Clifford Chance interdisciplinary approach focuses on real estate investment and transaction support, including related financing and tax structuring as well as property repositioning, project developments, joint venture structures, fund structuring and tenancies; this is complemented by expertise in related contentious matters. The team covers numerous asset classes with a particular focus on specialist properties such as logistics, data centers and hospitals. Practice head Christian Keilich supports both national and cross-border real estate investments, transactions and development projects. Fabian Böhm regularly assists with portfolio transactions and is frequently instructed by investors and banks on financing and refinancing, while Philipp Stoecker comprehensively covers civil law matters in the real estate sector and boasts additional expertise in transactions and investments.

Greenberg Traurig Germany is among the leading practices in real estate law and is experienced in pan-European transaction support including related financing thanks to the international network. The full service also covers project developments, asset management and restructuring pertaining to distressed properties and project developments, Henning Sieber is a key contact for the latter. Cross-practice capacities include supporting operator-run properties, such as co-working office spaces, student residencies, supported living accommodation, district developments as well as tenancy developments in interfacing tax, corporate and civil law matters. The team acts across all asset classes and places a focus on logistics and commercial properties. Practice head Florian Rösch complements this offering with relevant experience in dispute resolution, including litigation. Co-chair of the global real estate practice Christian Schede (transactions and financing) and managing partner of the German office and co-chair of the corporate group Peter Schorling (transactions) are other key contacts. Silke Köhler, who is experienced in advising real estate investors (commercial tenancy agreements, property and asset management), was appointed to partner in January 2023.

CMS‘ real estate team is led by Sebastian Orthmann (Hamburg) and focuses on transaction support, commercial tenancy law, asset management and project developments, including related financing. A key focus is on transactions, including individual properties and real estate portfolios, where the team frequently acts across the asset classes residential, logistics, retail, office, hotels and data centers. The practice's expertise in corporate law is regularly called upon in connection with joint ventures, while further cross-practice capacities also include the advice on restructuring and insolvency-related matters, which are recent growth areas due to the current market situation. Philipp Schönnenbeck is the key contact at the Düsseldorf location.

Gleiss Lutz's real estate team closely cooperates with the corporate practice in supporting transactions, including project developments and joint ventures, and is also well versed in tenancy law. Practice head Tim Weber regularly takes the lead in these areas. The team focuses on the asset classes logistics, healthcare and office as well as specialist properties.

Hengeler Mueller comprehensively advises private equity funds, sovereign funds, companies, banks and national and international investors on real estate transactions, thanks to the close cooperation with the M&A practice. Thomas Lang, managing partner Thomas Müller and Daniel Kress cover this intersection, while Kress also handles interfacing restructuring and insolvency law matters. Martin Geiger is well versed in real estate financing and refinancing.

Linklaters primarily supports investors, banks, insurance companies and investors in pan-European (portfolio) transactions, with recent instructions pertaining to the asset classes logistics, industry, residential and office as well as specialist properties such as nursing homes, retirement properties and data centers. Practice head Wolfram Krüger boasts similar competencies and also acts as a notary. The team also assists with financing and refinancing as well as asset management. The growth topic ESG includes the advice on legislative and regulatory measures to reduce greenhouse gases, sustainability-related matters under tenancy law and ESG in connection with transactions. In October 2022, real estate transaction expert Carsten Loll joined Latham & Watkins LLP.

McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP supports large-scale projects in the transaction and project development segment, which was recently demonstrated by supporting several large projects in the office, residential, construction and commercial asset categories. The client roster includes investors, funds and asset managers, private equity companies, project developers, family offices and other institutional investors. Practice head and managing partner at the Düsseldorf office Jens Ortmanns is a key contact here, while financing, tax and investment law issues are covered thanks to the cross-practice cooperation. Recent instructions include topics at the restructuring and reorganisation interface. Maximilian Clostermeyer is another key contact for individual property and portfolio transactions as well as project developments; He is supported by associate Alina Affeld.

Ashurst LLP is experienced in transaction and project development support across the asset categories logistics, residential as well as office and places a further focus on asset management, including related ESG and restructuring matters. Here, practice head Liane Muschter regularly takes the lead; she is frequently instructed by national and international investors, project developers and financial institutions, including open and closed funds and insurance companies, and also handles related financing issues.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner strengthened its real estate financing capacities with the addition of a DLA Piper team, including Frank Schwem, Torsten Pokropp, Martin Wilmsen and Christian Lonquich in autumn 2022; Wilmsen focuses on ESG matters and Lonquich is experienced in transaction support and asset management. This expertise corresponds with the general orientation of the practice, which is led by real estate transaction and project development specialist Tina Siebenhaar (also a notary). The team also assists with litigation and is regularly active on behalf of investors, asset managers and project developers.

