Mr Marc Werner > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
Große Gallusstraße 18
60312 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Office Managing Partner

Career

Marc P. Werner’s experience in real estate transactions and real estate financing spans more than 20 years. In particular regarding his niche competence in the hotel industry, he is considered as one of the top lawyers in Germany. He is the “go to” lawyer if it comes to hotel management agreements, lease agreements, franchise agreements, and the sale or purchase of single assets and portfolios in the hotel industry.

Competitors, investors, banks, operators, and real estate agents acknowledge him as “one of the best for hotels”. He is widely known for his pragmatic and solutions-oriented approach and “his opinion counts; if he talks about market standards everyone believes him” (Chambers Europe). Marc P. Werner is Managing Partner of the Frankfurt office and Head of the Global Hotels, Leisure & Gaming Group of Hogan Lovells.

Languages

Dutch, English, German

Memberships

CoreNet Global, German-American Law Association, German-Dutch Law Association

Education

Second State Exam in Law, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1996, LL.M., University of Miami, 1994, First State Exam in Law, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1992

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Real estate and construction > Real estate

(Leading partners)

Marc WernerHogan Lovells International LLP

Hogan Lovells International LLP is experienced in transaction, project development and investment support and covers all asset classes, with a particular focus on logistics, commercial, office and hotel properties. The team regularly acts on behalf of national and international investors, open and closed funds as well as family offices, which also benefit from the team’s ESG-related competencies in the procurement, management, project development and investment areas. Practice head Dirk Debald boasts similar expertise and advises on the entire value chain of a property; he is additionally well versed in tenancy law. Other key contacts are Roland Bomhard (transactions, project developments and related financing issues) and the head of the global hotels, leisure & gaming group Marc Werner (transactions and financing), who covers matters pertaining to the hotel sector, and Markus Franken, who also acts as a notary (transactions and project developments); the latter made partner in January 2023.