Herbert Smith Freehills have advised Credit Agricole Assurances, in partnership with Caisse régionale de Crédit Agricole Centre Est, in connection with the acquisition of Grand Hotel-Dieu de Lyon from Eiffage. At the same time, a management agreement was signed with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for the operation of the future five-star hotel: the InterContinental Lyon Hotel-Dieu.

The Grand Hotel Dieu represents a real estate project involving a surface area of approximately 51,500 sq.m, located on the banks of the River Rhone in Lyon’s city center, at the heart of the peninsula, on a site owned by Hospices Civils de Lyon, with which a 99-year construction lease has been signed.

The site will offer 17,100 sq.m of shops and restaurants, as well as a commercial hub of nearly 13,600 sq.m, a 143-room 5-star hotel, 1,000 sq.m of residential space, a conference center and an international gastronomy center.

This real estate project is the largest private operation to date to redevelop a listed historical monument in France.

    * Adrien Moretti
    * Alexandre Blestel
    * Anne Richier
    * Barbara Levy
    * Claire Poirson
    * Elise Bénéat
    * Eric Muller
    * Guillaume Rossignol
    * Marlène Benoist-Jaeger
    * Nicolas Bricaire