White & Case LLP 's real estate finance team routinely cooperates with other locations and advises banks and financial institutions as well as real estate investors on cross-border financing; advising at the interface with capital markets law is a core strength. Key contacts include Thomas Flatten (real estate, acquisition and project financing), leveraged finance transactions and structured finance transaction expert Andreas Lischka and Sébastien Seele, who is experienced in mortgage-secured real estate loans, loan and bond financing as well as structured financing.

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Key clients

  • Adler Group
  • J.P. Morgan
  • BNP Paribas
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Aggregate Holdings S.A.
  • Morgan Stanley
  • HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt

Work highlights

  • Advising Adler Group SA and its subsidiaries on financing commitments for a new secured debt financing of €937.5 million to stabilize the business operations and capital structure as well as on a lock-up agreement.
  • Advising Aggregate Holdings SA on the financing of the purchase of the Fürst real estate project, including follow-up advice.
  • Advising a consortium in connection with the financing of the acquisition of two data centers in Hamburg by 495.Equity Management GmbH and UNA 496.Equity Management GmbH, subsidiaries of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG.

Other key lawyers

Thomas Flatten, Sébastien Seele, Andreas Lischka