Étienne Chesneau is a partner in Gide's Real Estate team in Paris.

His practice covers all areas of real estate law, both advisory and litigation. He advises French and foreign institutional investors on their property transactions, both in asset deals and share deals. Etienne is involved in setting up partnerships between property investors, between property companies and operators, in outsourcing operations and in building construction and restructuring projects. He works alongside institutional landlords and major users in auditing and negotiating commercial leases on all types of assets.

His clients include J.P. Morgan Asset Management Real Estate, TPG Angelo Gordon, Arkea Real Estate Investment Management, OFI Invest Real Estate, Colliers Global Investors France, the American University of Paris and ICCF Group.

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2014, Étienne is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He teaches commercial leases law as part of the Master GESIIC (Management and Strategy of Real Estate Investment and Construction) at the University of Paris 1, and regularly writes articles on real estate issues in specialist journals (Lettre M², Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine, etc.). He graduated from ESSEC business school (Grande Ecole Programme - Real Estate and Sustainable Development Chair) and the Universities of Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris 2 - Panthéon-Assas.