Our Real Estate practice group has decades of experience in working on real estate projects in Germany and abroad. We provide legal counsel to clients on development projects and real estate transactions all the way from acquisition to exit. In addition, we assist holders of real estate portfolios in Germany and other countries with all real estate-specific legal and tax concerns. These concerns include:
- buying/selling real estate; drafting, negotiating and performing purchase agreements (asset deals, share deals)
- conducting due diligence, advising on public law matters (urban and construction planning law, the construction permitting process, environmental law)
- financing and collateral
- structuring joint ventures
- structuring real estate companies
- architect and engineer agreements; project management agreements
- project developer contracts, building and general contractor agreements
- broker agreements
- asset and facility management contracts
- commercial and residential property leases
- property tax law
- in- and out-of-court enforcement of/defence against real estate-specific claims.