The last time he sold some of his properties - back in March 2023 to LVMH and Kering - the French tax authorities intervened in one of the two transactions, seized almost half the proceeds of the sale and sent him to police custody for 48 hours. Adrien Labi, a British developer of Libyan origin who has been negotiating since the summer to sell six buildings on Rue de la Trémoille and Rue Clément Marot (in Paris's 8th arrondissement) to fellow developer Ely-Michel Ruimy, in partnership with Qatari