Dentons follows a cross-location as well as cross-practice approach and is well versed in cross-border transactions and financing in the real estate sector. Clients also benefit from the close cooperation with the locations in Luxembourg and Amsterdam in the context of real estate investments via Luxembourg S.àr.l. structures and Dutch BV structures. This expertise was strengthened with the arrival of Maximilian Schulte in January 2023 (previously at HFK Rechtsanwälte LLP), he is experienced in project developments, the repositioning of large commercial or mixed-use properties as well as portfolio transactions; Schulte also acts as a notary. Dirk-Reiner Voß (transactions and financing) heads the team, which also includes the office managing partner at the Munich location René Dubois, who is a key contact for real estate transactions, while Counsel Janina Diesm focuses on asset management in the retail sector. In November 2022, real estate financing expert Bernhard Gemmel joined Baker Tilly Roelfs.

DLA Piper's real estate practice experienced several recent team changes. The real estate financing experts Frank Schwem, Torsten Pokropp and Martin Wilmsen as well as Christian Lonquich (transactions and financing, asset management) joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in autumn 2022. The expertise in financing matters was strengthened with the arrival of Michaela Sopp (previously at Simmons & Simmons) as well as with the appointment of Eike Neugebauer to partner in early 2023. The simultaneous appointment of Manuel Indlekofer to partner reinforced the construction law interface. Lars Reubekeul is the sole practice head since early 2023, the former co-head Fabian Mühlen remains a key contact in his role as strategic growth partner; at the same time, Florian Biesalski was appointed to sector leader real estate Germany. Reubekeul and Mühlen are particularly active in transaction support, which corresponds with the overall focus of the practice, while Reubekeul also covers technology-related matters and is a key contact for real estate blockchain, smart buildings and data center properties. Biesalski complements this with transaction-related financing expertise. The client roster includes real estate investors, managers and developers, which the team also advises on ESG matters as well as sustainability-related real estate.

Neuwerk Rechtsanwälte's real estate transaction support includes the advice on forward deals with construction and tenancy obligations, including in connection with large logistics and industrial properties. Advising real estate companies and project developers on project developments is another key strength. The team also assists with sales and tenancies, property law-related structuring issues and public law matters. Co-head Annette Heinz is well versed in investment reviews, she jointly heads the practice with Philipp Jehle (portfolio transactions, project developments) and founding partner Claudia Jehle (project developments and forward deals).

Norton Rose Fulbright's comprehensive expertise is drawn upon by (institutional) investors, real estate funds and companies in the context of individual property and portfolio transactions, project developments and in the asset management area. Thanks to the cross-practice cooperation, the team also covers related financing, tax and public law matters as well as litigation; Constanze Bandilla-Dany is a key contact for the latter. Maren Stölting (also co-head of real estate EMEA) heads the team, which includes Stefan Feuerriegel (transactions and project development), who was appointed to global head of real estate in January 2023, and Holger Wolf (transactions and financing); Wolf joined from White & Case LLP in April 2023.

Baker McKenzie focuses on (individual and portfolio) real estate transactions, including sale and leaseback transactions, and related financing, where practice head Florian Thamm regularly takes the lead. He is also experienced in restructuring real estate portfolios. The team is frequently instructed by financial services providers, insurance companies, debt funds, private equity firms and real estate developers across the asset classes logistics, office, commercial, hotel and retail. The advice on the retail and office sectors also includes tenancy law issues, here, Daniel Bork, is a key contact; he made partner in July 2022 and focuses on transactions, project developments and construction-related matters.

NEON's real estate practice focuses on transaction support thanks to the corporate law expertise, which is regularly requested in connection with share deals and joint ventures. Other core topics are project developments and financing matters. Alexander Nast and practice head Boris Reschucha regularly take the lead here, including several instructions by the SIGNA Group; Nast also focuses on commercial tenancy law and acts as a notary.

Thanks to the interdisciplinary approach, BRL BOEGE ROHDE LUEBBEHUESEN comprehensively advises on asset management, transactions and (inner-city) project developments, where the team frequently acts across the asset category hotel; Michael-Alexander Rojnic is a key contact here. He also advises on property developments and mixed-use district developments. Practice head Felix Baum made partner in January 2023 and is well versed in real estate financing.

Eversheds Sutherland offers transaction and investment support with recent instructions pertaining to the asset classes logistics, healthcare and energy as well as hospitality and retail centers. The team also advises on tenancy law, asset management and project developments, which are frequently handled in cross-practice cooperation. Stefan Fink joined from ADVANT Beiten in January 2023 and is experienced at the interface between construction and planning law; he also advises on real estate law, asset management and commercial tenancy law. Sebastian Woschech made partner in May 2023 (market entry support, retail sector, leasing matters, litigation) and is another key contact of the team led by Gerhard Molt (acquisition, financing, development and management of assets and real estate portfolios).

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's team is led by Sven Wortberg, who focuses on transactions and also covers various related financing, structuring and regulatory issues. Wortberg took over practice management in May 2023 after former practice head Hans Thomas Kessler joined PwC Legal (PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft). Among the team's key strengths are transactions and financing support, the latter was strengthened in May 2023 with the internal transfer of real estate financing specialist Stefanie Herkert from the finance practice to the real estate team; here, the team frequently acts on behalf of borrowers. This is complemented by expertise in asset management and leasing matters. The client roster includes project developers, investment companies, investment funds as well as institutional investors.

