GSK Stockmann

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to the Ruby Group on the development plans for its new location on Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm. Ruby will be the future operator of the building, which was acquired by the real estate investment manager Empira Group around a year ago.

GSK Stockmann advised the bank ING Deutschland on its lease of new headquarters in Frankfurt’s “Hafenpark Quartier” with a team led by Frankfurt partner Volker Hofstetter.

A GSK Stockmann team led by Munich partners Andreas Eichler (Real Estate) and Marcel Vietor (Corporate) advised Hines on the purchase of a logistics centre near Frankfurt Airport with a team.

Labour and social security law expert Daniel Nerl has joined GSK Stockmann’s team in Luxembourg as local partner, where he will develop the firm’s new practice in that area. He joins from leading independent business and litigation law firm Kleyr Grasso – together with his Associate Julie Tisserand – and will work closely together with Counsel Marie-Therese Wich. Daniel Nerl has extensive experience in the fields of labour and social security matters. He has been advising clients since 2011 on the entire spectrum of human resources matters by offering a full-service approach from advisory on day-to-day matters (including on- and offboarding, due diligences, general corporate support, etc.) to litigation. In addition, he has been a lecturer for training organisms on HR matters for over 10 years. Daniel Nerl studied in France in Bordeaux and Paris at the Sorbonne and was admitted to the bar in Luxembourg in 2011; he is member of ELSA asbl – Employment Law Specialist Association Luxembourg. “We are pleased to welcome Daniel Nerl and Julie Tisserand to our team. Their strong experience in the field of labour law and litigation as well as their deep expertise of the Luxembourg market will benefit our international client base”, comments Andreas Heinzmann, Partner at GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg. “We are looking forward to working with the new team members who will further strengthen our international capabilities in labour law and litigation. We wish them a great start at GSK Stockmann”, adds Dr. Oliver Glück, Co-Managing Partner at GSK Stockmann. “I am thrilled to join GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg, together with my long-term colleague Julie Tisserand, and am looking forward to working with a strong team on challenging and complex projects”, says Daniel Nerl. The office of GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg opened in 2016 with four partners and has since grown to a team of more than 30 fee earners focussing on the field of Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Investment Funds, Real Estate, Regulatory, Insurance, and Tax. Press contact: GSK STOCKMANN Christina Holl Karl-Scharnagl-Ring 8 80539 Munich T +49 89 288174-275 F +49 89 288 174-44 [email protected] GSK Stockmann is a leading independent European corporate law firm. Over 250 professionals advise German and international clients at our locations in Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Heidelberg, Munich, Luxembourg and London. GSK is the law firm of choice for Real Estate and Financial Services. We also have deep-rooted expertise in key sectors including Funds, Capital Markets, Public, Mobility, Energy and Healthcare. For international transactions and projects, we work together with selected reputable law firms abroad. Our advice combines an economic focus with entrepreneurial foresight. That is what is behind: Your perspective. More about us: www.gsk.de

GSK Stockmann, working with a team of other firms including Troutman Pepper Locke, advised global digital infrastructure company Colt Technology Services on the sale of six of its data centres to NorthC, a data centre operator headquartered in the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Colt will also divest two of its other data centres in London to NorthC’s majority owner DWS Group. The eight data centres included in the transaction are in Amsterdam, Berlin, ‎Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich, as well as the two in London. The data centres were part of the ‎assets Colt gained with its acquisition of Lumen EMEA in 2023. GSK Stockmann, working with Troutman Pepper Locke and a team of further local counsel and instructed by Nadine Ramasamy, Alex Galtieri and Annarita Spena of Colt, advised on the German real estate aspects of the deal and also on Colt’s ongoing partnership with NorthC. Colt’s future relationship with NorthC will include Colt retaining network equipment in the divested data centres as part of its global digital ‎infrastructure, which connects 32,000 buildings, spans more than 40 countries, reaches more than 275 ‎points of presence, and includes 10 subsea cable systems‎. The transaction is expected to close in summer 2025. [caption id="attachment_48296" align="alignnone" width="300"] GSK Berlin[/caption] Advisers of Colt at GSK Stockmann: Dr Olaf Schmechel (lead partner, Real Estate/Data Centres), Çağlayan Birkan (Real Estate), Sören Wolkenhauer (Energy), Dr Jörg Kahler (IP/IT), Dr Anna Charlotte Kümpers (Public Law) Contact: GSK STOCKMANN Dr Olaf Schmechel Mohrenstrasse 42 10117 Berlin T +49 30 203907 - 0 F +49 30 203907-44 [email protected] Press contact: GSK STOCKMANN Christina Holl Karl-Scharnagl-Ring 8 80539 Munich T +49 89 288174-275 F +49 89 288 174-44 [email protected] GSK Stockmann is a leading independent European corporate law firm. Over 250 professionals advise German and international clients at our locations in Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Heidelberg, Munich, Luxembourg and London. GSK is the law firm of choice for Real Estate and Financial Services. We also have deep-rooted expertise in key sectors including Funds, Capital Markets, Public, Mobility, Energy and Healthcare. For international transactions and projects, we work together with selected reputable law firms abroad. Our advice combines an economic focus with entrepreneurial foresight. That is what is behind:  Your perspective. More about us: www.gsk.de/en

