Mr Markus Franken > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
Große Gallusstraße 18
60312 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Work Department

Frankfurt (Corporate, Real Estate)

Position

Of Counsel

Career

Markus Franken is a well experienced German real estate transaction lawyer and the youngest of five German civil law notaries that have their office with Hogan Lovells in Germany.

As a lawyer Markus mainly advises national and international investors, banks and wealthy individuals on real estate transactions and in particular project developments. His other main areas of expertise include advice on commercial and private tenancy law, private building law as well as property law.

As a notary he is specialized in real estate transactions and corporate law.

Markus is a lecturer at the EBS Executive School for private building law.

Languages

English, German

Memberships

Urban Land Institute

Education

Notarial Examination, Bundesnotarkammer, 2017, Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, 2012, LL.M., University of Auckland, 2009, First State Exam in Law, Trier University, 2008

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Real estate and construction > Real estate

Hogan Lovells International LLP is experienced in transaction, project development and investment support and covers all asset classes, with a particular focus on logistics, commercial, office and hotel properties. The team regularly acts on behalf of national and international investors, open and closed funds as well as family offices, which also benefit from the team’s ESG-related competencies in the procurement, management, project development and investment areas. Practice head Dirk Debald boasts similar expertise and advises on the entire value chain of a property; he is additionally well versed in tenancy law. Other key contacts are Roland Bomhard (transactions, project developments and related financing issues) and the head of the global hotels, leisure & gaming group Marc Werner (transactions and financing), who covers matters pertaining to the hotel sector, and Markus Franken, who also acts as a notary (transactions and project developments); the latter made partner in January 2023.