Asset Finance Law Banking and Finance Law Real Estate Law
Claudia Hard
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2017 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
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 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."
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Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Banking and Finance Law, Berlin, Germany (2020)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2026 for work in:
- Asset Finance Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Awards:
- Team Member, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2017
- Listed, Chambers Europe, "Real Estate: Finance - Germany," 2020
- Listed, Acritas Stars™ Independently Rated Lawyers, “Star Lawyers,” 2020
- Listed, IFLR1000, "Notable Practitioner," Banking, 2019-2020
- Notable practitioner, "pioneer work on loan financing” (Chambers and Partners 2015)
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