Linklaters advises funds and asset managers on transactions across various asset classes, including data centers and residential properties, and has recently become increasingly active in the logistics sector, where it assists property managers and project developers with portfolio transactions as well as an increasing number of restructuring and insolvency-related matters. Practice head Wolfram Krüger is also regularly called upon to assist with pan-European portfolio transactions and restructurings, particularly by investors, especially from Asia, as well as by banks and insurance companies. Counsel Hannes Dietmaier advises investors, including private equity firms, on rental and leasing matters in addition to real estate transactions.

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Key clients

  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Blackstone
  • BlackRock
  • Versicherungskammer Bayern
  • Vonovia
  • HOWOGE
  • Aroundtown
  • Tishman Speyer
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Vantage Data Centers
  • Carrier Global Corporation
  • Starwood Capital Group

Work highlights

  • Advising CBRE Investment Management on the acquisition of a portfolio from Vonovia with 1,350 residential units in Germany for €560 million and on the acquisition of a Berlin residential portfolio with almost 1,200 apartments from Vonovia for around €360 million.
  • Advising Blackstone on numerous logistics transactions in Germany.
  • Advising Versicherungskammer Bayern on the acquisition and development of a Karstadt/Kaufhof property in Berlin and on the takeover of shares of joint venture partner Signa.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Wolfram Krüger
Linklaters

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Wolfram Krüger

Other key lawyers

Hannes Dietmaier