I will never forget this lesson …
when a senior partner, on receiving my first report, forwarded it to the client with the comment “I don’t agree with a single word!”
A good contract is …
one which reads well and which never has to be taken out of the drawer in which it is kept.
The first thing I learned as a lawyer is …
to keep my mouth shut! Not to each other or to the client, but in relation to our work and our clients. Confidentiality is of course a given, but extremely important and applies always and everywhere. Also at home! Especially in the real estate industry, everyone knows everyone…
Expertise
- Advising real estate investors in relation to the direct and indirect acquisition and sale of all types of real estate, including forward deals
- Advising and supporting national and international commercial investors in Germany
- Structuring and advising real estate joint ventures and advising on all related company and real estate law questions
What others say
- Listed in “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in real estate law (Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2020)
- Often recommended (also in M&A); “excellent negotiator”, “very pleasant collaboration on a very high level” (competitor) (JUVE 2019/2020)
- “He assists with property deals as well as corporate transactions and restructuring of real estate companies. A client appreciates that he has a very ‘calm and factual approach and weighs up the next steps that need to be taken’.” (Chambers Europe 2019)
Languages
German, English
Qualifications
- Second Legal State Exam (Zweites juristisches Staatsexamen), Higher Regional Court Hamburg, 1995
- Dr. jur., University of Hamburg, 1994
- Attorney-at-Law (New York), 1993
- LLM., University of Chicago Law School, 1992
- First Legal State Exam (Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen), University of Hamburg, 1990
