Europe - Germany • Real estate and construction
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Hogan Lovells International LLP is experienced in transaction, project development and investment support and covers all asset classes, with a particular focus on logistics, commercial, office and hotel properties. The team regularly acts on behalf of national and international investors, open and closed funds as well as family offices, which also benefit from the team's ESG-related competencies in the procurement, management, project development and investment areas. Practice head Dirk Debald boasts similar expertise and advises on the entire value chain of a property; he is additionally well versed in tenancy law. Other key contacts are Roland Bomhard (transactions, project developments and related financing issues) and the head of the global hotels, leisure & gaming group Marc Werner (transactions and financing), who covers matters pertaining to the hotel sector, and Markus Franken, who also acts as a notary (transactions and project developments); the latter made partner in January 2023.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'In a large international law firm, the team is pretty small - the transactions are always accompanied by a consistent, small, very experienced team. Unlike comparable law firms, one is not confronted with an anonymous number of team members.'
- 'High quality legal advice combined with pragmatic solutions.'
- 'Dirk Debald has outstanding knowledge in various subject areas, a very high level of commitment, his reaction speed is unique, he is very customer-oriented, goes the extra mile and always works in a solution-oriented manner.'
- 'Dirk Debald is characterized by his responsiveness, his knowledge of the German market and his ability to find ways out of difficult situations.'
- 'Very good team, very good economic understanding, very high level of expertise at partner level, high level of responsiveness - it always feels good to have Hogan Lovells at one's side.'
Key clients
- AEW
- Amundi
- AXA IM Alts
- Bayerische Landesbank
- Bierwirth & Kluth Unternehmensgruppe
- Center Parcs
- Corum Origin
- Hahn Gruppe/ DeWert Deutsche Wertinvestment GmbH
- Hillwood
- HR Group
- Ivanhoé Cambridge
- JP Morgan
- LUWIN Real Estate
- Macquarie Asset Management
- Primonial
- Prologis
- Union Investment
- Values Real Estate
- Blackbrook Capital Ltd. und NVELOP Real Estate
- PATRIZIA
- Groß & Partner
- HIH Invest
- Hamburgische Bürgerschaft
Work highlights
- Advising Prologis on the purchase of a large portfolio with eleven logistics properties in key German markets.
- Advising the HR Group on the acquisition of the Austrian Vienna House Hotelgesellschaft and its operating companies.
- Advising AXA IM Alts on the sale of its majority stake in the Berlin office complex TechnoCampus.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dirk Debald