Led by Ksenija Šourek, who is praised as ‘reliable, dedicated and has vast knowledge and understanding of the market’, the ’top-notch’ team at Schoenherr in cooperation with Croatian lawyers represents domestic and international clients in transactional and advisory matters arising out of the commercial and retail real estate sectors. Bolstering the team’s strength, Ivan Einwalter has considerable experience in real estate-related M&A, advising on acquisitions in the tourism sector and due diligence. Vice Mandarić is another key member of the team, assisting with sales, purchase and long-term lease agreements.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The real estate team is top-notch. They are reliable and with them you are simply in good hands.'
- 'Ksenija Šourek is proactive, dedicated and has excellent legal and people skills.'
- 'Schoenherr is simply brilliant. Excellent knowledge, commercial background and around the clock availability. It hardly gets better than that.'
- 'Ksenija Šourek is reliable, dedicated and has vast knowledge and understanding of the market.'
- 'Commitment and transparency.'
- 'Ksenija Šourek is reasonable and down to earth with great interest in learning how things work in other professional fields that become part of the project she works on (e.g. architecture, urban zoning, cadastral procedures etc). She is one of the most reliable lawyers that I have worked with.'
- 'The Schoenherr team has excellent legal knowledge, but also deep understanding of the market. What makes them stand out is their modern and very human approach.'
- 'Ksenija Šourek is absolutely brilliant. She is very sharp and hard-working, but brings a very personal touch to the table.'
Key clients
- Omar Zawawi Group
- HAVI Group
- ANDRITZ AG
- LIDL
- S IMMO Group
- FACC Operations GmbH
- Hyatt International LLC
- UNIQA Real Estate GmbH
- Hilding Anders
- Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH
- AmRest Adria
- Xprimia AG
- TUI Group
- Studenac d.o.o.
- Mirova
- RP Global
Work highlights
- Advising LIDL since its market entry in 2001 on various real estate aspects of development of 107 LIDL stores in Croatia.
- Advising S IMMO Group' on several aspects of their day-to-day business related to 'Zagrebtower' and 'HOTO tower'.
- Advised FACC on its second expansion phase in Croatia, with a third one to follow.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ksenija Šourek