Senior legal advisor in the real estate sector

Since 2023

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

​1993 - 2023     ​​

• Global Head of Real Estate Practice Group  |  2012 - 2018

• Managing Partner of Hamburg Office  |  2006 - 2012

• Global Head of Real Estate Sector Group  |  2006 - 2012

• Global Co-Head of Real Estate Practice Group  |  2000 - 2006

• Partner  |  1998 - 2023

• Associate  |  1993 - 1997

 

Industry Roles

• Founder and Managing Partner, Blacklake GmbH – Blacklake Management Partner  |  since 2022

• Member of the Presidium, ZIA - Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss (German Property Federation)  |  since 2021

• Member of the Supervisory Board, Flughafen Hamburg GmbH (Hamburg Airport)  |  since 2020

• Board Member and Deputy Chairman, ICG - Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Real Estate Industry  |  since 2015

• Member of the Supervisory Board, Hamburg Musik gGmbH (Elbphilharmonie)  |  since 2012

• Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, alstria office REIT-AG  |  2007 - 2022

• Various supervisory board and senior advisory roles

 

Academics and Qualifications

• Fellow der Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS  |  2020

• Solicitor (England & Wales)  |  1997

• Rechtsanwalt (Deutschland)  |  1993

• Promotion (Dr. iur.), Universität Hamburg  |  1993

• Referendar, Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen  |  1990 - 1993

• Wissenschaftlicher Assistent bei Prof. Dr. Jan Kropholler, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht  |  1988 - 1991

• Universitäten Hamburg und München, Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen  |  1982 - 1988  

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Publications

• Legal commentary on §§ 231 – 233, 346 KAGB (regulatory framework for German open-ended real estate funds), in: Emde/Dornseifer/Dreibus, Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch (KAGB)  |  3rd ed. 2023

• “Real Estate Transactions”, in: Eilers/Koffka/Mackensen/Paul/Josenhans, Private Equity  |  4th ed. 2022

• “Business Operation of a G-REIT”, in: Seibt/Conradi, REIT-Aktiengesellschaft  |  2008

• “Contracts for Real Estate Development”, in: Schulte/Bone-Winkel, Real Estate Development  |  3rd ed. 2008

• Various professional articles

              

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