Trust through expertise

We advise clients on all types of real estate transactions, whether asset deals, share deals, portfolio transactions, bidding processes or joint ventures.

Specifically, we structure transactions, prepare, support and execute acquisitions and sales (transaction management), perform due diligence reviews, draft and negotiate the necessary contract documentation – including financing agreements if requested – and supervise the implementation and performance of contracts.

Of course, our services are not limited to legal advice for our clients, but also include support for strategic business decisions.

Wir beraten Projektentwicklungen in ganz Deutschland. Dank unserer Expertise im Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, in der Vertragsgestaltung und im öffentlichen Recht können wir dabei alle für erfolgreiche Projektentwicklungen erforderlichen Aspekte in unserer Beratung abdecken. Wir begleiten und unterstützen unsere Mandanten in sämtlichen Projektstadien von der Initiierung und Planung der Immobilie über den Erwerb der Projektgrundstücke bis zur Fertigstellung und Verwertung der Immobilie. Kriterien bzgl. Nachhaltigkeit und ESG beziehen wir auf Wunsch selbstverständlich mit ein.

Unsere Beratung umfasst unter anderem die Erstellung und Verhandlung der erforderlichen Vertragsdokumentation, wie z.B. des Grundstückskaufvertrages, der Architektenverträge, Finanzierungsverträge, Bauverträge, Maklerverträge, Mietverträge, Nachbarschaftsvereinbarungen und öffentlich-rechtlichen Verträge. Zudem begleiten wir die Baurechtsschaffung, einerseits bei der Aufstellung oder Änderung von Bebauungsplänen, andererseits bei der Einholung sämtlicher erforderlicher Genehmigungen. Bei vorhabenbezogenen Bebauungsplänen wirken wir bei der Erstellung der erforderlichen Vorhaben- und Erschließungspläne sowie bei dem Abschluss der Durchführungsverträge mit.

Unter Berücksichtigung etwa des Nachbar-, Immissionsschutz- und Naturschutzrechts koordinieren wir die unterschiedlichen Rechtsbeziehungen der einzelnen Projektbeteiligten im Interesse unserer Mandanten.

Ziel unserer Beratung ist es stets, die bei Projektentwicklungen auftretenden Konflikte (wie z.B. bauvertraglicher, städtebaulicher oder nachbarrechtlicher Natur) durch vorausschauende Planung zu vermeiden oder im Interesse unserer Mandanten zu überwinden.

Wir unterstützen unsere Mandanten bei der Strukturierung, Planung und Ausführung von Bauvorhaben. Wir verfügen über langjährige Erfahrung bei der rechtlichen Beratung im Zusammenhang mit Baugenehmigungsverfahren und der Bauleitplanung. Hier unterstützen wir unsere Mandanten bei der optimalen Ausnutzung vorhandener planungsrechtlicher Festsetzungen oder bei der Schaffung neuen Planungsrechts.

Unsere Beratung im Bereich des Planungsrechts erfasst dabei auch das Fachplanungsrecht (wie z.B. Energieleitungs-, Fernstraßen-, Wasserstraßen-, Berg-, Luftverkehrs- und Eisenbahnrecht).

Hier begleiten wir unsere Mandanten – sei es auf Seiten der Investoren/Vorhabenträger, sei es auf Seiten der öffentlichen Hand (z.B. als Projektmanager) oder als Vertreter betroffener Dritter – in sämtlichen Verfahrensstadien von Planfeststellungs- oder Plangenehmigungsverfahren.

We develop and negotiate construction agreements and any other contract documents required for the realization of a project. We have a wide-ranging experience with different contractual structures (including special forms, such as open book or GMP models).

We design architect and engineering agreements with their specific requirements. The issues are, inter alia, to achieve the highest possible degree of cost certainty for the client in respect of construction costs as well as architect’s fees and to find adequate solutions for the architect’s copyright.

Besides architect agreements, we also advise on other kinds of contracts such as contracts with specialists, experts, project managers according to the requirements of the relevant building project. In addition to that, we provide legal advice in the course of a building project, e.g. in relation to claims management.

In the scope of private building and architect law, due to restrictions imposed by laws regulating the use of general terms and conditions, construction projects require strategic and tactical planning, as well as tailormade solutions to limit costs, meet deadlines and ensure quality.

We counsel clients on office leases, logistics leases, retail and shopping center leases with industry-specific features, hotel leases (including hybrid solutions bordering on management agreements), movie theater leases, restaurant leases, leases for industrial properties, long-term property licenses etc. When drafting contracts, we take up-to-date requirements such as sustainability/ESG into account. Our services range from the leasing of portfolio properties to and from third parties, to pre-letting, to complex headquarter leases with “breathing buildings,” to joint venture-style participation by the lessee in the development of the property.

When advising clients on lease transactions, we make sure to look beyond leasing issues. A complex pre-letting, for example, requires in-depth knowledge of private and public construction law.

We also assist our clients with property or asset management, whether they wish to manage their own real estate holdings or outsource property or asset management services, or whether the management of assets, properties, or shopping centers is their own core business.

This also includes the development and implementation of mechanisms designed to guarantee quality of service (using financial incentives, service level agreements, etc.).

Our focus is to promote long-term added value for our clients to have them provide successful, efficient, and goal-oriented property and asset management services.

We advise our clients on environmental concerns arising in connection with development plans, construction projects, system permits, real estate and M&A transactions, and any other environmental law issues.

We support our clients, in particular, in all matters involving soil protection, emissions control, waste management, water management or environmental protection law. Our services encompass legal advice on the remediation, including the drafting of complex decontamination agreements with private parties and public entities, as well as legal advice for waste producers and waste site owners on all issues of waste management law.

We usually work on environmental law matters in close cooperation with the technical and scientific advisors of our clients, and in the process have developed a solid understanding of the technical aspects involved.

In the renewable energy field we have experience with the development, purchase and sale, as well as financing of wind parks (onshore and offshore) and solar parks, but also with market launch of innovative technologies such as infrastructure for charging stations.

We handle all legal issues arising in this connection, in particular permitting and zoning issues, the specific framework of German and European regulatory law, tender procedures at the Federal Grid Agency, energy law and contract law issues e.g. related to network connection and network access, as well as property law issues.

When clients develop renewable energy projects, we also provide support in connection with the approval process, execution of the necessary user agreements, and recording of easements securing those agreements, and we negotiate the necessary project agreements (e.g., general contractor agreements, purchase and maintenance agreements, operator agreements, network access agreements, network connection agreements) as well as energy supply contracts or PPAs.

We advise government entities as well as bidders on all issues of public procurement law and during all phases of the public procurement process.

When advising bidders, we provide legal advice during the entire process up to submission of the final bid. We pay special attention to early recognition of any violations of public procurement law and take all steps necessary to protect the interests of our clients.

As always, it is our goal to avoid litigation as much as possible, and to make the public procurement process as expeditious and efficient as possible for both parties. If necessary, we will however represent government entities that have awarded contracts, or bidders that were not awarded contracts, in contract award review proceedings before the Public Procurement Review Board and in court.