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Claudia Hard

Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner/Rechtsanwältin
Career
Claudia Hard is a partner and heads the Finance & Banking Group in Germany. She focuses her practice on real estate, project and corporate finance.
Claudia has many years of experience in the field of acquisition and refinancing as well as restructuring in the real estate sector. In addition, she has deep experience in the area of Pfandbrief financing, both in Germany and in cross-border financing within Europe and the USA. Her clients include leading domestic and foreign banks, debt funds, loan servicers, private equity funds, institutional investors and public housing companies.
Claudia is recommended by leading lawyer directories as “smart and experienced” and “impressively good.” Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she was a partner at Olswang Germany and previously worked in the real estate and the finance group at Freshfields and Clifford Chance in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and London.
Concentrations
Development Financing
Senior and Mezzanine Financing
Loan Transaction
Distressed Investments
Securitizations
Capabilities
Finance
Real Estate
Banking & Financial Services
Restructuring & Bankruptcy
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Real Estate Funds
Real Estate Finance
Admission to Practice
Germany
New York
Languages
German
English
Education
- LL.M., The University of Texas at Austin, 2001
- Second Legal State Exam, 2000
- First Legal State Exam, Universität Potsdam /Germany, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Immobilienfinanzierung
(Hall of Fame)Greenberg Traurig Germanys breites Beratungsangebot im Immobilienfinanzierungsbereich beinhaltet unter anderem Senior-, Mezzanine- und Whole-Loan-Finanzierungen, Überbrückungsfinanzierungen, Entwicklungs- und Akquisitionsfinanzierungen, Liquiditäts- und Zeichnungsfazilitäten für Immobilienfonds sowie Refinanzierungen und finanzielle Restrukturierungen als auch Mandate mit Insolvenzbezug, wodurch man für einen ähnlich breit gefächerten Mandantenstamm agiert und dies oftmals grenzüberschreitend. Zudem schätzen Finanzinstitute, Private Equity-, Debt- und Pensionsfonds, REITs, Investmentmanager und Versicherungen die sektorielle Streuung des Beratungsspektrums; zuletzt bediente man insbesondere die Assetklassen Hotel, Büro, Logistik, Einzelhandel, Wohnen und gemischte Nutzung. Claudia Hard leitet das Team, dem auch Anika Mitzkait angehört. Beide decken den Immobilienfinanzierungsbereich umfassend ab.
Germany > Banking and finance > Real estate finance
(Hall of Fame)Greenberg Traurig Germany diverse real estate financing expertise focuses on senior, mezzanine and whole loan financing, bridge financing, development and acquisition financing, liquidity and underwriting facilities for real estate funds, refinancing and financial restructuring, as well as insolvency-related matters. Accordingly, the client roster is equally diverse and also benefits from cross-border competencies. Financial institutions, private equity, debt and pension funds, REITs, investment managers and insurance companies regularly instruct the team across the asset classes hotel, office, logistics, retail, residential and mixed use. Claudia Hard heads the team, which includes Anika Mitzkait. Both comprehensively advise on real estate financing.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Germany > Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Real estate finance Germany > Banking and finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Media > Entertainment
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Information technology > Data protection
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Private equity > Transactions