Real Estate: Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Germany
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Greenberg Traurig Germany is one of the leading law firms focused on real estate in Germany. We offer market-oriented advice in all areas that are relevant for real estate transactions and real estate developments as well as real estate financing, fund formation and capital markets.
Over the years the team has worked with real estate investors, developers, portfolio holders, financiers, industrial companies, and public authorities. Our real estate attorneys combine transactional experience with multidisciplinary service in all asset classes and throughout the entire lifecycle of a property. The team has broad experience within the industry, including residential, office, and commercial properties; operator properties such as hotels, leisure properties, nursing homes, and hospitals; logistics, industrial, data centers and urban infrastructure; they are also experts in “digital real estate” and “energized real estate”.
Due to the broad range of our team’s advisory services, Greenberg Traurig Germany possesses a thorough understanding of the real estate industry which extends beyond knowledge about individual transactions.
Chambers Review
Greenberg Traurig is highly regarded for both real estate M&A and real estate finance matters, and is a strong choice for complex, cross-border property transactions on a pan-European and transatlantic scale, with experience in both asset and share deals. The team also possesses significant strength in project development matters. The real estate finance practice regularly advises on originations, mezzanine financing, portfolio financing, refinancing and debt restructuring. It is often active on the buyer side, but also represents banks and lenders. Its key clients include mortgage bond banks, private equity firms and asset managers.
Work Highlights
- Greenberg Traurig advised CBRE Investment Management on the acquisition of an approximately USD5 billion portfolio of large-scale logistic properties from the Hillwood group, focusing on 24 sites in Poland, Germany and the UK, by way of a combined share-asset deal.
Strengths
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"The quality of service is the best you can get. They are highly pragmatic and straightforward, and provide perfect execution."
"The sheer depth and breadth of their team make them a 'one-stop shop' to cover all of our legal needs."
"Greenberg Traurig not only supports clients through strong legal advice on complex matters but also through great commercial astuteness."
"I like their commitment to finding a solution to get the deal done with and for their clients."
"Greenberg Traurig embodies the very rare ability of commercial awareness and pragmatism."
"The quality of service is the best you can get. They are highly pragmatic and straightforward, and provide perfect execution."
"The sheer depth and breadth of their team make them a 'one-stop shop' to cover all of our legal needs."
"Greenberg Traurig not only supports clients through strong legal advice on complex matters but also through great commercial astuteness."
"I like their commitment to finding a solution to get the deal done with and for their clients."
"Greenberg Traurig embodies the very rare ability of commercial awareness and pragmatism."
Notable Practitioners
Christian Schede is one of the co-heads of the global real estate practice. He offers clients advice spanning the full range of transactional and regulatory real estate matters, as well as project development.
"Christian Schede is the ultimate big-picture strategist. It has been a pleasure working with him."
"He is a very business-minded, entrepreneurial and capable lawyer."
Claudia Hard is head of the German banking and finance group within Greenberg Traurig. She is a seasoned adviser to borrowers seeking to finance real estate acquisitions.
"The legal service provided by Claudia Hard is on a top level, the communication is very professional, and the cooperation is always pleasant."
"She is very hands-on and is able to handle complex work. An outstanding, proactive practitioner."
Peter Schorling often acts on deals relating to industrial properties. He frequently handles portfolio transactions, as well as advising real estate clients on portfolio management.
"He is sharp and a quick thinker, which enables him to adapt quickly in negotiations; I would take up any fight with him."
"Peter Schorling is a very strong negotiator."
Anika Mitzkait handles a wide range of real estate finance mandates, from portfolio refinancings to development and acquisition financings.
"I like to work with Anika a lot. She's very hands-on and collaborates well in the interests of the transaction."
"She is a super diligent worker with great analytical skills."
Florian Rösch has an active practice advising on portfolio and single-asset acquisitions, as well as offering leasing advice. He is chair of Greenberg Traurig's German real estate group.
"Florian Rösch is a seasoned real estate lawyer with a clear focus on the relevant legal details."
Daniel Benighaus advises domestic and international investors on a variety of real estate matters with distinct expertise in complex project developments. He works on deals across a number of asset classes and also leverages his skills as a notary to assist his clients.
"It was a very pleasant collaboration. He is very much submerged in the detail and exact in his approach."
"He is a highly skilled lawyer with a great ability to negotiate and identify solutions."
Henning Sieber handles real estate M&A as well as single-asset transactions, particularly advising real estate companies on big-ticket residential portfolio acquisitions.
"He is clear in his communication and this is helpful in deals and negotiations."
"Henning is a great lawyer and an effective negotiator."
Wencke Bäsler has built a strong reputation in the real estate space for advising national and international investors on real estate transactions.
"Wencke is very good to work with. She is professional, pragmatic and solution-oriented."
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