GSK Stockmann has provided comprehensive legal advice to L-Rea GmbH on the establishment of a joint venture with the BlueRock Group AG regarding L-Rea GmbH’s subsidiary Residea Immobilien Management GmbH. Since April, the BlueRock Group AG, based in Zurich and Berlin, holds a stake in Residea Immobilien Management GmbH as part of a joint venture.

GSK Stockmann advised the fintech company Eleving Group on the completion of the largest offer of shares by way of an initial public offering (IPO) of a privately held company in Latvia and subsequent listing and trading of the offered shares on the Nasdaq Baltic Main List and Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s regulated market Prime Standard. With the IPO, Eleving Group aims to offer investors an opportunity to invest in one of the fastest growing, Baltic-headquartered, and Luxembourg-domiciled fintech companies operating in vehicle and consumer financing segments across 16 markets and three continents.

Based on the successful partnership agreement between GSK Stockmann and the Brexit Institute since 2020, GSK Stockmann will continue to sponsor the activities of the Institute in the field of European affairs for three more years – until 2027.

TopLegal – one of Italy’s leading legal publications – recognized GSK Stockmann as “Italian Desk independente dell’anno” (“Independent Italian Desk of the year”) at the TopLegal Awards 2024 in Milan.

At the prestigious The Lawyer European Awards 2024 in London, GSK Stockmann has been named “Law Firm of the Year for Benelux”. In addition, the firm received the recognition “commended” in the category “Law Firm of the Year for Germany” and was “shortlisted” in the category “European Law Firm of the Year”.

GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg was again recognized as Great Place to Work® for December 2024-December 2025 based on an extensive anonymous online survey with 69 questions conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute. As a result of the study, the trust index shows that 80 % of the team members say that GSK Stockmann in Luxembourg is a Great Place to Work®.

Legalcommunity – one of the largest legal media in Southern Europe for business lawyers, tax lawyers and accountants – awarded GSK Stockmann in the category “Italian Desk” at the Legalcommunity Finance Awards 2025. The Legalcommunity Awards are widely regarded as one of the most important Italian awards in the sector, recognizing excellence in the legal market.

The commercial law firm advised handly GmbH from Berlin on a series-seed financing round. The EUR 3.75 million round was led by Stride Capital and 20VC.

GSK Stockmann hat die AXA IM Alts / ACCUMULATA bei der Vermietung von rund 4.800 qm Bürofläche im Münchner Bauprojekt „The Stack“ an die Novartis Pharma GmbH beraten.

GSK Stockmann advised AXA IM Alts / ACCUMULATA on the letting of around 4,800 sqm of office space in the Munich building project “The Stack” to Novartis Pharma GmbH.

A GSK Stockmann team led by Munich partner Stephan Wachsmuth advised Giesecke+Devrient Grundstücksgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG and DER bogen GmbH & Co. KG on the tax structuring of a new development project in Bogenhausen.

A GSK Stockmann team led by Munich partner Dirk Brückner provided comprehensive advice to Siemens Real Estate on the sale of the office building “The Move Blue” in Frankfurt.

A GSK Stockmann team led by Munich partner Andreas Eichler provided comprehensive tenancy and tax law advice to DER bogen GmbH & Co.

A team led by Heidelberg partner Jens Uwe Rügenhagen advised FinCompare GmbH,

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive advice to the Hungarian firm B+N Referencia Zrt. based in Budapest on its takeover of the Köberl Group based in Aschheim near Munich.

With a team led by Berlin partner Robert Korndörfer, GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to Deutsche Giga Access GmbH,

GSK Stockmann supported the Swedish Catella Group with the strategic merger of two of its German subsidiaries, Catella Residential Investment Management (CRIM) in Berlin and Catella Real Estate AG (CREAG) in Munich.

