Overview
Whether it’s structuring transactions to maximize benefits, analyzing terms of financing commitments, managing leasing or management arrangements, real estate acquisitions and property development have become an increasingly elaborate part of your business. Visibility into the overarching processes, experience and critical thinking are all key to success.
With top-notch teams in the US and Germany, McDermott’s global real estate acquisition & development team is here to partner with you in all aspects of your real estate acquisition and development needs. Whether it’s negotiating a multi-national joint venture or assisting you with a complex acquisition, our team is here to help. We are always ready to roll up our sleeves to provide creative strategies and solutions to assist you in a variety of real estate transactions, including:
- Joint Ventures
- Financings
- Initial Structuring
- Portfolio Management
- Leasing
International Scope
United States – Hospitality
Be it a hotel, hospitality or themed-entertainment space, we know that your business needs are unique and require customized solutions. Our team is here to counsel you in all aspects of the acquisition, development and operation of your real estate assets. We advise hospitality clients on the full range of issues, including the structuring and implementation of hotel management agreements and the leasing or management arrangements for food and beverage operations. Our team regularly assists clients in solving the most challenging problems by bringing a cross-disciplinary team comprising corporate, tax, labor and employment, IP, government strategies and environmental lawyers to provide sophisticated and holistic legal advice. We have had the pleasure of working with some of the most respected real estate developers in the hospitality industry in the United States, including in New York, and are widely known as the go-to firm for luxury and boutique hotel developments.
Germany
We have advised on and successfully executed some of the largest and most challenging transactions in Germany. This includes not only large-volume individual properties and international real estate portfolios but also build-to-suit and speculative development projects of all types of asset classes. We advise corporate clients, project developers, investors, portfolio holders, fund and asset managers and family offices on real estate law and related issues, such as structuring, financing, taxes, and supervisory and corporate law. Our services include real estate transactions as asset, share and unit deals, structured purchase and sales processes, project developments, joint ventures, due diligences, ongoing real estate asset management, service agreements, real estate tax and investment law, real estate financing, as well as notarizations by our notary office in Frankfurt.
United Kingdom
We have a market-leading transactional real estate practice in the UK. Led by recognized industry leaders, the UK team regularly serves some of the sector’s most active lenders, investors, developers, and investment managers. Clients looking to invest in the UK regularly approach our team to structure and manage their complex investments and implement development and repositioning initiatives to create and enhance their assets. The team acts across the full spectrum of asset classes, ranging from commercial offices and retail to operational real estate, data centers, logistics, hotels and leisure, healthcare, and all facets of the living sector.
