Lawyer Monthly Magazine -December 2019 Edition

89 DEC 2019 | WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM Transactions Reports This announcement appears as a matter of record only Ardian Real Estate’s Acquisition of n. 14 rue des Pyramides Tax adviser to Ardian Real Estate: Legal adviser to Ardian Real Estate: This announcement appears as a matter of record only Chef in Camicia’s Capital Increase Legal adviser to Chef in Camicia: Legal, Tax and Labour adviser to Mega Holding: Ardian Real Estate’s Acquisition of n. 14 rue des Pyramides Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, announces today the acquisition of an office complex located at 14 rue des Pyramides, in Paris’ first arrondissement. This transaction is in line with Ardian Real Estate's strategy to invest in commercial real estate assets with strong value creation potential. The 3,800 m² Haussmann-style building consists of two interconnected five- and six-storey buildings, organized around a central courtyard. Very well located in the central business district, near the Opera House, the Tuileries Gardens and at the foot of Pyramides station (metro lines 14 and 7), this asset will be refurbished in order optimize the office spaces to prime market standards and offer new services to its future users. Linklaters advised Ardian Real Estate as part of the operation, and Arsene advised Ardian Real Estate on all aspects of taxation with François Lugand, Pierre Lucas and Anthony Saubestre. Chef in Camicia’s Capital Increase Villa Roveda and Gop in the capital increase of Chef in Camicia Law firms Villa Roveda & associates and Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners respectively assisted the investment company Mega Holding and the shareholders of the company Chef in Camicia (a digital start- up established in 2015) in the capital increase of 1.2 million euro. The company is made up of three chefs that originally produced video recipes for millennials, but due to popularity, they expanded to a media company thanks to a capital increase and the consequent expansion of the offer to the public. Villa Roveda advised on matters relating to tax due diligence through managing partner Emiliano Villa and associate Vanessa Memelli, alongside founding partner Angela Roveda and associates Velia Gallo and Alessandra Bissi, as well as all the employment law team with associates Francesca Mengotti and Roberta Rosafio. Gop assisted themembers of Chef inCamicia in drafting and negotiating the investment agreement and the shareholders' agreement between the founders, Mega Holding and the new investors, and also assisted the company in drafting and negotiating with the managers of the regulation of the plan stock options 2019-2021.