GSK Stockmann hat den schwedischen Catella Konzern bei dem strategischen Zusammenschluss der beiden deutschen Tochtergesellschaften Catella Residential Investment Management aus Berlin (CRIM) und Catella Real Estate AG aus München (CREAG) unterstützt.

The corporate law firm has promoted three lawyers to Local Partner and six to Counsel with effect from 1 January 2025.

Mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar 2025 befördert die Wirtschaftskanzlei drei Anwältinnen und Anwälte zu Local Partnern und sechs zu Counseln.

A GSK Stockmann team led by partners Oliver Moufang and Felix Bergfort advised Deka over several years on the reorganisation of its locations in the German banking metropolis Frankfurt am Main.

Ein Team von GSK Stockmann, geleitet von den Partnern Prof. Dr. Oliver Moufang und Felix Bergfort,

Die Wirtschaftskanzlei GSK Stockmann hat neue Büros am Europaplatz 3 in Heidelberg bezogen. Auf insgesamt 2.300 Quadratmetern in zentraler Lage folgt die Kanzlei weiter ihrem Wachstumskurs.

Commercial law firm GSK Stockmann has moved into new offices at Europaplatz 3 in Heidelberg.

Carsten Rumberg has joined the London team of commercial law firm GSK Stockmann as Of Counsel.

Carsten Rumberg verstärkt das Londoner Team der Wirtschaftskanzlei GSK Stockmann als Of Counsel.

GSK Stockmann hat Hines beim Erwerb der Logistikimmobilie ESSENtial in Essen-Kray beraten.

GSK Stockmann advised Hines on the acquisition of the “ESSENtial” logistics property in Essen-Kray.

GSK Stockmann hat die Württembergische Lebensversicherung AG beim Verkauf des Ärztehauses „H87 Gesundheitszentrum Friedenau“ in Berlin an einen institutionellen Investor beraten.

GSK Stockmann advised Württembergische Lebensversicherung AG on the sale of the medical centre “H87 Gesundheitszentrum Friedenau” in Berlin to an institutional investor.

GSK Stockmann advised Bayerisches Immobilien Kontor GmbH (BAYIKO) on the financing for the conversion of the former Quelle distribution centre in Nuremberg.

GSK Stockmann hat die Bayerisches Immobilien Kontor GmbH (BAYIKO) bei der Finanzierung des Umbaus des ehemaligen Quelle-Versandzentrums in Nürnberg beraten.

GSK Stockmann hat sich das Ziel gesetzt, als innovative Kanzlei die digitale Transformation voranzutreiben und ihren Mandanten wegweisende, zukunftsorientierte Lösungen anzubieten.

GSK Stockmann is an innovative law firm committed to being at the forefront of the digital transformation and providing cutting-edge solutions to its clients.

GSK Stockmann hat die Unmüssig Bauträgergesellschaft Baden mbH umfassend beim Erwerb des SilberburgQuartiers in Stuttgart sowie bei der Projektentwicklung für den geplanten Um- und Ausbau des Ensembles beraten.

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive advice to Unmüssig Bauträgergesellschaft Baden mbH on the acquisition of the SilberburgQuartier in Stuttgart and the planned remodelling and development of the ensemble.

GSK Stockmann hat die MLP SE bei der Entwicklung eines Neubauensembles in Reutlingen umfassend rechtlich beraten. Hauptmieter wird die MLP-Tochter RVM Versicherungsmakler GmbH.

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to MLP SE on the development of a new building complex in Reutlingen. The main tenant will be the MLP subsidiary RVM Versicherungsmakler GmbH.

GSK Stockmann hat Cresco Real Estate mit Sitz in Berlin beim Erwerb eines Bürokomplexes in Weißensee im Berliner Bezirk Pankow beraten.

GSK Stockmann advised Berlin-based Cresco Real Estate on the acquisition of an office complex in Weissensee in the Berlin district of Pankow.

GSK Stockmann advised the joint venture of MB Park Deutschland GmbH and Isarkies Wohn- und Gewerbegrund Holding GmbH on the sale of a further logistics property in Idstein im Taunus.

GSK Stockmann advised MB Park Deutschland GmbH and Isarkies Wohn- und Gewerbegrund Holding GmbH on the sale of two properties in Idstein im Taunus.

GSK Stockmann advised the leading digital consumer products platform and brand aggregator Branded Group S.A., based in Luxembourg,

A GSK Stockmann team led by partner Maritheres Palichleb provided Tishman Speyer with comprehensive legal and tax advice on the purchase of 126 apartments for an open-ended special fund.

