CMS‘ real estate team is led by Sebastian Orthmann (Hamburg) and focuses on transaction support, commercial tenancy law, asset management and project developments, including related financing. A key focus is on transactions, including individual properties and real estate portfolios, where the team frequently acts across the asset classes residential, logistics, retail, office, hotels and data centers. The practice's expertise in corporate law is regularly called upon in connection with joint ventures, while further cross-practice capacities also include the advice on restructuring and insolvency-related matters, which are recent growth areas due to the current market situation. Philipp Schönnenbeck is the key contact at the Düsseldorf location.
Testimonials
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- 'Joachim Kummer has excellent experience, always separates the important from the unimportant, is quick, commercially minded, and extremely pleasant to communicate with.'
- 'Legally beyond compare, quick, commercially minded, good network, think outside the box.'
Key clients
- Allianz Real Estate
- HIH Real Estate
Work highlights
- Advising Allianz Real Estate on the acquisition of a climate-neutral logistics portfolio from DHL, consisting of five warehouses in three European countries, via a forward sale and leaseback transaction.
- Advising HOCHTIEF and the infrastructure fund Palladio on the establishment of a joint venture to develop efficient data centers in Germany.