Europe - Germany • Banking and finance
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Hogan Lovells International LLP's real estate financing team is integrated into the firm's wider corporate & finance practice, thus covering various interfaces, including topics such as green finance and restructuring. The practice is jointly led by Katlen Blocker (banking and financial law), Dirk Debald (real estate transactions and financing) as well as Carla Luh (project financing) and advises banks, investment companies and debt funds on acquisition financing and refinancing, including mezzanine and senior financing as well as project development financing.
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Testimonials
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'Very good availability, quick reactions, we felt we were in good hands.'
'The collaboration with Christian Herweg was excellent.'
'Very well-coordinated and experienced financing team, which also has excellent knowledge of insolvency and workout topics. Collaboration and coordination with the other teams works flawlessly and without any problems.'
'Christian Herweg and Katharina Kranzfelder confidently lead through transactions.'
'Experienced financing lawyers, accurate and rapid transaction processing, good knowledge of the industry.'
Key clients
- Bayerische Landesbank
- Cresco Real Estate
- Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG
- Standard Chartered Bank
- UniInstitutional Private Debt SCS SICAV-SIF
- Wilmington Trust SP Services (Frankfurt) GmbH
- Hillwood
- LUWIN Real Estate
- Olbos/Trimelon
- PROdelocx GmbH
- Union Investment
- VALUES Real Estate
Work highlights
- Advising Deutsche Pfandbriefbank on the financing of the purchase of Schlosshof Wandsbek, an office campus measuring approximately 15,600m² in Hamburg.
- Advising Standard Chartered Bank on the financing of a cross-border logistics portfolio with locations in Poland, Germany, France and the Netherlands.
- Advising LUWIN Real Estate on the acquisition of the Amazon distribution center in Nuremberg.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Katlen Blöcker, Dirk Debald, Carla Luh