LAWYER PROFILE

Claudia Hard

Germany 2026

Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Real Estate: Finance

Germany

17 years ranked

About

Provided by Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP

Practice Areas

Finance, Real Estate, Banking & Financial Services, Restructuring & Bankruptcy, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Funds, Real Estate Finance

Career

Claudia Hard is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's global Finance Group and heads the Finance & Banking Group in Germany. She focuses her practice on real estate, project and corporate finance.

Claudia has many years of experience in the field of acquisition and refinancing as well as restructuring in the real estate sector. In addition, she has deep experience in the area of Pfandbrief financing, both in Germany and in cross-border financing within Europe and the USA. Her clients include leading domestic and foreign banks, debt funds, loan servicers, private equity funds, institutional investors and public housing companies.

Claudia is recommended by leading lawyer directories as "smart and experienced" and "impressively good." Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she was a partner at Olswang Germany and previously worked in the real estate and the finance group at Freshfields and Clifford Chance in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and London.

Personal

Education:

-LL.M., The University of Texas at Austin, 2001.

-Second Legal State Exam, 2000.

-First Legal State Exam, Universität Potsdam /Germany, 1998.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Germany

Real Estate: Finance - Germany

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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 or retail and commercial assets. She has further experience with development loans and bridge financing in the real estate context.

Indviduelles Editorial

Claudia Hard leitet den Bereich Bank- und Finanz-Gruppe in Deutschland bei Greenberg Traurig. Sie berät als erfahrene Expertin Kreditnehmer bei der Finanzierung von Immobilienkäufen oder Einzelhandels- und Gewerbeimmobilien. Darüber hinaus verfügt sie über Erfahrung mit Projektentwicklungsdarlehen und Brückenfinanzierungen im Immobiliensektor.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

It's a real pleasure working with Claudia Hard. She's very quick and provides us with high quality work.
Real Estate: FinanceChambers Germany
Claudia Hard has great levels of in-depth knowledge and excellent service paired with a unique understanding of our needs and extraordinary responsiveness.
Real Estate: FinanceChambers Germany
Claudia Hard is a good negotiator and is hands-on, quick and keeps to her deadlines.
Real Estate: FinanceChambers Germany
Es ist mir eine große Freude, mit Claudia Hard zusammenzuarbeiten. Sie arbeitet sehr schnell und liefert uns qualitativ hochwertige Arbeit.
Real Estate: FinanceChambers Germany
Claudia Hard ist eine gute Verhandlerin, arbeitet pragmatisch, schnell und hält ihre Fristen ein.
Real Estate: FinanceChambers Germany
Claudia Hard verfügt über ein hohes Maß an Fachwissen und exzellenten Service, gepaart mit einem einzigartigen Verständnis für unsere Bedürfnisse und außergewöhnlicher Reaktionsfähigkeit.
Real Estate: FinanceChambers Germany