Real Estate
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Our Real Estate sector group brings together lawyers from across Allen & Overy's network and practice groups with particular involvement from our real estate, real estate finance, corporate, tax, securitisation, capital markets, litigation, investment funds and restructuring groups.
Their expertise and strong team working enables us to advise on both domestic and cross-border deals involving real estate as an asset class.
We act for public and private companies, pension funds, investment banks and other financial institutions, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, hotel owners and operators, retailers, public sector bodies, developers, unit trusts.
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Publications: 02 APRIL 2020
Real estate and Covid-19 coronavirus - the questions we are being asked in Germany
This note discusses a number of issues and queries that are arising in the commercial real estate investing and lending markets in Germany as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Publications: 27 MARCH 2020
Covid-19 coronavirus: The Covid-19 Act and its impact on real estate financings in Germany
On 27 March 2020 the parliament adopted the Covid-19 Act. This act enacts various economic support measures for entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, other small, medium-sized and large enterprises and…
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Publications: 27 MARCH 2020
Covid-19 coronavirus: Covid-19 Act and impact on real estate leases
Massive economic effects of Covid-19 on the real estate sector, in particular, on lease agreements.
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Publications: 07 FEBRUARY 2020
Berlin Rent Act passed - What are the practical consequences?
On 30 January 2020, Berlin’s House of Representatives passed the hotly discussed Berlin Rent Act, introducing the so-called “rent freeze”. It is expected to come into force in late March/early April…
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Legal 500 2020
Tier 2 Firm for Real Estate
Legal 500 2020
According to a real estate client: "Allen & Overy is characterised by a high degree of responsiveness and is able to develop pragmatic solutions under time pressure, even in complicated situations."
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