Carol Khoury

Carol Khoury advises international investors as well as end-users in the framework of their French and international real estate transactions. She has extensive experience in acquisitions, disposals, and sale-and-leaseback of real estate assets.

Carol also has extensive experience in commercial leases for both investors and end-users.

She advises French and international clients, such as CBRE Global Investment Partners, Pictet Alternative Advisors, Henderson Park, IBM, Total, and Sanofi. The major transactions on which she worked recently include the disposition of OPCI Logizola's assets by CBRE Global Investment Partners European Co-Investment Fund and the purchase by Henderson Park Real Estate Fund I of Le Méridien Etoile Hotel, the largest hotel in Paris.

Carol works regularly with lawyers in the Firm's Tax, Private Equity, and Financial Markets practices.

Holder of a French notaire diploma, Carol served as a notaire with a French notaire firm from 1992 to 1999.

She is a member of the ULI (Urban Land Institute).

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Wabtec acquires Dellner CouplersJones Day is advising Wabtec Corporation in the $960 million acquisition of Dellner Couplers, a global leader in highly engineered safety-critical train connection systems and services for passenger rail rolling stock.

Société Générale sells Société Générale Equipment Finance's (SGEF) activitiesJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of the professional equipment financing businesses operated by Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to Groupe BPCE.

Calgon Carbon sells European diatomite and perlite business to ImerysJones Day advised Calgon Carbon Corporation in the sale of its European diatomite and perlite business to Imerys.

TotalEnergies acquires VSB Group for €1.57 billionJones Day is advising TotalEnergies in the €1.57 billion (equity value) acquisition of VSB Group, a Germany based renewable energy developer and operator of wind farms and photovoltaic power plants in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Finland, and Croatia, from Swiss asset manager Partners Group.

Sanofi to separate its consumer healthcare business, OpellaJones Day is acting as securities law counsel to Sanofi in the separation of Opella, its consumer healthcare business, and the announced sale of a 50% controlling stake.

Radial Equity acquires Moss Motors and Rimmer BrosJones Day advised Radial Equity Partners in the acquisition and financing of Moss Motors, a U.S.-headquartered aftermarket supplier of parts for British cars, and Rimmer Bros, a UK-based supplier of replacement parts for UK marque vehicles.

Silicon Mobility sold to IntelJones Day advised Silicon Mobility SAS in the acquisition of the company by Intel Corporation.

Henderson Park refinances Le Méridien Etoile in ParisJones Day advised Henderson Park in connection with the €210 million senior facility provided by Aareal Bank used to refinance Le Méridien Etoile in Paris, the largest hotel and conference center in France, and one of the largest in Europe.

Swile and Groupe BPCE to combine to create global leader in employee benefitsJones Day advised Swile, a worktech unicorn, in the acquisition of Bimpli, a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE and leader in employee services and benefits in France.

Sanofi announces carve-out creating EUROAPI and spin-off of approximately 58% of shares to its shareholdersJones Day advised Sanofi in the carve out creating EUROAPI (a leading European company dedicated to the development, production and marketing of active pharmaceutical ingredients) and the listing of this entity on Euronext Paris and the placement of 12% to the French State (through French Tech Souveraineté) for a price of up to €150 million.

Armor sells stake in ARMOR-IIMAK to AstorgJones Day advised EN5, controlling shareholders of the Armor group, on the management buyout of Armor Iimak group and the simultaneous 40% investment by Astorg Midcap in the Armor Iimak group.

TotalEnergies forms joint venture with Plastic EnergyJones Day advised TotalEnergies SE in the formation of a joint venture to build France’s first chemical recycling plant with Plastic Energy (TotalEnergies 60%, Plastic Energy 40%) with a capacity of 15,000 tonnes per year at the TotalEnergies Grandpuits zero-crude platform in France.

Framatome acquires Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control business in France and ChinaJones Day advised Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy recognized for its innovative solutions and value added technologies for the global nuclear fleet, in its acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control business in France and China.

Goldman Sachs purchases Paris office, retail building with Immobel SAJones Day acted as co-investor with Immobel SA in the $119 million purchase of a mixed-use property at 277 Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris.

Pictet Alternative Advisors forms joint venture with Immobel for redevelopment of office property in ParisJones Day advised Pictet Alternative Advisors SA in its joint venture with Immobel for the redevelopment of an approximately 4500 sqm office property in Paris.

Smith & Nephew acquires Extremity Orthopedics business of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation for $240 millionJones Day advised Smith & Nephew plc, the global medical technology company, in its acquisition of the Extremity Orthopedics business of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: IART) for $240 million on a cash and debt-free basis.

DataBank acquires zColo for $1.4 billionJones Day advised DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, in connection with the acquisition and financing of zColo, including certain U.S. and European data center assets, from Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. for $1.4 billion.

Sanofi sold "Biopark by Sanofi" to Evotec SEJones Day advised Sanofi in the sale of "Biopark by Sanofi" to Evotec SE.

ETS Global acquires PippletJones Day represented ETS Global in connection with its acquisition of Pipplet, a start-up company specializing in language assessment for companies.

Greystar forms joint venture to launch €1 billion Paris student housing ventureJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC in relation to a joint venture for the development of purpose-built student accommodation and young professional accommodation in the Greater Paris region, with an investment capacity of circa €1 billion.

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Additional Speaking Engagements

29 septembre 2016
Gestion environnementale et commerciale du patrimoine immobilier : Focus sur les apports des lois ALUR et PINEL
18 mars 2010
Comment sécuriser la cession d'anciens sites industriels, Intersol 2010
8 décembre 2009
Le cadre juridique général de la procédure de fermeture de sites industriels - La réindustrialisation et la revalorisation des sites industriels : aspects droit social, droit de l'environnement et droit immobilier, 2ème Matinée du Club RSE organisée par Jones Day Paris en partenariat avec AEDD.fr

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