Drawing upon ‘excellent technical skills’ and with a ’brilliant ability to negotiate’, Arendt & Medernach is well placed to advise stakeholders through every stage of a real estate transaction, from planning and financing to final execution. Much of the work is centred around the investment management space, with the firm excelling in structuring real estate funds, as well as providing advice on the subsequent real estate acquisitions and sales. Claude Niedner, Pierre Beissel and Rodrigo Delcourt are very well versed at providing advice at the fund structuring stage, with corporate and M&A head Carsten Opitz particularly effective at executing the subsequent real estate transactions, as well as providing guidance on co-investment vehicles and JVs. Christian Point is ‘highly knowledgeable’ across a range of substantive real estate matters on both the contentious and non-contentious front. Point co-heads the overarching multidisciplinary team alongside Dominik Pauly, who regularly advises on financing and restructuring matters in the sector.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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- 'Very competent and reliable support.'
- 'Christian Point is highly knowledgeable.'
- 'Excellent technical skills and brilliant ability to negotiate.'
- 'Dominik Pauly is a very helpful and competent lawyer, who always provides directly useable, reliable and fast support.'
- 'Bob Calmes is very reactive.'
Key clients
- Aermont Capital Management S.à.r.l.
- Allianz RE
- AXA Real Estate Investment Managers
- Besix Group
- Hines
- Leasinvest
- Primonial
- RFR Holding LLC
- Swiss Life Asset Managers
- TwentyTwo Real Estate
Work highlights
Advised GLP Capital Partners Limited on the sale of its international business and certain of its affiliates, excluding its operations in Greater China, and existing capital commitments to certain managed funds to Ares Management Corporation.
Advised in relation to the landmark financial restructuring of a company part of the Aggregate Group and controlling a very large real estate project in the city of Berlin, implemented through an English restructuring plan and facing dissent by certain junior creditors.
Advised Swedish listed company Bilia AB in the acquisition of the BMW dealership in Mersch, Carlo Schmitz SARL, in order to strengthen its presence in Luxembourg.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Christian Point; Dominik Pauly
Other key lawyers
Pierre Beissel; Claude Niedner; Carsten Opitz; Rodrigo Delcourt; Bob Calmes; Yves Lacroix