Arendt & Medernach

Arendt & Medernach approaches much of its work in the real estate sector from a multi-disciplinary perspective as befits a firm that has a core focus on the corporate aspects of work in the space. In this context, the work is driven by a strong and loyal base of real estate-focused funds which the firm, through its investment management team, has helped structure the initial funds, with the subsequent downstream investment work handled by the M&A lawyers - often also involving tax structuring at both stages. Pierre Beissel , who co-ordinates the firm's real estate industry group, is key to much of the fund structuring work, as is the vastly experienced Claude Niedner. For the downstream investment work, which is often cross-border in nature, corporate/M&A head Carsten Opitz often takes the lead. The firm also handles some more 'bricks and mortar' style work across both commercial and residential assets, for developers and end-users/occupiers. Christian Point is the main contact for this work where he is adept at both contentious and non-contentious mandates.