Linklaters advised Ardian in connection with its first investment in self-storage through the acquisition of the company Costockage, a marketplace allowing professionals and individuals to rent storage units from established operators and/or unused storage space from private individuals.
The company currently operates 10 centers in France and intends to expand its presence in the coming years. Ardian’s Real Estate team will support Kostok, the storage center operating branch with an innovative digital approach developed by Costockage, to extend its influence through building acquisitions, property conversions, and acquisitions of self-storage businesses.
The Linklaters team was led by Françoise Maigrot, Real Estate partner, and Mehdi Boumedine, Corporate/M&A partner, and composed of Virgile Morel and Estel Robert, associates in Corporate/M&A, Saadoun Alioua, Camille Lapeyre Sabatie de Chavardes, Marine Hennequin, and Milan Prée, associates in Real Estate Law, Alice Klein and Cécile Boulé, associates in Employment, Faustine Piechaud and Thomas Feigean, associates in Intellectual Property and Technologies and Data Protection, Edouard Chapellier, partner and Philippe Ludwig, associate, on Funds aspects, Jean-François Merdrignac, counsel in Intellectual Property.