Anika Mitzkait > Greenberg Traurig Germany > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Greenberg Traurig Germany
The Westlight
Budapester Str. 35
10787 Berlin
Germany

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Rechtsanwältin/Shareholder

Career

Anika Mitzkait is a partner in the finance department. She focuses her practice on national and international financings for real estate transactions of all asset classes.

Her practice covers a wide range of finance-related matters of real estate investments, starting from development financings via acquisition financings through to restructurings, and also includes any refinancings of the lenders, whether by syndication, securitization or loan sales.

Anika advises national and international banks, as well as private and institutional investors. She has a broad experience in advising Pfandbrief-based loans and is familiar with all their specific characteristics. The range of her advice also includes multi-layered finance structures, whether for the senior, mezzanine or junior lender. Additionally, Anika handles the refinancing and restructuring of existing financings, distressed debt in particular.

Chambers recommends Anika as “reliable and fast” with a “good head for overall structures and details of complex transactions.”

Prior to joining the firm, Anika worked for several years for Olswang in Germany and for three years in the Real Estate Group at Freshfields.

Concentrations
Real Estate Financing
Development Loans
Loan Transactions
Mezzanine Financings
Financial Restructurings

Capabilities
Banking & Financial Services
Restructuring & Bankruptcy
Financial Regulatory & Compliance
Real Estate Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Retail
Appellate
Structured Finance

Admission to Practice
Germany

Languages

German
English

Education

  • Ph.D., Freie Universität, Berlin/Germany, 2006
  • Second Legal State Exam, Berlin/Germany, 2005
  • First Legal State Exam, Humboldt University, Berlin/Germany, 2000

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Immobilienfinanzierung

(Führende Partner)

Anika MitzkaitGreenberg Traurig Germany

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

(Leading partners)

Anika MitzkaitGreenberg Traurig Germany

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.