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Marc Bartholomy recognized as the most influential lawyer in the Russian real estate market for the second year running

In 2014, for the second year running, Marc Bartholomy has taken 1st place in the Legal Services section of the Top 100 Market Makers rating. The rating is issued by CRE magazine and covers real estate market leaders in development, investment, property management, leasing as well as legal and financial advisory.

Among the projects led by Marc in 2013-2014 were the acquisition of the Metropolis shopping centre in Moscow (the largest single commercial property transaction undertaken in the Russian corporate history, which recently also was recognized 'Deal of the Year – Purchase-Sale' at the CRE Awards 2014) by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund and the consecutive sale of a significant minority stake in that project to California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), as well as the sale of the Aura Shopping Centre in Novosibirsk (a 160,000 sq. m retail and leisure complex) by Renaissance Development and the international investment fund Amstar Global Property Fund (the largest deal on the regional real estate market). During this time he also advised O1 Properties on the acquisition of over 40,000 sq. m of office space in the Legenda Tsvetnogo multifunctional complex in central Moscow, which was the second-largest office investment transaction in 2013, as well as the acquisition of the White Square Office Centre, a Class A office complex ('Deal of the Year – Purchase-Sale' at the CRE Awards 2013).