Achim Meier > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Essen, Germany > Lawyer Profile
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Offices

GILDEHOFSTRASSE 1
45127 ESSEN
Germany
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Achim Meier

Work Department
Real Estate
Public Procurement Law
Position
As a German lawyer and real estate economist (ebs), Achim Meier, coordinator of the Real Estate & Infrastructure sector at Luther, specialises in private sector building law, real estate law and public procurement law. His clients include university clinics, hospitals, building companies and institutional builders.
Achim Meier is a proven expert when it comes to providing legal advice during the construction process of complex building, infrastructure and structural engineering and plant construction projects. He provides project development advice and also advises on matters pertaining to architectural and engineering law and on how to structure national and international public contract award procedures (e.g. PPP projects).
Furthermore, he represents his clients in judicial and extra-judicial disputes. A particular focus of his work is providing strategic advice, defending and enforcing supplementary claims, and developing claim management strategies.
Career
Achim Meier studied law at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and real estate economics at the European Business School. While at university, he began specialising in real estate law and has been advising his clients in this area of law since being admitted to the German Bar and joining Luther’s predecessor firm in 2000. Achim Meier heads Luther’s practice group “Real estate law”, which comprises a team of about 60 lawyers. He is a member of the International Bar Association and of the Association of German Construction Law Lawyers (ARGE Baurecht) organised by the German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein).
Languages
German, English.
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Immobilien- und Baurecht > Baurecht (einschließlich Streitbeilegung)
(Führende Partner)Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH komplementiert das Beratungsangebot im privaten Bau- und Architektenrecht durch Expertise im Vergabe- und Planungsrecht, wodurch man oftmals von der öffentlichen Hand, jedoch unter anderem auch von Investoren bei Sanierungs- und Neubauvorhaben mandatiert wird, darunter unter anderem Schulbauprogramme. Ebenso versiert zeigt man sich in der Begleitung von Klinikbauvorhaben; einem Bereich, dem sich Praxisleiter Achim Meier widmet und somit Universitäten und Bauunternehmen beim Bau neuer Einrichtungen begleitet. Zudem vertritt Meier, wie das Team allgemein, Mandanten in gerichtlichen und außergerichtlichen Verfahren, wobei Meier einen Schwerpunkt auf die Abwehr und Durchsetzung von Nachtragsforderungen sowie auf die Entwicklung von Claim-Strategien legt.
Deutschland > Immobilien- und Baurecht > Immobilienrecht
Durch die enge Vernetzung mit den Insolvenz- und Restrukturierungsteams verfolgt Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH einen ganzheitlichen immobilienrechtlichen Beratungsansatz, der neben Transaktionen die laufende Asset-Management- und mietrechtliche Betreuung einschließt. Praxisleiter Achim Meier begleitet schwerpunktmäßig Projektentwicklungen in den Bereichen Logistik und Gesundheit und vertritt Mandanten zudem bei Nachtragsforderungen vor Gericht. Fragen des Verwaltungsrechts sowie Einzel- und Portfoliotransaktionen werden von Thomas Gohrke abgedeckt.
Germany > Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
(Leading partners)Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH complements its advisory services in private construction and architectural law with expertise in procurement and planning law, resulting in frequent instructions by the public sector, but also by investors, to assist with renovation and new construction projects, including school building programs. The practice is equally adept at advising on hospital construction projects; an area that practice head Achim Meier is dedicated to, who also assists universities and construction companies with the construction of new facilities. Meier, like the team in general, also represents clients in court and out-of-court proceedings, while placing a focus on supplementary claims and developing claim strategies.
Germany > Real estate and construction > Real estate
Through its close cooperation with the insolvency and restructuring team, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH pursues a holistic real estate approach that includes ongoing asset management and tenancy law advice as well as transactions. Practice head Achim Meier focuses on project developments in the logistics and health sectors and also represents clients in supplementary claim proceedings. Administrative matters as well as individual and portfolio transactions are covered by Thomas Gohrke.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Germany > Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Construction (including construction litigation) Germany > Real estate and construction
- Real estate Germany > Real estate and construction
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Industry focus > Artificial Intelligence
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Transport > Maritime and shipping
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Antitrust
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Public sector > State aid
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Private clients and non-profits
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Media > Entertainment
- Restructuring and insolvency > Insolvency
- Tax