Grégoire Baudry
Biography
Overview
Grégoire Baudry is an associate in the Real Estate team of our Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice at White & Case.
He specializes in mergers and acquisitions and real estate law (both private and public), as well as in construction, urban planning and environmental law.
Grégoire's practice focuses on the acquisition, disposal, and development of various types of real assets (notably shopping centers, offices, data centers, hotels, housing, logistics, and wind and solar farms). His practice also covers real estate asset management, and he supports clients throughout the development, marketing and management of their assets.
Before joining the Firm in July 2021, he was an intern in several high-profile law firms and listed companies in Paris.
Experience
His recent experience includes:
Cardif Assurance Vie (2025)
Representation of Cardif, a leading life insurer, on several lease negotiations representing a surface area in excess of 15,000 sq. m. over Q1, and relating to prime assets; such operations notably including the partnership with Louis Vuitton Malletier for the provision of the Etoile du Nord building for its Women’s Fall-Winter 2025 fashion show.
Caisse des Dépôts (2025)
Representation of Caisse des Dépôts, a leading French long-term institutional investor, on its acquisition of a 15% stake in the Westfield Forum des Halles shopping centre, a 77,600 m² flagship shopping centre in the heart of Paris.
Achernar Assets (2025)
Representation of Achernar Assets AG, a Swiss-based investment holding company, in its acquisition of the Riviera Marriott Hotel La Porte de Monaco.
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (2025)
Representation of Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, on the French aspects of its take private of Innergex Renewable Energy.
Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesselschaft (2025)
Representation of Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesselschaft, a leading global liner shipping company, on its acquisition of the French group CNMP, which provides logistics services, including terminal operations, cargo storage, and transportation services in the port of Le Havre, France.
Cary Group (2025)
Representation of Cary Group, owned by Nordic Capital and CVC, on the acquisition of the French group 123 Pare-Brise, a leading independent vehicle glass repair and replacement specialist in France.
Checkmyguest (2024)
Representation of the founders of Checkmyguest, a French technology company that manages short and medium-term rental properties, on its merger with Oyo, the world's tenth largest hotel group.
Klépierre (2024)
Representation of Klépierre, a real estate investment trust focused on shopping centers, in connection with the acquisition of one of the largest French shopping centres in the Paris region, in partnership with funds managed by Sofidy, a real estate firm and subsidiary of Tikehau Capital.
ABB (2024)
Representation of ABB on the acquisition of Solutions Industry & Building (SIB), a leading manufacturer of construction industry building products and premium cable glands used to protect critical electrical equipment in industrial, railway and hazardous environment applications.
Mercedes-Benz (2023)
Representation of Mercedes-Benz on the cooperation agreement for its strategic partnership with energy company E.ON for the establishment and operation of the new Europe-wide Mercedes-Benz charging network, which enables fast, safe and environmentally friendly charging of electric vehicles.
Verlinvest (2023)
Representation of Verlinvest, an international family-backed evergreen investment company, on its acquisition of K1, a US-based group operating in indoor kart racing.
Catella (2023)
Representation of Catella on the acquisition of 60 percent of the shares in Aquila Asset Management.
TIP Group (2022)
Representation of TIP Group, leading European provider of B-to-B truck and trailer transportation services, in its strategic acquisition of French group SOFRAL.
Macquarie Asset Management (2022)
Representation of Macquarie Asset Management, in a consortium with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and MEAG Munich Ergo Asset Management GmbH (MEAG) in the acquisition of Reden Solar from InfraVia Capital Partners and Eurazeo for a valuation of 2.5 billion euros).
Casino (2022)
Representation of the Casino group in the signature, alongside Tikehau Capital and Bpifrance, of a unilateral promise to purchase with Ardian, via its Infrastructure activity, in view of the sale of a majority stake in GreenYellow, the energy subsidiary of the Casino group, for an enterprise value of 1.4 billion euros and an equity value of 1.1 billion euros.
Bain Capital Credit (2022)
Representation of Bain Capital Credit, L.P., on the sale process undertaken in the context of the reorganization procedure initiated against Capena Hotel, Capena Office and Capena Parking for the acquisition and redevelopment of the Mercuriales towers, located in Bagnolet.
Altitude (2022)
Representation of Altitude in the sale of 90% of the capital of the promoter Cap Horn Promotion to the Demathieu Bard group and the reinvestment of the management. Cap Horn Promotion has a total activity of 30 to 40 million euros and a backlog of 160 million euros.
Société Générale Assurances and BNP Paribas Cardif (2022)
Representation of Société Générale Assurances and BNP Paribas Cardif in the acquisition from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield of a 45% stake in Westfield Carré Sénart for an appraised value of approximately 1 billion euros.
Iberdrola Renouvelables (2022)
Representation to Iberdrola Renouvelables France in the acquisition, subject to conditions precedent, from the Solvay group of a 170-hectare site to be rehabilitated, which should allow the development of a photovoltaic power plant with approximately 100,000 modules and an installed capacity of nearly 75 GWh per year, making it one of the largest installations of this type in Europe.
