Addleshaw Goddard

Real Estate / construction

Before joining Addleshaw Goddard, Edouard has been a partner with K&L Gates (9 years), Simmons & Simmons (5 years) and an associate at Richards Butler (now Reed Smith) (4 years) where he headed their real estate group after spending 8 years with major French law firms

Edouard Vitry, a partner in the firm’s Paris office, has more than 30 years of experience in real estate. He advises on all commercial real estate matters, with a particular focus on investment, finance, construction, real estate development and commercial leases. He has experience in all types of real estate work including due diligence, sale and purchase process, securitisation, drafting and negotiating contracts and leases, property disputes and ADR

Edouard acts for international and French clients including real estate funds, asset managers, developers, banks, builders, real estate companies, landlords, occupiers and insurance companies

Addleshaw Goddard, Partner (2021-To present) K&L Gates, Partner (2011-2020) Simmons & Simmons, Partner (2008-2011) Simmons & Simmons, Senior Associate (2005-2008) Richards Butler, Senior Associate (2001-2005) Cabinet Chétivaux, Associate (1996-2001)

-French (native), English (fluent)

FRICS (Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) RICS Accredited mediator RICS France (Board member 2014-2019) Chairman of the dispute resolution professional group of RICS France Former-President of AJEDIM ASSAS (Association des Juristes et Etudiants en Droit Immobilier de Paris II Assas - Real Estate Lawyers Alumni Association) Le Club des Clubs Immobiliers (Alumni group of associations) - Vice-President ULI (Urban Land Institute) - Member AAMTI – (Association des Avocats Mandataires en Transactions Immobilières) – Founder & member

Post-Master degree  in real estate and construction law - University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (1991) Post-Master degree in private law - University of Paris XII (1992)

AWARDS/RANKINGS

Best Lawyers 2022, 2023, 2024 - Construction law & Project finance and development practice Chambers Europe - France - Real estate – 2020 - Ranked lawyers - Recognised Practitioner Legal 500 EMEA - France - Real estate 2020 – Band 4 Magazine Décideurs Real estate France – 2020 - - Band 3 (Real estate Investment, Real estate finance Leases and Construction disputes) - Band 4 (Real estate development and structuring - Construction (contracts, works and advice) Immoweek Les 300 (2020) – Ranked lawyer Expert Guides France Real estate – 2020 Who's Who Legal - France - Real estate – 2019 2018: Winner of the RICS 150 years Pride in the profession campaign for the British Normandy Memorial