Justus Jansen has been elected as the law firm’s new Managing Partner with effect from 1 July 2024. Katy Ritzmann will be the new spokesperson for the Corporate division on the firm’s Management Board. In addition, Oliver Glück has been re-elected as Managing Partner for another three years.

A GSK Stockmann team led by partner Robert Korndörfer provided comprehensive legal advice to akquinet GmbH on its acquisition of C3 Consulting Group GmbH.

GSK Stockmann advised asset and investment manager GRR Real Estate Management GmbH (GRR REM) on the acquisition of an Edeka supermarket in the east of Munich for a special AIF fund.

GSK Stockmann has advised a major Swiss asset manager in Germany on the sale of a 15,000 sqm office and commercial building as part of optimising its portfolio.

GSK Stockmann has advised a major Swiss asset manager in Germany on the purchase of a 17,600 sqm portfolio of care facilities in southern North Rhine-Westphalia.

GSK Stockmann advised the Berlin-based crypto firm Unstoppable Finance GmbH on the takeover of its Ultimate Wallet by the Singapore-based decentralised crypto exchange (DEX) Jupiter. Jupiter is a major player in the crypto world and the leading exchange on the Solana blockchain.

GSK Stockmann advised Oliver Grass and Assemblify GmbH on the sale of inno-spec GmbH to Headwall Photonics, Inc. headquartered in Bolton, Massachusetts, USA.

GSK Stockmann advised the Real I.S. Group, BayernLB’s fund service provider specialising in real estate investments, on the repurchase of its Munich headquarters from LaSalle Investment Management.

GSK Stockmann advised IMAXXAM Asset Management GmbH on the acquisition of the B&B Hotel Frankfurt West. IMAXXAM is acquiring the property for its real estate special AIF under the umbrella of Union Investment.

GSK Stockmann advised a Hamburg-based family office on letting a senior living project to be constructed in Hamburg-Tonndorf to the operator Renafan.

At the turn of the year, GSK Stockmann is welcoming Daniel Fehling to strengthen its Corporate/M&A practice in Hamburg

GSK Stockmann advised a group of international existing Luca investors in connection with the new investor HR Group.

GSK Stockmann advised the Nuremberg-based GRR Group on the purchase of a local shopping centre located in Lauterbach in the district of Vogelsberg from Ratisbona Handelsimmobilien. The property was acquired on behalf of the special AIF fund GRR Future Retail Properties 1, which has an ecological investment strategy.

GSK Stockmann has been advising Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG (NPorts) on the financing and provision of the new jetty for liquefied gases at the sea port in Stade. The project has been financed by a combination of funds from the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Lower Saxony as well as a loan from Nord/LB.

Anthony Morton joins GSK Stockmann‘s Frankfurt office effective 1 January 2024.

As its annual Christmas donation this year, the international corporate law firm GSK Stockmann is donating 6,000 euros to the charitable organisation Make-a-Wish in Germany.

Tobias Abersfelder has joined GSK Stockmann’s Hamburg office as of 1 December as Counsel in the areas of compliance and investigations as well as dispute resolution. Abersfelder comes to GSK Stockmann from Eversheds Sutherland.

At the Partners’ Meeting on 24 and 25 November 2023, GSK Stockmann appointed four new Equity Partners, three Local Partners and two Counsel from within its own ranks with effect from 1 January 2024. These promotions reflect the firm’s unwavering commitment to its strategy of supporting the professional development of its young lawyers and deploying their talents to build up its strategic advisory fields.

GSK Stockmann is welcoming corporate M&A and private equity expert Robert Korndörfer as a new partner at the firm. From 1 November 2023, he will be joining the team at GSK’s Berlin office, where his expertise will support the further expansion of the firm’s advisory services in the areas of corporate M&A and private equity.

Anna Gassner will be joining GSK Stockmann’s team in Luxembourg as of 1 October 2023. The addition of a new partner is part of the firm’s strategy to further expand its advisory services in the areas of corporate M&A and private equity.

GSK Stockmann advised Munich-based Isar Klinik Immobilien GmbH on the land division and sale of an office property in the centre of Munich to CDC Investissement Immobilier and the FOM Real Estate Group.

A GSK Stockmann team led by Michael Jani provided comprehensive advice on real estate, tax, investment and insurance law to the Hamburg-based investment and asset manager FONDSGRUND Investment in connection with the acquisition of the “Netzwerk” office property in Regensburg for HIH Invest Real Estate and a club of German institutional investors.

