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About this Practice AreaBorn in Hamburg in 1963, Alexander Baden studied from 1982-1988 in Passau and Hamburg. He has been with ZENK Rechtsanwälte since 1990. Today, he focuses on real estate law and project development and is responsible for providing support for complex transactions. From 2011-2018, Mr. Baden was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BEOS AG, Berlin. For several years running, he has been listed as one of Germany’s top business lawyers in the ranking table “Germany’s Best Law...
Wencke Bäsler advises real estate companies on all aspects of real estate transactions, including asset deals, share deals and the management of real estate properties. She also advises on corporate investments and participations, in particular joint ventures. Wencke has broad experience in advising national and international real estate investors, and has wide-ranging experience in handling the sale and acquisition of real estate portfolios, including structuring and financing. Another ...
Markus Beaumart is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. Since July 2018, Markus Beaumart has been a partner in the area of real estate law and construction law at the Cologne office. He moved from DLA Piper to the Practice Areas Plant Construction, Real Estate and M&A of FGvW in Cologne with partners Arnt Göppert, Uwe Steingröver and Jörn Zons. Markus Beaumart began his legal career in 1996 in the Cologne office of the (then) law firm Oppenho...
Daniel Benighaus works as Shareholder in the German real estate practice. He advises national and international investors on project developments, real estate transactions and ongoing asset management. One focus of his work is advising on complex project developments such as developments of entire quarters, smart buildings, joint ventures and data centers. He has particular expertise in the sale of project developments in forward deals. Daniel also works as a notary with a focus on real estat...
Sara Berendsen advises on corporate transactions of all kinds, including acquisition and sale, joint ventures and restructuring. Sara has broad experience in the field of M&A transactions for national and international clients (asset and share deals) with a focus on the media, technology & telecommunications and real estate sectors. In addition, she advises on capital market issues and joint ventures.
Dr Dirk Brückner (Lawyer of the Year Real Estate Law, Bayern 2021) is one of the leading real estate lawyers in Germany. He had a leading role in supporting some of the largest transactions in Germany, including the transaction of “Macherei” in Munich which involved Art-Invest, Accumulata and BVK in a complex share deal. Specialization: real estate transactions, real estate joint ventures. Short Biography: Universities of Munich and Passau. Academic member of staff at the &ld...
Dr. Jan Dittmann has been working at the Munich office of our law firm since 2001. During his law studies, which took him to Munich, Milan, Rome and Berkeley, Dr. Dittmann was hired as a procurator by a company that specialized in construction consulting and project development. Ever since his bar admission, he has primarily acted in an advisory capacity in real estate law, construction law as well as renewable energy laws. In addition to legal advice on real estate transactions and real esta...
Martin Dobias advises clients on virtually all aspects of real estate transactions, in both asset and share deals, including complex portfolio transactions. He also has experience in the negotiation of commercial lease agreements. Prior to Greenberg Traurig, Martin worked at Olswang in Berlin.
Hannes Dürr studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich and at the Abat-Oliba University in Barcelona. Also in Munich, he completed his legal clerkship from 2003 until 2005. From 2005 until 2010 Hannes Dürr worked at the law firm Müller & Hillmayer in Munich and changed to SNP together with Burkhard Rüscher in 2010. He focuses on private building law, building contracts law and condominium law. Hannes Dürr is a contributor to the ARGE Mietrecht und I...
Dr Matthias Durst is a partner and co-head of real estate at POELLATH in Berlin. For many years, he has advised on real estate transactions, real estate private equity and real estate project developments of all kinds, as well as on the conclusion of rental and lease agreements. He also advises on contract law and has accompanied various major portfolio transactions and individual transactions as the leading partner. In addition, he has broad experience in the fields of real estate financing,...
Tom Erdt is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner as well as a certified specialist in administrative law. He joined FGvW in 2013 from the long-established Frankfurt law firm Pilger and heads the consultancy in the Rhine-Main-Neckar economic region from Frankfurt. Tom Erdt specialises in national and cross-border real estate transactions. A further focus of his consulting practice is in the area of fraud and compliance. He is particularly well networked in the Fr...
