Real Estate: Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Germany
Band 3
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DLA Piper offers a full-service practice that focuses on real estate transactions in the form of asset, share and financing deals. The team also advises on acquisitions, disposals and pan-European portfolio financing across several asset classes, including logistics, commercial and retail, with increasing strength in transactions involving data centres. The firm is also regularly mandated on hotel transactions, often acting for foreign investors, with further capabilities in project development and restructurings. Its finance practice represents lenders as well as borrowers, including investors, banks and fund managers. It is also frequently recommended for cross-border mandates thanks to its impressive international network.
Work Highlights
- DLA Piper advised AXA IM Alts on the lease of over 10,000 sq m of office space in Frankfurt's 'Taurus' building for the new German headquarters of Citigroup.
Strengths
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"The team is extremely reliable, they know our structure very well, and they are efficient as they understand the work and our business."
"DLA Piper keeps an eye on the economic impact at all times. They are very forward-looking."
"Their teams are very competent, customer-focused and solution-oriented."
"The team is extremely reliable, they know our structure very well, and they are efficient as they understand the work and our business."
"DLA Piper keeps an eye on the economic impact at all times. They are very forward-looking."
"Their teams are very competent, customer-focused and solution-oriented."
Notable Practitioners
Fabian Mühlen leads complex real estate mandates, including the sale and purchase of single assets, portfolios and project developments involving residential, office, logistics and mixed-use properties. Based in Frankfurt, he is co-leader of the German DLA Piper transactional real estate team.
Lars Reubekeul is based in Munich and advises on real estate acquisitions and sale and leaseback structures as well as asset management and development matters. He is co-head of the DLA Piper real estate team in Germany.
"Lars Reubekeul is a really good person to work with. I really like him as he is cooperative and looks for solutions."
Martin Haller handles a wide spectrum of transactional real estate matters from his base in DLA Piper's Munich office.
Michaela Sopp is an active and highly respected lawyer in the real estate finance space. She advises domestic and international investors on acquisition financing and refinancing, often with complex cross-border elements.
Florian Biesalski advises on a variety of cross-border and domestic deals concerning assets such as healthcare facilities, residential property and industrial sites. He also frequently assists with sale and leaseback transactions.
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