Property law
Sale and Purchase of Properties and Due Diligence
We conduct a comprehensive legal assessment of the property and coordinate the work of surveyors and other consultants. We draft and negotiate the property purchase agreement and manage its execution.
Financing
The activities of national and international financial investors in the German market have increased the need for legal financial consulting services. High leverage, syndication and securitisation of loan claims and loan agreements with a dense regulatory background call for sound legal support and advice.
Land Use Planning and Public Building Law
We provide comprehensive support during the planning process, especially where planning permission is for first-time construction developments and extensions, and large-scale retail building projects.. We represent owners in dealings with local and neighbouring municipalities and with any parties raising objections.
We also support public authorities in compiling urban land use plans, and coordinating expert opinions in this regard.
Asset management
We are particularly active in supporting investors in real estate following purchase of the property. The aim here is to enhance the value of the real estate with new or expanded planning permission and to exploit opportunities for designing optimum lease agreements.
Commercial Tenancy Law
A long-term lease agreement with a tenant with a strong credit rating enhances the value of commercial property. Particular significance must be given to the lease agreement and its annexes, especially their legal formulation, for example compliance with the need for the written form. Lease agreements must always be carefully examined for a purchaser due diligence.
Grooterhorst & Partner Rechtsanwälte are specialists in lease contract law and we regularly organise seminars on commercial tenancy law across Germany.
Building law
In the area of building law we support investors in securing speedy and, if possible, unrestricted planning permission. We work with clients from the initial building application phase through the entire planning permission process and act as contact with the planning authorities for all legal and material issues.
Civil Building Law and Building Contract Law
Grooterhorst & Partner Rechtsanwälte havean excellent reputation in the field of private building law. We support contractors and advise all parties (including investors) involved in the project in preparing complex and comprehensive work and services contracts.
We also defend the interests of insurers and parties in all liability matters.
Distressed real estate and Restructuring
We have extensive experience of advising clients on the reorganisation of “distressed real estate”. We assist clients to find creative legal and profitable solutions for the property, its use and further development, which often entail a restructuring of the owner company, its financing and reorientation.
Public procurement law
In the past few years, questions of public procurement law, contract procurement cartels (European calls for tenders) and public-private partnerships have grown in importance and become the subject of much public attention.
Our specialists lawyers have made a significant contribution to the public discussion on this issue. We have advised investors and public authorities through the complex, and often still undefined, legal landscape of these processes.