Dr Daniel Fischer is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Frankfurt office and member of the Real Estate practice group. His area of expertise comprises building, sectoral planning and real estate law as well as administrative law concerning trade and industry and procurement law. He particularly advises his national and international clients on planning and zoning processes, construction permits and urban development contracts as well as on all issues of commercial leases and private construction law.
Dr Michael Grünwald is partner in the Munich office of RITTERSHAUS. He specialises in real estate transactions and financing. His clients include real estate funds, owners of portfolio properties and property developers whom he advises on all issues associated with the acquisition and sale as well as the financing of portfolio properties or projects.
Dr. Marcel Guenoub is a partner at POELLATH in Berlin. He advises his well-known clients on transaction-related advice (due diligence, purchase agreements, lease agreements, financing contracts), project developments (construction and project development contracts, architect and engineer contracts) and real estate-related joint venture projects. Marcel belongs to the “next generation” of POELLATH partners in the real estate sector and has already been listed in relevant rankings. ...
Claudia Hard is a partner 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 fund...
Joachim Heffinger Attorney Certified construction and architects' law attorney Mediator (DAA/German Lawyers’ Academy) Specialist mediator for the real estate and construction industries (m-con) Specialists areas : Private construction and real estate law, law of architects and engineers, general tort law and law of damages (in the real estate area), liability law of the liberal professions (architects, engineers, lawyers), commercial tenancy law, mediation/arbitration Expertise Since hi...
Josef Hofschroer focuses his practice on corporate law, with an emphasis on M&A transactions for national and international clients. He particularly advises on all aspects of capital markets and securities law. Furthermore, his practice includes distressed investments as well as joint ventures. Josef has particularly wide-ranging experience in the fields of energy, technology, telecommunications and real estate. Among his clients are start-ups, medium-sized and large companies as well as ...
Dr. Norbert Huber has been a partner at the Munich office of our law firm since September 2010. His main areas of expertise are public law, public commercial law, public procurement law and property law. Especially for the public sector (Free State of Bavaria, districts, public sector holding companies), but also for large and medium sized enterprises of these branches, Dr. Huber delivers professional and comprehensive legal advice. Among his clients are, in addition, numerous cities and comm...
Dr Detlef Koch is Partner and Head of BEITEN BURKHARDT's Frankfurt office and member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. His focus includes corporate and real estate transactions, advice to and disputes between company bodies as well as companies in the real estate sector. He particularly advises his national and international clients on legal questions regarding transactions, corporate restructurings and aspects of corporate governance.
I am responsible for the Continental European Banking practise of Ashurst LLP and leading Ashurst's German International Finance practise. Our German International Finance Practise currently comprises of seven partners, lawyers and paralegals. I am based in Ashursts Frankfurt office. Before joining Ashurst in 2000, I have worked in the banking department of another international law firm in Frankfurt after I left a Hamburg shipping boutique in 1997. My PhD-thesis was completed at the Universi...
Wolfram leads the firm's real estate practice in Germany. He has specialised experience in advising investors, banks, insurance companies, developers and institutional funds on real estate transactions across Europe, with a particular focus on international portfolio transactions. Wolfram's expertise spans the corporate, finance and tax elements of deals. Wolfram has helped to develop some of the market’s most innovative structures, including the joint portfolio sale by three funds with...
Prof Dr Kuchler specialises in advising national and international companies, and the public sector, on matters of public construction, planning and environmental law, as well as public commercial law. He has considerable experience managing major complex project developments. Prof Dr Kuchler represents his clients both in and out of court at all levels, including before federal Courts.
Dr Stefan Lebek is a partner and co-head of real estate at POELLATH in Berlin. He specialises in private real estate law with a focus on advice during real estate transactions (due diligence, asset and share deals, lease agreements, financing agreements, real estate-related corporate law), as well as in providing legal advice in connection with project development, joint ventures and real estate private equity investments. He also renders legal advice on all aspects of real estate-related pub...
Jan Lindner-Figura specialises in private real estate law. One of his areas of specialisation is providing comprehensive advice to national and international project developers, and other investors, in relation to the sale, acquisition, development and/or marketing of property and complex real estate projects. In particular, he works with all types of real estate transactions, developer and general contractor agreements, and rental and leasing agreements. In recent years he has worked primari...
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