Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that Cyrille Gogny-Goubert has joined the firm’s Paris office, establishing an on-the-ground real estate practice in France for the first time. Prior to joining WFW, Cyrille was a Partner and Head of Real Estate at boutique French firm Bersay, having previously worked at both Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and King & Spalding in Paris.

 

Cyrille advises French real estate investors and developers, international investment funds, hospitality sector operators and high net-worth individuals on the legal and financial structuring of real estate development and investment operations, the purchase and sale of real estate assets and companies, property litigation, asset management and town planning-related matters. He also has extensive experience advising on private equity transactions, in particular for the hotels sector. Cyrille is recognised as an expert in his field by top French legal directory Leaders League.

Cyrille added: “I’m very excited to have joined WFW Paris. The firm has a longstanding reputation for international excellence in the real estate sector generally and the hotels space in particular, making it an ideal fit for me. In addition, the strength of WFW’s energy practice means we will be ideally placed to be a leading adviser on the key development of energy transition in the real estate sector. I look forward to helping build up the firm’s new Paris real estate practice and working with my new colleagues across the WFW international network”.