We have one of the leading Real Estate Finance practices in the European market with a proven track record in acting on all types of real estate finance transactions, investment as well as development.

Leading team members

Lex Oosterling
Partner

T: +31(0)20 5419 948
M: +31(0)6 5250 5905
E: lex.oosterling@dlapiper.com

Notable projects

Team members

Danielle
van Berkel
Senior Associate

Stephanie Menz
Senior associate

T: +31(0)20 5419 296
M: +31(0)6 1235 2990
E: stephanie.menz@dlapiper.com

Real Estate
Finance

Specialized teams involved

Feyenoord Stadium Rotterdam 

The new stadium of Feyenoord, an iconic landmark at the Maas, Rotterdam, will be the largest football stadium in the Netherlands, hosting approximately 63,000 spectators, and will form part of 'Feyenoord City': a state of the art development of the surrounding neighbourhood.

The real estate finance team advised New Century REIT in respect of the financing of the acquisition of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Eindhoven. The company is the first China-based hotel REIT in the world and is now investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income-producing real estate globally.

The acquisition of the Holiday Inn in Eindhoven is the first acquisition outside of Hong Kong and Mainland China by a Hong Kong REIT.

Specialized teams involved

Real Estate
Tax

Real Estate
Transactions

Holiday Inn

The Real Estate Finance team advised Goldman Sachs Bank US on the bridging facility for the financing of the new, multi-purpose, 63,000 seat stadium of footballclub Feyenoord situated in Rotterdam. This transaction involved a lot of media attention and complex negotiations with the municipality of Rotterdam.

Maastoren

The real estate finance team advised our client on the EUR 115,000,000 financing of the acquisition of the Maastoren and assisted with the accession of a second lender. This transaction involved a complex structuring of the deed of mortgage as both lenders were German Pfandbriefbanken with specific legal requirements as to the ranking and enforcement of securities.

Specialized teams involved

Real Estate
Finance

Real Estate
Transactions

The Maastoren is the tallest building in the Netherlands (164 meters/541 feet). The office building is situated on the bank of the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam, after which the building is named and has a total of 44 above ground floors and two underground floors.

Real Estate
Finance

Aareal/ELP

The real estate finance team advised Aareal Bank on the provision of a complex debt facility of up to €800m with a five-year term to certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC, (NYSE:APO) for the financing of a pan-European portfolio of logistics properties. Under high time pressure, Aareal was assisted by our real estate finance teams in the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland and Slovakia.

The logistic properties of this pan-European portfolio are located in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Slovakia.

Specialized teams involved

Real Estate
Transactions

Lex advises financial institutions, debt investors, corporate and private equity finds on a broad range of finance matters, including real estate finance, corporate lending, acquisition and leveraged finance.

Sources praise him for his "exceptional client focus and commercial awareness," adding that "he is very proactive in his role as lawyer; thinking with his clients to come up with solutions which are not just legally preferable, but also preferable from a commercial perspective." 

Stephanie's main areas of expertise are real estate finance and leveraged finance. She advises national and international banks and financial institutions on a wide range of financial transactions, domestic as well as cross-border.

This includes advising clients on all aspects of the structuring, documentation, negotiation and implementation of leveraged, structured and project finance transactions as well as the restructuring of such transactions. In addition, Stephanie regularly advises clients on proprietary law (goederenrecht) issues (eg the creation and perfection of security rights and the enforcement thereof).

Gerard
Kneppers
Partner

Marc
Molhuysen
Partner

Ceryl
Verbokkem
Junior Associate

Rick
Minjon
Junior Associate

Stefanie
Postema
Associate

Max van Drunen
Legal director

T: +31(0)20 5419 316
M: +31(0)6 2039 7974
E: max.vandrunen@dlapiper.com

Max van Drunen has extensive experience in advising on real estate transactions, real estate financing and setting up real estate funds. He also focuses on the transfer and financing of networks, aircraft and ships. Furthermore, Max has experience with projects in the field of sustainable energy. He advises on wind farms at sea, solar parks and biomass power plants.