

P

LANNING

,

D

ESIGN

,

D

EVELOPMENT AND

P

ROMOTION

CORPORATE LAW

LEASES

A wide range

of services

Origins of our legal vision

After having lead the Real Estate group within the Paris office of Freshfields for six years

as a lawyer, Didier Lasaygues

founded in 1997 the

SELARL

Didier Lasaygues Notaire Associé

.

Since its creation, Didier Lasaygues Notary Office has grown steadily, constantly improving the efficiency of the services it

provides to its clients, in all the activity areas described above.

Since the arrival of Hubert de Vaulgrenant in 2003, Didier Lasaygues Notary Office has been able to consolidate its position

and strengthen its activities, particularly in the fields of complex real estate transactions structuring, real estate financing,

Islamic financing, and in operations concerning renewable energy projects.

Naturally, Didier Lasaygues Notary Office is active in all areas of law for which its capacity as a public officer is required.

The vast majority of our clerks are notary graduates. Some of them are also lawyers, and have often received a double

qualification (ESCP, etc.) beyond their legal training.

All members of our staff are able to work indifferently in French and in English, and some are fluent in other languages,

such as German, Spanish or even Russian.

The partnership between our firm and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer lasted more than ten years (1997-2007). This decade

of direct collaboration with a law firm has given Didier Lasaygues Notary Office the benefit of a valuable experience in the

Parisian and French marketplace and makes our firm an essential partner in the implementation of multidisciplinary teams

with lawyers.

A constant

growth since

1997

A multi-

disciplinary

team for the

benefit of our

clients

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Contacts

D

IDIER

L

ASAYGUES

Email : [e-mail]

Didier Lasaygues, notary and former lawyer, is the founding partner of SELARL Didier Lasaygues Notaire Associé. He

worked for 10 years in different notary offices in Paris and Nouméa. In 1991 he joined the Freshfields law firm as a lawyer

and headed its real estate group for six years. In 1997 he decided to create his own notary office.

Didier Lasaygues’experience enables him to advise clients in real estate transactions not only in France, but also in pan-

European transactions such as acquisitions of assets portfolios. He also works in local real estate investment transactions,

and real estate development and promotion deals.

T : [phone]

T : [phone]

A native French speaker, Didier Lasaygues speaks English fluently.

H

UBERT DE

V

AULGRENANT

Email : [e-mail]

Hubert de Vaulgrenant joined the Notary Office Didier Lasaygues in 2003. He was appointed Notary in 2005.

Before joining the Notary Office Didier Lasaygues, Hubert worked for 12 years at the Notary Office of Maître Michel Martin, notary in

Paris, as a notary assistant and counsel for large institutional customers.

Hubert de Vaulgrenant is involved in real estate financing, including Islamic financing, and particularly in banking structuring and

implementation of various movable and immovable security interests.

His areas of expertise include construction law, real estate

development, and real estate transactions in general.

A native French speaker, Hubert de Vaulgrenant speaks English fluently.

Didier Lasaygues Notary Office

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Contacts

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François Gauthier obtained a Higher Notary Diploma in 2003. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Law and Taxation (University

Panthéon-Assas, 2000), a Graduate Diploma of Notarial Law (University Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1999) and a Master of Private Law

(University Panthéon-Assas, 1998). François Gauthier is also a graduate lawyer.

M

ARIE

-É

LISABETH

M

ATHIEU

Email : marie-elisabeth [e-mail]

Before joining Didier Lasaygues Notary Office, François Gauthier worked at Jeantet Associés, the Embassy of France in London,

Cheuvreux Notary Office for two years and at Thibierge et Associés Notary Office.

Lawyer, lecturer at the University of Evry Val d'Essonne and real estate law professor at the Center for Vocational Training of Notaries,

Marie-Elisabeth Mathieu joined the Notary Office Didier Lasaygues in 2006 as a consultant after having started her career with the law firm

Jeantet Associés.

She has a Ph.D in law from the University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas and is the author of numerous articles and a book,

Banking and

Financial Services Online

, which won the Institute of France award in 2006 and was published in March 2005 with the publishing house La

Revue Banque.

F

RANÇOIS

G

AUTHIER

Email : [e-mail]

François Gauthier joined Didier Lasaygues Notary Office in 2004. His areas of specialization include the acquisition, transfer and

financing of real estate assets.

In November 2007, she wrote a book,

New Funding Guarantees - Practical Aspects of Contractual Collateral Securities and Real Estate

,

published by EFE.

A native French speaker, François Gauthier speaks English fluently.

T : [phone]

T : [phone]