Carole has developed specific expertise in cross border transactions. In particular, she has assisted French clients in Germany, the UK, Belgium, Austria, Italy and North Africa, and acts on European portfolio transactions governed by French, English or German law, with the assistance of the competent offices and partners.

Carole is part of the firm’s global environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice. She has a particular focus on the real estate aspects of ESG and regularly advises on sustainable real estate investment, sustainable finance, environmental considerations, energy-efficient development, and green leases.

She obtained a Master 2 “Real estate and construction law” from the Paris II Panthéon-Assas university. Carole was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010. After various positions in house from 2007, she started as an associate at Gide Loyrette Nouel in 2010, and then joined Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer in 2013. After an international position at Allen & Overy Morocco, she returned to Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer in 2017 where she was promoted Counsel and headed the real estate group. She has been a partner at Reed Smith since 2020.