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René is a partner in the firm’s Munich office and a member of the Real Estate Group. He advises investors, funds, asset managers, and lenders on complex cross-border real estate transactions, finance, asset management, and regulatory compliance in Germany and across Europe.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Ongoing advice in relation to different real estate transactions (sale-and-leaseback, acquisition of existing rent properties, development projects) to one of the largest diversified net lease REITs that provides long-term sale-and-leaseback and build-to-suit financing for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio worth more than US$19 billion, including legal advice on a variety of refinancings and ongoing asset management of existing properties.
Acted for the real estate investment division of a US investment fund with approximately USD 12.5 billion under management on the acquisition, restructuring and refinance of 10 portfolios of distressed loans involving over 60 SPVs incorporated in various jurisdictions including Germany, Luxembourg, Guernsey, the Netherlands and Switzerland and covering more than 100 commercial properties located throughout Germany.
Advised a European private debt fund and alternative lender acting as lenders on a unitranche-financing to support the acquisition of a German healthcare company by a private equity fund of the Rothschild group.
Experience
Ongoing advice in relation to different real estate transactions (sale-and-leaseback, acquisition of existing rent properties, development projects) to one of the largest diversified net lease REITs that provides long-term sale-and-leaseback and build-to-suit financing for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio worth more than US$19 billion, including legal advice on a variety of refinancings and ongoing asset management of existing properties.
Acted for the real estate investment division of a US investment fund with approximately USD 12.5 billion under management on the acquisition, restructuring and refinance of 10 portfolios of distressed loans involving over 60 SPVs incorporated in various jurisdictions including Germany, Luxembourg, Guernsey, the Netherlands and Switzerland and covering more than 100 commercial properties located throughout Germany.
Advised a European private debt fund and alternative lender acting as lenders on a unitranche-financing to support the acquisition of a German healthcare company by a private equity fund of the Rothschild group.
Ongoing advice to British wholesale and retail funds set up by an investment entity offering investors access to European real estate markets, with a focus on acquisitions and sales of German real estate, ongoing asset management, regulatory compliance by the open-ended investment vehicles and refinancing options.
Negotiation and documentation of a range of German security for double-digit million EUR and USD credit facilities representing US- and UK-based lenders and borrowers
Advised a leading commodities trader on the restructuring of approx. €60 million intercompany receivables post acquisition of a group of companies
Acted for a US-based global financial services company with regard to structured finance products and claims in the insolvency of Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG as well as protection under the German Deposit Protection Fund
Ongoing advice to a major US asset manager on the filing of annual reports and sales prospectuses with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority with regard to two Irish based UCITS, including coordination with their German distributors
Recognitions
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in Germany and Handelsblatt for Banking and Finance, 2021-2025, and for Investment Funds, 2025
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of Potsdam, 2005, PhD (Dr. jur.), Wolf-Rüdiger Bub Prize
- Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, 2002
- University of San Diego School of Law, 2001, LL.M., Comparative Law, Froman & Wagner LLP Award
- Munich, Germany, 2000, Second State Bar Exam
- Munich, Germany, 1998, First State Bar Exam
- University of Munich, Germany, 1994, Law
- University of Freiburg, Germany, 1992, Law
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Germany
- New York
Court admissions
Court admissions
- All German Local and District Courts
- All German Higher Regional Courts
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Bar Association of Munich
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