K&L Gates LLP advises investors, funds, family offices and companies on (cross-border) transactions across the asset categories retail, healthcare, office, logistics and commercial, while the team also assists with project developments and asset management. Philipp Turnwald (Munich) is a key contact for commercial tenancy law; he jointly heads the team with Felix Greuner and Georg Foerstner, who act from Berlin and boast similar competencies.

Latham & Watkins LLP is traditionally strong in transaction support, which is also evident in the real estate segment, where the team routinely supports large-scale transactions as well as related financing matters; this was recently demonstrated in advising Apollo on a €1 billion investment in a Vonovia portfolio. This approach was further strengthened in October 2022 with the arrival of real estate transaction expert Carsten Loll from Linklaters. He advises on asset and share deals as well as portfolio transactions covering all asset classes; he jointly heads the team with Otto von Gruben, who also focuses on transaction support.

REIUS Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB advises international private equity funds, investors and project developers on real estate transactions in various asset classes, including office, residential, retail, healthcare, hospitality and parking and, most recently, logistics and data centers. Annette Griesbach (commercial tenancy law), Stefanie Fuerst (investment and regulatory law as well as management of special real estate funds) and Christian Thiele (real estate joint ventures) are the key contacts.

ROTTHEGE focuses on real estate transactions, project developments and asset management. These competencies are frequently requested by project developers, real estate funds, real estate companies, real estate agents and service providers. Lars Kölling (transactions and project developments in the asset classes office, retail, residential and hotel) and Martin Butzmann (transactions, project developments, asset management, commercial tenancy law and brokerage law) jointly head the team.

Squire Patton Boggs fields practice head Kai Mertens, who also leads the corporate practice, thus the team focuses on cross-border transactions, including related financing and (tax) due diligence. Another core competency is the enforcement of claims against tenants and service providers. The expertise in asset transactions and asset management was strengthened with the addition of Matthias Werner in January 2023 (previously at POELLATH ); He advises on property and tenancy law issues. Institutional investors, project developers, real estate funds and family offices request this service offering.

Chatham Partners LLP advises real estate developers, family offices, foundations and investors on project developments, including related planning and construction law issues, as well as transactions and tenancy agreements. This corresponds with the expertise of the two practice heads Michael Schäfer, who also advises on PPP projects, and Jonna Kappler Fernandes, who frequently assists with ​​specialist properties.

Kapellmann und Partner advises in close cross-practice cooperation, thus covering real estate acquistions and sales, financing matters as well as property-use related issues; interfacing construction, corporate, tax and financing law matters are also covered. Florian Kirchhof advises on the design and structuring of construction, purchase and tenancy agreements as well as on transactions and brokerage law, while Martin Lailach focuses on project development business and funding issues; both jointly head the practice. In January 2023, Florian Dressel (real estate and construction law, ESG) joined Loschelder.

Leinemann & Partner most recently advised on commercial tenancy law and transactions. Other core areas are project developments and the advice on interfacing construction law matters. Practice head Ralf Leinemann also covers the intersection between construction and procurement law and is an experienced litigator and arbitrator. Shushanik Röcker (transaction support and commercial tenancy law) made partner in July 2023.

Led by real estate transaction specialist Stefanie Minzenmay, Oppenhoff supports companies and financial investors in the acquisition, sale and development of properties, while the team also focuses on commercial tenancy law and public-law related real estate matters. Minzenmay is also experienced in structuring the sale of retail parks within the framework of forward deal structures.

Pinsent Masons Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB experienced some recent changes: former practice head Wolfram Pätzold joined Gowling WLG in July 2023 and the transaction expert Tobias Nuß moved to PwC Legal (PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft) in February 2023. In September 2022, Katharina von Hermanni (individual property and portfolio transactions, forward funding deals, project developments and commercial tenancy law) was appointed head of real estate sector Germany and Jörn Fingerhuth (real estate transactions) was appointed head of property Germany. The competencies of Fingerhuth and von Hermanni correspond with the overall focus of the team, which advises across all asset classes, although the focus is on retirement and care properties as well as hospitality and hotels.

Reed Smith focuses on real estate transactions, where Etienne Richthammer frequently leads. Recent instructions pertain to the sale of commercial, retail and logistics properties as well as portfolios as part of sale and leaseback transactions, in bidding processes and insolvency-related transactions. The team is also experienced in asset management and litigation.

Rittershaus combines real estate and construction law expertise, which is called upon by project developers, investors, corporate groups and family offices, particularly in transactions; Felix Klemt and Florian Hänle are among the key contacts here; Hänle is regularly insructed on related financing issues. The practice also covers tenancy agreement negotiations and project developments.

Led by the transaction specialist Andreas Helm, WAGENSONNER demonstrates expertise in supporting project developers, investors and insurance companies in the acquisition and sale of individual properties and real estate portfolios in various asset classes as well as project developments. Christopher Patt is the key contact for tenancy law issues.

Led by Cornelia Thaler, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP specialises in (cross-border) transaction support and covers all asset classes. This is complemented by expertise in asset management and litigation. The team regularly acts in cross-practice cooperation and advises on public law matters, joint ventures and financing.