About

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With over 400 lawyers in 29 offices across Europe, Dentons’ Real Estate group is one of the largest dedicated practices among global law firms. We serve clients from Europe’s key financial hubs and gateway cities, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Ireland.

Our pan-European real estate team specializes in advising clients on real estate investment transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of single assets, portfolios, cross-border transactions, and joint ventures. We are equipped to handle deals of any size and complexity.

Clients benefit from our full-service, multi-jurisdictional real estate practice, which serves leading global institutional investors, private equity and pension funds, insurance companies, investment banks, financial institutions, and developers. We guide them through every aspect of their property ventures and projects.

We take pride in working collaboratively with clients, offering a comprehensive approach that fosters trust across a wide range of property sector projects, including logistics, data centers, living/residential, office spaces, retail malls, hotels, and mixed-use developments. We are more than just business partners - we anticipate trends, react with speed and certainty, and are dedicated to securing successful outcomes in every aspect of their deals.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Europe-wide

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Dentons is a well-reputed CEE player with market-leading outfits in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, and notable presence in Luxembourg, Italy and the Netherlands. It acts for major investors and real estate funds on buying and selling large-scale real estate assets across multiple European jurisdictions. The law firm is also active on real estate development projects and assists with real estate finance issues, handling mandates in the retail and residential sectors.

Notable practitioners

Global real estate co-chair Evan Lazar in Prague is a key point of contact.

Work Highlights

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  • Dentons advised Vonovia on the sale of a portfolio of apartments in Berlin and a 40-hectare potential site worth EUR700 million to HOWOGE and berlinovo.

Strengths

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Clients

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EQT Exeter

GIC

Harrison Street

P3 Logistic Parks

Round Hill Capital

Savills Investment Management

Starwood Capital Group

Tristan Capital Partners

UBS

Union Investment Real Estate

Industries

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Domestic and cross-border acquisitions and disposals (single asset / portfolio)

Real estate development

Real estate finance

Real estate leasing, asset and property management

Transaction structuring