In the context of urban development projects, Greenberg Traurig Germany applies its environmental and planning expertise in approval proceedings as well as in building and monument law issues. The team advises on district developments, particularly in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, both on a strategic and procedural level and also has expertise in water and pollution control compliance. Practice head Martin Hamer is well versed across all these areas and is further adept in waste management as well as climate and nature conservation law.

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Key clients

  • Aermont Capital
  • ARB Investment Partners
  • Ares/Alteris
  • Aventos
  • Barrick Gold
  • Benson Elliott
  • Berlinovo
  • CBRE
  • Cirplus
  • Garbe Industrial Real Estate
  • GE Power Systems GmbH
  • Gewobag
  • Linus Capital
  • Matheson Tri-Gas
  • Oxford Properties
  • Phoenix Spree
  • Ronesans
  • The Grounds
  • Vantage Data Centers
  • Volvo
  • Wertgrund
  • Wiwynn

Work highlights

  • Advising Sector Seven on a district development for a university, office and hotel in the area of ​​BER airport with an investment volume of several hundred million euros, including advice on the development plan process and the issuance of building permits and preliminary decisions.
  • Legal representation of Berlinovo in a complex contaminated site case concerning a former industrial property in Karlsruhe before the Karlsruhe Regional Court, with the assertion of a compensation claim against the polluter.
  • Advising Aermont on construction law related to the development of the office and commercial building Stralauer Allee 15/16 with an investment volume of several hundred million euros, including the conclusion of several neighborhood agreements.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Martin Hamer

Other key lawyers

Johann-Frederik Schuldt