Gleiss Lutz, Real Estate | Chambers Germany Profile

About

Provided by Gleiss Lutz

Gleiss Lutz provides clients with top-quality advice on all commercial real estate issues – from real estate transactions to project developments and to property use. We offer a unique combination of transactional experience and real estate expertise. Our team features specialists from across the firm’s practice areas as well as experienced notaries who cater to clients’ specific needs.

Real estate transactions

With our wealth of real estate experience, clients can rely on us to provide comprehensive advice on purchasing and selling individual properties or entire portfolios – by way of asset or share deals – and to perform the requisite due diligence. We also advise on the establishment of real estate joint ventures.

Project developments

Gleiss Lutz advises extensively on project development plans. We handle all related development and implementation issues, from corporate and civil law-compliant structuring of projects to advising on public law permits through to drafting contracts for work and services with general planners, project managers, architects, and engineers, as well as contracts with construction companies (EPC and project management contracts).

Commercial use

When it comes to the commercial use of real estate, carefully drafted rental and leasing agreements and reliable facility management can be crucial. Drafting and implementing sale and rent-back/lease-back models also play a major role.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate: Finance - Germany

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Gleiss Lutz offers a strong practice that regularly handles all types of real estate transactions and also covers financing matters. The firm has considerable strength in real estate M&A, with expertise in asset deals, share deals and pan-European portfolio transactions. The team additionally advises on the acquisition and sale of project developments across Germany, benefiting from exceptional planning law capabilities. The team is also recommended for property financing and refinancing. Its client base includes numerous multinational investors and property developers.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist

Gleiss Lutz verfügt über eine starke Praxis, die regelmäßig alle Arten von Immobilientransaktionen betreut und auch Finanzierungsfragen abdeckt. Das Unternehmen verfügt über eine beträchtliche Stärke im Bereich Fusionen und Übernahmen im Immobilienbereich und verfügt über Expertise in Asset Deals, Share Deals und paneuropäischen Portfoliotransaktionen. Darüber hinaus berät das Team beim Erwerb und der Veräußerung von Projektentwicklungen in ganz Deutschland und profitiert dabei von außergewöhnlichen planungsrechtlichen Fähigkeiten. Auch bei der Immobilienfinanzierung und -refinanzierung empfiehlt sich das Team. Zu den Kunden gehören zahlreiche multinationale Investoren und Bauträger.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Gleiss Lutz

Gleiss Lutz advised RFR on its acquisition of a portfolio of seven department stores from the insolvent Signa Group.
Gleiss Lutz hat RFR beim Erwerb eines Portfolios von sieben Warenhäusern der insolventen Signa-Gruppe beraten.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Our lawyers at Gleiss Lutz are experienced and deal-oriented and they provide us with excellent work.