Our proven real estate specialists provide advice and support to clients ranging from private clients to commercial users and institutional investors to real estate investment funds, financial institutions, rating agencies. The practice group’s capabilities encompass all legal aspects of real estate financings, sale and lease back transactions, commercial lease and real estate development projects.

We also advise clients on matters relating to the environment, for example on how to deal with hazardous waste or contaminated properties in connection with real estate or M&A transactions.

Our work includes:

• Commercial and residential leases 
• Environmental matters related to real estate
• General contractor and construction agreements
• Litigation and arbitration
• Permits for acquisitions of real estate by persons abroad (Lex Koller)
• Real estate development and acquisition financing or refinancing 
• Real estate investments or divestitures
• CMBS and RMBS securitization transactions
• Sale and lease back transactions