Finance specialist Dr Alma Franke is a partner at our Munich office with many years of experience advising clients on international financing. She specialises in supporting clients on both the lender and investor side of complex real estate and project financing transactions.
This includes comprehensive support throughout the entire financing process, from the initial structuring and due diligence to the drafting and negotiation of financing agreements, all the way up to implementation. In addition, her expertise extends to restructurings in connection with non-performing financing arrangements and the design of customised financing structures. Alma is frequently recommended in leading legal directories for her expertise in real estate financing.
Practice areas
- International financing, in particular real estate and project financing
- Corporate finance
- Restructuring
Awards
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany's Best Lawyers” for “Real Estate Law” (2024-2025) - Legal 500
Recommended for “Real Estate Financing” (2021-2024)
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2007
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law at Fordham University School of Law in New York City (USA)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2007)
- Studied law at the University of Heidelberg
Languages: English, German
- German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV)
- Member of the Financing Committee of the German Property Federation (ZIA)
- Koser, S. and Werner-Jensen, A. (2008). Anmerkung zu LG Hamburg, Beschluss vom 09.07.2008, Unwirksamkeit einer vorformulierten Unterwerfungserklärung, BKR, 2008, p. 340.
- Werner-Jensen, A. (2006). Planungshoheit und kommunale Selbstverwaltung, Baden-Baden.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2007
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law at Fordham University School of Law in New York City (USA)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2007)
- Studied law at the University of Heidelberg
Languages: English, German
- German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV)
- Member of the Financing Committee of the German Property Federation (ZIA)
- Koser, S. and Werner-Jensen, A. (2008). Anmerkung zu LG Hamburg, Beschluss vom 09.07.2008, Unwirksamkeit einer vorformulierten Unterwerfungserklärung, BKR, 2008, p. 340.
- Werner-Jensen, A. (2006). Planungshoheit und kommunale Selbstverwaltung, Baden-Baden.
Dr Alma Franke, LL.M. (Fordham)
Lawyer, Partner*