Thanks to its international positioning, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner ‘s real estate finance practice routinely supports pan-European acquisition and project financing as well as refinancing across the asset classes logistics, hotel, office, commercial, residential and mixed-use. Among the client roster are banks, investment funds and property managers, which request the team's expertise in senior loans, whole loans, green loans and mezzanine financing as well as large-volume portfolio transactions. Clients also benefit from the close cooperation with the real estate, tax and restructuring experts. The practice is jointly led by Frank Schwem and Torsten Pokropp, who both have longstanding experience in the financing and restructuring area.
Testimonials
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'Practical and efficient; advisors are very easy to contact.'
'Martin Wilmsen has a very good understanding of the needs and requirements of alternative financiers and also excellent industry knowledge. He is well connected, so international advice is very well organized. He is always very easy to reach.'
Key clients
- ING-DiBa
- LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Work highlights
- Advising LBBW on a €350 million refinancing.
- Advising Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale on the granting of a large-volume loan for real estate financing.