Christian Lonquich
Christian Lonquich
Christian Lonquich
Practice Group Leader - Real Estate Germany
Biography
Christian Lonquich advises throughout the entire chain of value creation in real estate, which includes transaction and asset management, as well as finance and restructuring. His practice focuses on structuring, monitoring, and leading large and complex transactions, including forward deals, as well as sale and lease back structures throughout Europe.
Given his experience in the Anglo Saxon industry, Christian also closely advises investors and financial institutions on workout issues, in addition to the acquisition – and liquidation of – complex loan portfolios, while developing and implementing corresponding business plans related to these legal proceedings.
With a focus on Germany, France and Israel, Christian advises a variety of prominent national and international private equity and hedge funds, as well as real estate investors, developers, insurance companies, senior lenders and servicers around the globe.
In addition to his work as a lawyer, he regularly lectures at the International Real Estate Business School (IRE/BS) and is a lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
Directory rankings and quotes
- Legal 500 Germany 2023 : Leading name in real estate law
- JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022: Often recommended for real estate and construction law: Real Estate Law/Project Development and Plant Engineering; "precise, very experienced, fast and smart", client; " target- and service-oriented, resilient", competitor
- Legal 500 Germany 2022: Next generation partners and recommended for real estate and construction law: Real Estate Law
- Chambers Europe Germany 2022: Recommended for real estate law; "an extremely clever, super smart man and real team player"
Admissions
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Germany
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England & Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
Related Practice Areas
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Real Estate Finance
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Finance
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Real Estate Sector
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Real Estate
Experience
- *Advised Allianz Real Estate on the acquisition of the office building EDGE Hafencity from EDGE Technologies as part of an off-market forward deal and advised a joint venture consisting of Allianz Real Estate and a fund of the Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) managed by Universal-Investment on the acquisition of the project Edge East Side Berlin.
- *Advised Principal Real Estate Europe, acting as asset and transaction manager, on the acquisition of the "TraunPassage" in Traunreut, Bavaria, on behalf of SCPI NOVAPIERRE Allemagne Funds managed by PAREF Gestion.
- *Advised the office real estate Reit alstria office on the sale of an office and commercial building to Cresco Capital Group.
- *Advised Israeli insurer and pension manager Migdal on the acquisition of three light industrial properties valued at EUR 55.7 million.
- *Advised international project developer and portfolio holder Tishman Speyer on the leasing of approximately 9,500 square meters of its recently acquired Pressehaus at Alexanderplatz (Karl Liebknecht Straße 29) to Naspers, an international internet group.
- *Advised a joint venture between Mitiska REIM and Luxembourg Investment Group on the acquisition of a retail park in Mönchengladbach.
- *Advised a German bank on various pan-European, large-volume loan transactions.
*Prior to BCLP
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