Dr Olaf Schmechel
Lawyer, Partner*
Dr Olaf Schmechel
Lawyer, Partner*
Dr Olaf Schmechel is a partner at our Berlin office with many years of experience as a corporate real estate adviser. His wide-ranging expertise includes legal support for real estate transactions, development projects and joint ventures. He specialises in advising international clients on data centres, healthcare facilities, nursing homes and micro-living concepts.
Olaf is renowned for his exceptional negotiating skills, in-depth technical and tactical expertise and his results-driven approach. He is regularly listed and recommended in prominent legal rankings. From March 2014 to November 2018, he served as Co-Managing Partner of GSK Stockmann.
Practice areas
- Real estate transactions (asset and share deals, forward & forward funding deals, portfolio transactions, sale-and-leaseback, real estate M&A)
- Joint ventures for real estate projects
- Project structuring and project development
- Legal asset management
- Particular expertise in data centres, healthcare properties, care homes and micro-living properties
Awards
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Real Estate Law” (2020-2025) - Legal 500
Recommended for “Real Estate Law” (2024) - JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms
Recommended for “Real Estate Law”, “Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (2021-2025)
Testimonials about Dr Olaf Schmechel
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2004
- Co-Managing Partner at GSK Stockmann (2014-2018)
- Foreign secondment as transaction manager at Mansford Real Estate LLP in London (2007)
- Foreign secondment at Nabarro LLP (now CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP) in London (2007)
- Worked at a law firm specialising in real estate law in Hanover
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2001)
- Studied law (including doctorate) at the University of Hanover (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2004
- Co-Managing Partner at GSK Stockmann (2014-2018)
- Foreign secondment as transaction manager at Mansford Real Estate LLP in London (2007)
- Foreign secondment at Nabarro LLP (now CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP) in London (2007)
- Worked at a law firm specialising in real estate law in Hanover
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2001)
- Studied law (including doctorate) at the University of Hanover (Germany)
Languages: English, German
Dr Olaf Schmechel
Lawyer, Partner*