Monique Franke
Lawyer, Partner*
Monique Franke
Lawyer, Partner*
Munich-based partner Monique Franke is an experienced real estate expert specialising in complex real estate transactions, commercial tenancy law and land law. She also supports clients with the management of existing properties and development projects, particularly in the office and retail segments, including shopping centres.
Her clients include insurance companies, pension funds, real estate funds and asset managers, who value her outstanding expertise, high-level negotiation skills and solution-driven approach that never loses sight of the client’s needs. Monique is consistently ranked in leading legal directories and she is a regular speaker and published author on matters relating to real estate law.
Practice areas
- Real estate transactions by way of asset and share/unit deals for both existing properties and development projects (forward funding/forward purchase)
- Support with ongoing asset management, lease agreements
- Advice on land law including heritable building rights, complex subdivisions and campus developments/neighbourhood development
- Particular expertise in the office and retail segments, including shopping centres
Awards
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Real Estate Law” (2020-2025) - Legal 500
Recommended for “Real Estate Law” (2021-2024) - JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms
Recommended for “Real Estate Law”, “Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (2023-2025)
Testimonials about Monique Franke
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2005
- Secondments at a commercial law firm in London (UK) and an investment firm in Munich (Germany)
- Worked at an international law firm and at a commercial law firm in Dresden (Germany)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2008)
- Studied law at the Dresden University of Technology (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Franke, M. (2023). Herausforderung Photovoltaik: Von der Pflicht zur Chance, in: immobilienmanager, Issue 4, pp. 30 et seq.
- Franke, M. et al. (2022). Meyer – Handbuch Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, 1st edition, C.H. Beck Verlag.
- Franke, M. und Brückner, D. (2019). Die Entstehung eines urbanen Stadtquartiers, in: immobilienmanager, Issue 12, pp. 22 et seq.
- Franke, M. and Dimmling, A. (2015). Kein Tilgungsbestimmungsrecht des Insolvenzverwalters bei Auskehr des aus der Verwertung der dem Vermieterpfandrecht unterliegenden Gegenständen erzielten Erlöses, in: ZfIR, Issue 1, pp. 34 et seq.
- Franke, M. (2013). Rechtsprechung zum Vertragsrecht – Anmerkung zum BGH-Urteil vom 25.04.2013 (IX ZR 62/12), in: ZfIR, Issue 15, pp. 547 et seq.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2005
- Secondments at a commercial law firm in London (UK) and an investment firm in Munich (Germany)
- Worked at an international law firm and at a commercial law firm in Dresden (Germany)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2008)
- Studied law at the Dresden University of Technology (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Franke, M. (2023). Herausforderung Photovoltaik: Von der Pflicht zur Chance, in: immobilienmanager, Issue 4, pp. 30 et seq.
- Franke, M. et al. (2022). Meyer – Handbuch Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, 1st edition, C.H. Beck Verlag.
- Franke, M. und Brückner, D. (2019). Die Entstehung eines urbanen Stadtquartiers, in: immobilienmanager, Issue 12, pp. 22 et seq.
- Franke, M. and Dimmling, A. (2015). Kein Tilgungsbestimmungsrecht des Insolvenzverwalters bei Auskehr des aus der Verwertung der dem Vermieterpfandrecht unterliegenden Gegenständen erzielten Erlöses, in: ZfIR, Issue 1, pp. 34 et seq.
- Franke, M. (2013). Rechtsprechung zum Vertragsrecht – Anmerkung zum BGH-Urteil vom 25.04.2013 (IX ZR 62/12), in: ZfIR, Issue 15, pp. 547 et seq.
Monique Franke
Lawyer, Partner*