Jan 25, 2012: Florian Schneider elected Managing Partner of Salans Moscow Office

Florian Schneider elected Managing Partner
of Salans Moscow office

Florian Schneider has been elected the Managing Partner of Salans’ Moscow office. He is also the head of Salans Global Retail Practice Group.

Florian specialises in real estate and corporate law, assisting clients in the retail, food, real estate development, construction and investment banking industries. His real estate background includes structuring acquisitions of rights to land plots and purchases of buildings, office premises and acquisitions of real estate portfolios, as well as drafting construction contracts and lease agreements and the establishment of real estate joint ventures. Florian has been working on construction and real estate matters in various Russian cities and regions, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Kaluga, Ryazan, Cheliabinsk, Nizhni Novgorod, Veliky Novgorod, Cherepovets, Tver and Volgograd.

Florian Schneider is ranked as a top corporate/ M&A lawyer by Chambers Global (Germany Focus) and European Legal Experts, and as a leading real estate expert by Legal 500, Commercial Real Estate (CRE – among top 7 real estate lawyers in Russia), and Best Lawyers.

Florian has also advised on general Russian corporate, tax, labour and IP law matters, as well as tax compliance and preparing tax filings for foreign entities operating in Russia.

Florian participates in German trade delegations and speaks frequently on Russian real estate law, Russian and German contract law and related matters. In addition to his responsibilities as Chairman of the Real Estate workgroup of the Russian-German Foreign Chamber of Commerce in the Russian Federation, Florian lectures regularly on behalf of the University of Magdeburg's MBA programme in Moscow.

Florian joined Salans in 2008. Prior to that, he was a partner and head of the Real Estate Practice at Beiten Burkhardt Moscow. He obtained his Master of Laws (Real Estate Law) from the University of Münster (LL.M. 2009-2011) and Law Degree from Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1999 and was admitted to the German Bar in 2002.  Florian is a native German speaker and is fluent in Russian, English and French.

Mathieu Fabre-Magnan was the Managing Partner of Salans' Moscow office from 2006 until 2011. Mathieu will lead the firm's strategic development in luxury sector as the co-head of Salans Global Luxury Practice Group and French companies sector as the head of Salans' French Desk in Russia.

Florian’s experience includes:

n     Advising Ruetgers Group on the creation of a joint venture with Russian steel producer Severstal

n     Advising UFG Real Estate in connection with the acquisition of a 5,078 sqm office center in Moscow located at 32-1 Bakhrushina Street, across the Garden Ring from the Paveletskij Railway Station

n     Advising a Russian division of a global Swiss agribusiness company in connection with the acquisition of land plots in Rostov and Krasnodar for construction of production facility

n     Advising Fuchs Oil in connection with the acquisition of land plot in Kaluga region for construction of production facility construction of the lubricants and accompanying materials’ production factory

n     Advising a leading German retail chain in connection with logistic premises leasing in Moscow region and several supermarkets in Moscow

n     Advising a Russian institutional investor in connection with acquisition of three office buildings in Moscow

n     Advising a German office service provider in connection with an office centre leasing in Moscow; drafting standard lease documentation

n     Advising a German wholesale hypermarket chain on the acquisition of a land plot for construction of hypermarkets in Kotelniki (Moscow region) and Ryazan

n     Advising a real estate company of a major international retailer on the construction of a warehouse in Noginsk (Moscow region) 

About Salans

n         Salans is an international commercial law firm built on a pioneering spirit, with over 750 fee earners and 1,500 staff operating from 22 offices. All are dedicated to delivering fast and effective legal services to the firm’s global client base. 

n         Salans regularly receives praise from clients and industry observers around the world. In 2010, The Lawyer magazine awarded Salans the coveted ‘European Law Firm of the Year’ award in its annual European Awards.

n         The firm prides itself on its independent and entrepreneurial spirit, combining extensive international capabilities with a focus on the provision of top-level domestic expertise and experience in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Clients get the best of both worlds. 

n         Salans has established offices in business and political centres in 17 countries across Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia/CIS, North America and Asia.

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