Sebastian Kaufmann

Practice Areas

As a partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice, Sebastian Kaufmann's practice focuses on commercial real estate and other project-based transactions in the U.S., Europe and globally.

Sebastian advises clients in all positions of a project’s capital stack: He represents private equity as well as institutional investors in the development, acquisition, disposition, structuring and financing of real estate and other projects. Sebastian also represents financial institutions and other debt providers as lenders in a broad range of debt transactions, including mezzanine debt, preferred equity, structured debt, nonperforming loans and restructurings.

Trained and actively practicing as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt), English solicitor and New York attorney, one focus of Dr. Kaufmann’s practice is advising German regulated investment funds and banks in corporate, tax and regulatory matters concerning their U.S., UK and German investment and lending activities.

Fluent in German and English, he frequently publishes and speaks in both languages.