Practice Areas

  • Real Estate: Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Joint Ventures, (structured) Real Estate Financing, Commercial Lease Agreements, Hotel Agreements
  • Copy Right and Unfair Competition Law regarding Real Estate
Education and Professional Experience
  • Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2002
  • Admitted to practise law in Germany (2002)
  • Apprenticeship with Deutsche Bank AG, Banking Professional („Bankkaufmann“)
  • Universities of Munich and Bayreuth
  • Doctorate in law, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
  • Scholarship of Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition- and Tax Law, Munich
Languages
  • English, German
Awards
  • Recommended lawyer in the fields of “Real Estate Law”, “Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (Juve Handbuch 2023/2024)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2023” in the area of “Hospitality and Tourism Law  and Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany)
  • Recommended and recognised as “Top Lawyer 2023” in the field of “Real Estate Law” (WirtschaftsWoche 2023)
  • Recommended lawyer in the fields of “Real Estate Law”, “Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (Juve Handbuch 2022/2023)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2022” in the area of “Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany)
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of “Real Estate Law”, “Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (Juve Handbuch 2021/2022)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2021” in the area of “Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany)
  • Ranking „Germany’s Best Lawyers 2020″ in the area of “Real Estate Business Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany)
Publications
  • Laas, Bernhard et al.: Meyer – Handbuch Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, in: C.H. Beck Verlag, 1. Auflage, 2022.
  • Brückner, Dirk / Laas, Bernhard: New alternatives in real estate financing in Corporate Real Estate Handbook 2010/11, Cross-border.
  • Deal News
    21 December 2023

    GSK Stockmann advises existing investors on the HR Group’s investment in Luca

    GSK Stockmann advised a group of international existing Luca investors in connection with the new investor HR Group.

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  • Law firm
    24 June 2022

    Germany’s Best Lawyers 2022: Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers recommend 53 lawyers from GSK Stockmann

    The renowned US publication Best Lawyers has once again published its list of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” of the year in cooperation with Handelsblatt. A total of 53 GSK lawyers...

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  • Deal News
    16 March 2022

    GSK Stockmann advises DFI and Cells on acquisition of Sheraton Berlin Grand Hotel Esplanade

    GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to the Deutsche Finance Group subsidiary Deutsche Finance International and Cells Property Investors GmbH on the acquisition of th...

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