Clifford Chance provides its client base, made up of borrowers and lenders, with a full service offering that is based on cross-practice and cross-locational cooperation, resulting in regular instructions on German and cross-border real estate financing, structured financing and refinancing as well as securitisation; matters cover all asset classes such as logistics, offices and shopping centres. In addition to practice head Beda Wortmann, Tobias Schulten is one of the key contacts; both assist with the entire range of structured finance transactions.

DLA Piper mainly acts on the lender side where it assists German real estate financiers and asset managers, mortgage bond banks, insurance companies and funds on senior loan and mezzanine loan level. In addition, the team also continues to expand its advice to debt funds. This diverse client base relies on the team's extensive financing and refinancing expertise, which it most recently applied in financings of logistics and residential portfolios, project developments as well as in connection to real estate acquisition financing of office complexes. Torsten Pokropp, who jointly heads the practice with Frank Schwem, further focuses on the financing of hotels and shopping centres, while Schwem also handles construction project financing.

Greenberg Traurig Germany's financing advice includes acquisition financings (including share and forward deal structures as well as mortgage bond financings), complex development financings and financial restructurings, and also covers various related topics as well as cross-border issues that are handled in regular cooperation across practices and locations. Despite covering the entire range of asset classes, the group most recently assisted both lenders and borrowers with an increasing number of matters in the residential real estate sector; notably, the team has particularly extensive expertise in advising on loan funds. Practice head Claudia Hard is experienced in acquisition financing and refinancing as well as restructuring and boasts deep expertise in bond financing; she is supported by Anika Mitzkait who advises domestic and foreign banks, credit funds as well as private and institutional investors and project developers on the financing of real estate across all asset classes.

Goodwin was recently particularly active in advising banks and investors on mid- and large-cap financings for single property and real estate portfolios in the logistics, offices, life sciences and mixed-use real estate sectors. Under the leadership of Stephan Kock, the group not only focuses on classic acquisition financing, but also on development financing, refinancing and financial restructuring.

In close cooperation with its real estate practice, Taylor Wessing covers a wide range of financing issues mainly for banks, but also increasingly for sponsors and borrowers. Hence, the group is experienced in acquisition and development finance, sale-and-lease-back transactions, senior, mezzanine, CMBS and RMBS finance and restructuring. Matters involve individual properties as well as portfolios and span various asset classes; most recently, the team was especially active in the commercial, office and residential sectors. The team, which was strengthened by the arrival of salary partner and real estate financing specialist Jennifer Maiworm (previously principal associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) in November 2020, is headed by Clemens Niedner, who is experienced in restructuring as well as financing.

White & Case LLP is well equipped to cover various interdisciplinary issues through cooperation with its real estate and capital market practices, which regularly contribute to its real estate financing and refinancing advice. The group assists across various asset classes – recently in particular commercial, residential (including student residences), office and mixed-use properties – as well as with matters pertaining to individual properties and portfolio transactions. It acts for both borrowers and lenders, although lender-advice was recently particularly sought after; here, Thomas Flatten is a key contact for national and international banks and financial institutions. Sébastien Seele, who made partner in January 2021, regularly advises credit funds, sponsors as well as banks.

In addition to acquisition financing – most recently particularly in relation to the retail, residential and office sectors – GSK Stockmann routinely handles project financing, which also mirrors the specialisation of practice heads Alma Franke and Stefan Koser. Asset managers, capital management companies and real estate investment companies form the backbone of its client base alongside financial institutions and developers, who also benefit from the group's expertise in investment law-related matters as well as from its close cooperation with the Luxembourg office.

Since an internal reorganization in July 2020, real estate financing is handled by Hogan Lovells International LLP's corporate and finance group; the real estate financing practice is headed by Frankfurt-based banking and finance lawyer Katlen Blöcker  and real estate law expert Roland Bomhard in Düsseldorf. The client base primarily consists of investment managers, asset managers and banks, who rely on the team's expertise in financing and refinancing of residential and commercial properties, office properties and project developments and who also benefit from the cross-practice and cross-location cooperation with, for example, the green real estate finance practice's ESG group and the Luxembourg office.

Latham & Watkins LLP's strong transactional expertise also reflects on its real estate practice which is routinely consulted for real estate transactions. This interrelationship is also mirrored on management level, with financing expert Torsten Volkholz  and real estate transaction specialist Otto von Gruben heading the group, which also closely cooperates with other practices such as the firm's tax department. Banks, PE investors and funds in particular seek advice on acquisition financing and refinancing of individual properties, real estate portfolios and project developments across various asset classes.