Investment Funds
Europe Guide 2024 : Germany
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Linklaters has a market-leading funds practice that prides itself on its international outlook. The team regularly advises on across-the-board fund structuring, including high-value real estate funds, AIFs, funds of funds, feeder vehicles and single-investor funds. Linklaters regularly works with global and domestic institutional investors and real estate firms.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters advised Allianz Global Investors on the structuring and launch of its EUR1 billion fund for institutional investors seeking climate change mitigation investments in developing countries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Linklaters handle topics, regardless of their complexity, very professionally and in a client-oriented manner. Its level of service is excellent."
"The practice group at Linklaters is close to the market, deep in the individual topics, and legally excellent."
"Linklaters provides me with reliable, top-notch advice."
"Linklaters' commercial awareness is one of its biggest strengths."
"I'm very happy with the team at Linklaters and the advice the lawyers give me. Linklaters has a very good focus on delivering to a budget, while still providing high value."
"Linklaters handle topics, regardless of their complexity, very professionally and in a client-oriented manner. Its level of service is excellent."
"The practice group at Linklaters is close to the market, deep in the individual topics, and legally excellent."
"Linklaters provides me with reliable, top-notch advice."
"Linklaters' commercial awareness is one of its biggest strengths."
"I'm very happy with the team at Linklaters and the advice the lawyers give me. Linklaters has a very good focus on delivering to a budget, while still providing high value."
Notable Practitioners
Markus Wollenhaupt advises on high-value fund structurings and launches, with a focus on real estate funds. He further complements his practice with expertise in regulatory issues, single investor funds and fund of funds matters.
"Markus Wollenhaupt offers excellent expertise in real estate investment fund structures. He is a specialist in the structuring and implementation of real estate funds in Germany and Luxembourg."
"Markus Wollenhaupt offers very strong levels of client service and commercial awareness."
Alexander Vogt enters the rankings this year following consistently excellent feedback from both his clients and his peers. He is a highly experienced lawyer who is an expert on the structuring and launching of private equity funds, closed-end funds and fund of funds.
"Alex Vogt is creative, explains things very well, and is always thinking about opportunities for business that are not the trodden path."
"Our collaboration with Alex Vogt is great and he is very easy-going."
"I have always been very impressed by Alex Vogt's work and can recommend him very highly."
"Alex Vogt offers extremely well-considered advice, and has been able to unlock some very tricky structuring issues that we've encountered."