Office

Paris
15 rue de Laborde
75008 Paris

Partner

Hugues Moreau

Partner

Hugues Moreau

Office

Paris
15 rue de Laborde
75008 Paris

Practices

Hugues Moreau is a partner specialising in corporate/M&A and real assets (real estate, hospitality, F&B, retail & infrastructure).

He assists domestic and international operators with all the legal issues involved in the value creation chain in these sectors: mergers & acquisitions, relocations, investments & arbitration, operations & asset management (leases, HMA, franchises, etc.). Our expertise also extends to the structuring of joint ventures and investment vehicles, both regulated and unregulated.

Since 2000, Hugues has been involved in a large number of projects involving the acquisition, disposal or enhancement of assets, private equity (venture capital and private equity) and international expansion (in particular on behalf of investors, developers or operators of real estate and infrastructure assets, players in the hotel, F&B and leisure sectors, as well as leaders in the luxury goods, fashion, hospitality, digital economy (data centres) and defence sectors).

Hugues is a member of the Paris Bar and holds an MST in Franco-English Business Law, a DESS in Business Law, a DJCE, a specialisation certificate in international trade law and a Master of Laws LLM) in international business law.

Awards

  • Chambers France 2026

    Real Estate

    Band 2

    Hugues Moreau was impressive. He is a real asset in transactional negotiations.

  • Legal 500 EMEA - France 2024

    Real Estate

    Leading individual

    Responsiveness in files, strategic vision of complex files and high quality of negotiation and monitoring.

  • Chambers Europe - France 2024

    Real Estate

    Band 2

    Hugues Moreau moves up the rankings on the back of increased market recognition. He is creative and rigorous in his work. He is one of the most talented lawyers of his generation

  • Chambers Europe - France 2023

    Real Estate

    Band 3

    Hugues provides a very strong level of client service, commercial awareness and capacity to handle complex work. He has an interdisciplinary vision of law. He really knows how to manage difficult cases. He is a very smart lawyer.