Dr. Alfred Fink

Alfred is the head of the Commercial Real Estate team in France. He’s highly regarded for his experience in advising on real estate and crossborder transactions.

Alfred can support you if you are acquiring, selling, outsourcing, leasing or financing property. His international expertise means he can also advise you on cross border M&A, restructuring and insolvency.

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Career

Since 2012	Partner and Head of Real Estate, Paris
2004 - 2012	Partner, Orrick Rambaud Martel
2001 - 2004	Partner, Haarmann Hemmelrath

1996 - 2001	Partner, Landwell & associés
1990 - 1996	International Tax Director, Coopers & Lybrand's, Brussels and London

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Education

2009	Admitted to the Bar, Paris
1990	Admitted to the Bar, Cologne
1990	PhD, Law, University of Bonn, Germany

Publications

“France” in Getting The Deal Through: Real Estate, Law Business Research, 2018, p31-41

“Application of French thincap rules on bank loans poses new challenges”, Guest Column in Property Investor Europe, March 2011, p89

“Grenzuberschreitende Verschmelzung zwischen deutschen und franzosischen Kapitalgesellschaften” in Contact: Zeitschrift fur den deutsch-franzdsischen Markt, novembre/décembre, 2010, p37-38

“French contract law reform: Real estate aspects”, International Real Estate News, IBA, Sept 2017, p29-30

With Audrey Arnaut-Lacombe, “Review of so-called ‘binary rent’ by the court in renewal situations?”, International Real Estate News, IBA, Sept 2017, p27-28

“France” in Getting The Deal Through, Real Estate, 2017, p37-47

2016: “Reform des französischen Schuldrechts ”, Contact, September/October 2016, p50-51

With Peter Schäfer, “(Neue) Informationspflicht bei der Restrukturierung von mittelständischen Unternehmen”, Contact, March/April 2015, p38

“French commercial lease agreements: Dealing with tenants in distress/insolvency”, Real Estate, May 2013, p16-18

PIE reportage, “French property debt challenges loom, but presidential to have little impact”, Property Investor Europe, December 2011, p52-53

“Shifts in French taxation law may influence domestic property disposals”, Property Investor Europe, October 2011, p35

Memberships & Associations

International Bar Association (IBA)
PwC Alumni-Club
German-French Lawyers Association

Additional languages

English

German

Expertise

Sectors Real estate Hotels, hospitality & leisure Living Real estate life sciences & healthcare Real estate for private client

Experience

Credit Suisse office acquisition	On the acquisition of a (3,500 m²) multitenant office located at Levallois-Perret (92300), 50 Quai Michelet/Rue Rivay from SCPI Rivoli Avenir Patrimoine managed by AMUNDI and on the (partial) financing of the purchase price granted by DZ Hyp AG (Hamburg/Germany).
Encavis	Advising on the acquisition of the blueberry portfolio, an open-space solar park which is located in Loire region of France