GSK Stockmann advised G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & Co. KG based in Hohenlockstedt in Schleswig-Holstein on the acquisition of Duisburg-based mynoise GmbH. The acquisition allows Pohl-Boskamp to expand its business in the field of digital health applications and protects the future of the Kalmeda® tinnitus app, which was developed by mynoise.

Evonik is selling its German production plant in Lülsdorf and the associated cyanuric chloride business in nearby Wesseling to the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG).

DLE’s logistics fund has received EUR 100 million in financing from Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) for a logistics real estate portfolio containing properties located across Germany. The portfolio has an occupancy rate of almost 100%. The loan has a five-year term.

GSK Stockmann advised IMAXXAM Asset Management GmbH on the acquisition of a portfolio of eight office buildings valued at approximately EUR 180 million.

GSK Stockmann has been advising the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the planning procedure under German energy law with the Stralsund Mining Authority for the construction and operation of the sea and land-based sections of the “Ostsee LNG” project, including the pig receiving station for keeping the pipeline as well as the Baltic Sea connection pipeline clean.

GSK Stockmann advised Siemens AG on the legal structuring and issuance of a crypto securities bond under the German Electronic Securities Act (eWpG) with a volume of EUR 60 million. This is the first issuance of a crypto security by a DAX 40 company in the million euro range.

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive advice to DKW Deutsche Kapitalwert AG on the sale of more than 11,000 sqm of land in Poing near Munich to Palfinger AG.

As part of its continued international strategy, GSK Stockmann announces the opening of an office in London, one of the world’s leading business and financial centres, creating new opportunities to strengthen the firm’s capabilities and international footprint.

GSK Stockmann hat die Pensionskasse Wacker Chemie VVaG mit Sitz in München, Eigentümerin des Firmensitzes der Wacker Chemie AG in Neuperlach, beim Verkauf des Gebäudes an die Private Equity Gesellschaft Blue Colibri Capital, Luxemburg, beraten.

GSK Stockmann hat die in Berlin ansässige Unstoppable Finance GmbH bei ihrer aktuellsten Finanzierungsrunde beraten. Das Krypto-Start-up hat 12,5 Millionen Euro eingeworben und die US-Risikokapitalgesellschaft Lightspeed Venture Partners in den Kreis seiner namhaften Investoren aufgenommen. Bestehende Geldgeber wie Speedinvest und Discovery Ventures sowie der Rockaway Blockchain Fund haben sich ebenfalls an der Finanzierungsrunde beteiligt.

GSK Stockmann hat die bisherigen Gesellschafter und Gründer der ACTEUM Investment GmbH mit einem Team um Dr. Markus Söhnchen und Dr. Gerhard Gündel bei der Transaktion und den M&A-relevanten Rechtsfragen beraten.

GSK Stockmann hat den Investor Horizons Ventures mit Sitz in Hongkong beim Investment in das Berliner Fintech Getquin beraten. Das Social Network für Investoren konnte in einer Series-A-Runde Zusagen von namhaften Fintech-Investoren in Höhe von 15 Mio. USD verzeichnen.

GSK Stockmann hat eine Objektgesellschaft des Immobilienentwicklers Neuplan GmbH bei der Vermietung des kompletten Büroneubaus „The Run“ in München an die Willy Bogner GmbH & Co. KGaA umfassend beraten.

GSK Stockmann hat die börsennotierte MHP Hotel AG rund um den geplanten Betrieb eines Hotels im Ultra Luxury Hotel Segment am Münchener Karlsplatz beraten. Die Beratung umfasste insbesondere den Hotelmietvertrag mit der Familie Inselkammer sowie den Franchisevertrag mit Marriott, unter deren Marke „JW Marriott“ MHP das Hotel betreiben wird.

GSK Stockmann verstärkt das Immobilienteam mit einer weiteren Partnerin. Die bisher als Of Counsel tätige Anwältin Dr. Maritheres Palichleb wird zum 1. Mai 2022 Equity Partnerin im Frankfurter Büro von GSK Stockmann.

GSK Stockmann hat den Berliner Venture-Capital-Investor Target Global und einen weiteren Co-Leadinvestor bei der aktuellen Finanzierungsrunde der Initiatoren der Luca-App umfassend beraten.

GSK Stockmann hat die Real I.S. AG mit Sitz in München beim Kauf des Frankfurter Bürogebäudes Marienbogen vom Immobilienkonzern Hines umfassend beraten.