Laurent Modave

Practice Areas

Laurent Modave is a partner in the "Tax Law" team in Paris. He specialises in French and international taxation.

He is mainly involved in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and the tax structuring of real estate investments, in particular real estate funds and private equity funds. He advises French real estate professionals on defining and implementing the tax regime for the new Organismes de Placement Collectif Immobilier (OPCI). Laurent is a frequent speaker at tax conferences and seminars.

He advised Solvay on the tax aspects of the €3.4 billion takeover bid for Rhodia. He also advised UFG Rem on the acquisition of a portfolio of hotels from the Accor group in the form of a sale and leaseback transaction, Groupe Casino on the outsourcing of real estate assets, the Natixis group on the spin-off of a real estate investment fund and the BNP Paribas group on the restructuring of two of its funds.

Laurent is a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux. He joined Gide in 2000. He holds a DJCE - DESS postgraduate diploma in business and tax law and a Master's degree in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999.

Career

Partner Gide Loyrette Nouel (2008)

Joined the Firm (2000)

Admitted to the Paris Bar (1999)

Associate with CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre from 1998 to 2000 (1998)

CAPA (1998)

Postgraduate degree (DJCE - DESS) in Business and Tax Law (1998)

Maîtrise in Business Law, Paris II University (1997)

Awarded the "Prix de la Cour administrative d'appel de Paris et de la DVNI" (1998)

Professional Memberships

He is a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils fiscaux.