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Freshfields

Real Estate

Global Guide 2026 : Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

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Freshfields

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Provided by Freshfields

Please visit the Freshfields website for more details about our work in this category:

https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/capabilities/services/real-estate/

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Freshfields is an international law firm that has carved out a respected real estate offering, with strength coming from teams located in Europe, the UK and Vietnam. The law firm offers:

• Expertise working on high-end real estate development, investment work and large portfolio transactions concerning office, hotel and logistics properties.

• Experience working with large pension and sovereign wealth funds, REITs, private equity investors and property companies.

• Strength in new lending, restructuring, mezzanine loans and development finance, as well as debt investment.

Notable practitioners

London-based Alexander Watt and Hamburg-based Niko Schultz-Süchting are co-heads of the global real estate group and acts as key contacts.

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Strengths

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  • Freshfields balances expertise in subject matter with a commercial ability to decipher between key items while arriving at a successful conclusion. They're among the best.

    Real Estate respondentGlobal

  • The law firm has very strong transversal competencies thanks to its international network.

    Real Estate respondentGlobal

  • Freshfields is simply excellent. The lawyers are pleasant and provide us with top-quality work.

    Real Estate respondentGlobal

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