BGI France

Sarah Lugan
Lawyer

Sarah Lugan assists groups and family groups in the management of their assets (companies, real estate portfolio and art collection). Sarah assists the client in the negotiation and drafting of all contracts. She works in both advisory and litigation. She has international experience in investments, real estate financing and refinancing, leaseback transactions, real estate outsourcing and commercial leases. Sarah also has expertise in urban development policy and various aspects of environmental law such as urban planning, construction and commercial leases. Sarah assists and advises clients on the full range of legal issues that arise concerning works of art, the art market and the art world. Sarah provides assistance in the areas of negotiation, litigation and counselling in the context of art-related operations. Sarah Lugan teaches financing law within the Master 2 Business real estate at University Pairs I Panthéon Sorbonne. Main practice Areas: Real estate law, financing law, art law. Languages: English and French

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Philippe Reigné
Lawyer

After seven years spent with Archibald law firm (member of Arthur Andersen network and then Ernst & Young network), concomitantly with his teaching and research activities, Philippe acts as consultant in complex cases of transfers and acquisitions of companies, capital markets transactions and corporate finance. He is also a specialist in dispute resolution and is part of the French Association of Arbitration and the French Commission on Arbitration. Member of the French National Commission of independent professions, Philippe facilitates the inter-professional approach of the firm with his in-depth knowledge of the related professions of public notory and accountant. Philippe Reigné oversees the internal doctrine, the legal monitoring and the knowledge management of the firm. Main practice Areas: Corporate, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance and Secured Financing, Dispute Resolution, Asset Management and Taxation Languages: English and French.

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Jean-Christophe Bouchard
Lawyer

Jean-Christophe Bouchard implements complex and transverse solutions, which put the law at the service of the strategy of the firm's clients, in the following areas: - Management and anticipation of competitive constraints in development and investment plans - Real estate (land structuring, fundraising, regulatory constraints) - Sensitive cases and crisis management His advice is based on the expertise of the firm's teams in corporate law, competition law, taxation, real estate law, as well as financing law. These teams are made up of very experienced lawyers, also with business experience, with the support of University Professors, who provide tailor-made solutions, concerned both with creativity and risk anticipation. The clientele is made up of groups of companies as well as HNWI. After being a financial auditor (KPMG Audit), Jean-Christophe Bouchard was a lawyer with Gide Loyrette Nouel and Arthur Andersen (partner in 2001). Member of RICS, EACC, IBA, and member of the Board of Less Saves the Planet, Jean-Christophe Bouchard is a certified public accountant, and graduated from Neoma, and from the Universities Paris IX Dauphine and Paris II Assas. Jean-Christophe Bouchard is also a lecturer at Paris I La Sorbonne University. Main practice Areas: Investment and anti-trust and competition law Real estate Sentitive cases and strategic issues Tax Languages : English and French

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