Patrick Gerry is a Partner in the Real Estate department of Eversheds Sutherland in Paris.
As a lawyer to the Paris bar, Patrick has developed a significant experience at all stages of real estate operations, including: construction, promotion, audit, disposal, acquisition, structuring, creation of real estate portfolio, management and financing of real estate assets. He regularly assists in drafting and negotiating all type of agreements in connection with real estate transactions.
Patrick advises international investors, funds and real estate developers who invest in Europe, notably in logistics projects. He has thus specialized in setting up warehouses of all sizes, and is involved throughout the entire industrial process related to these projects.
Patrick has also developed specific skills in Islamic Finance and is familiar with Shari’a compliant investment tools (real estate and financial assets) for bankers, investors or rating agencies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Patrick is a former lecturer at the University of Paris Dauphine (Islamic finance legal course) and at the Paris bar school (commercial lease). Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, he has practiced in the largest international firms, including fifteen years as a partner.
Patrick's recent experience includes:
- advising one of the world largest real estate investment managers on numerous acquisitions and a major disposal of logistics assets at pan-European level
- advising a UK-based real estate fund on the disposal of a last mile real estate portfolio in France
- advising a long-term investor, manager and developer of European warehouse properties in Europe on their real estate transactions in France
- advising a French major retailer on a contemplated pan-European sale & lease back transaction
- assisting an independent investment advisory firm, specializing in Sharia’h compliant real estate investments, on their investment in Continental Europe
Patrick holds a Diplôme Supérieur du Notariat (Higher Notarial Diploma) from the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas. He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (LL.M. Wharton Certificate in Business & Public Policy) and holds a Master's degree in Islamic Finance from the University of Paris Dauphine.
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