Practice Areas

  • Real estate transactions as asset deals and share/unit deals for portfolio properties and project developments (forward funding/forward purchase)
  • Ongoing asset management, rental and lease agreements
  • Land law including complex subdivisions and campus developments/urban development projects
  • Advisory services with a main focus on the office and retail sectors including shopping centres
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Education and Professional Experience
  • Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2008
  • Admitted to practise law in Germany (2008)
  • Secondments to a commercial law firm in London and an asset management company in Munich
  • Previously worked at an international law firm and a commercial law firm in Dresden
  • Studies at the TU Dresden
  • Scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
Languages
  • English, German
Awards
  • Recommended lawyer in the fields of “Real Estate Law”, “Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (Juve Handbuch 2023-2025)
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of “Real Estate Law” (The Legal 500 2021-2024)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2020-2024)
Publications
  • Franke, Monique et al.: Meyer – Handbuch Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, in: C.H. Beck Verlag, 1. Auflage, 2022.
  • Franke, Monique / Dr. Brückner, Dirk: Die Entstehung eines urbanen Stadtquartiers, immobilienmanager 12/2019, S. 22 f.
  • Franke, Monique/ Dimmling, Andreas: Kein Tilgungsbestimmungsrecht des Insolvenzverwalters bei Auskehr des aus der Verwertung der dem Vermieterpfandrecht unterliegenden Gegenständen erzielten Erlöses (Anm. z. BGH, Beschl. v. 9.10. 2014 – IX ZR 69/14), in: Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht (ZfIR), 1/2015, S. 34-28.
  • Franke, Monique: Rechtsprechung zum Vertragsrecht, Anmerkung zum BGH Urteil vom 25.04.2013 (IX ZR 62/12), in: ZfIR, 15/2013, S. 547-549.
Monique Franke, Rechtsanwälting Deal News
30 May 2023

GSK Stockmann advises Isar Klinik Immobilien GmbH on property sale and land division

GSK Stockmann advised Munich-based Isar Klinik Immobilien GmbH on the land division and sale of an office property in the centre of Munich to CDC Investissement Immobilier and the ...

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Law firm
24 June 2022

Germany’s Best Lawyers 2022: Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers recommend 53 lawyers from GSK Stockmann

The renowned US publication Best Lawyers has once again published its list of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” of the year in cooperation with Handelsblatt. A total of 53 GSK lawyers...

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Deal News
02 February 2022

GSK Stockmann advises LBBW Immobilien on real estate acquisition in Kelheim

GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to the Stuttgart-based LBBW Immobilien Group on the acquisition of a local shopping centre in Kelheim near Regensburg.

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Rechtsanwalt Dr. Philip Huperz
24 January 2022

Covid-19-related rent adjustments possible – but only on a case by case basis

In the event of a lockdown, tenants may be entitled to adjust the rent during a government-ordered closure. However, there is no guaranteed or blanket Covid-19-related deduction. ...

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Law firm
29 June 2021

Germany’s Best Lawyers 2021: Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers recommend 50 GSK Stockmann lawyers

Once again, the renowned American publisher Best Lawyers has issued “Germany's Best Lawyers” of the year in cooperation with Handelsblatt. A total of 50 GSK Stockmann lawyers w...

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Monique Franke, Rechtsanwälting Deal News
12 October 2020

BNP Paribas acquires office property Teerhof 59 in Bremen together with GSK Stockmann

GSK Stockmann has provided comprehensive legal advice to BNP Paribas REIM on the acquisition of the Bremen office property Teerhof 59 for the French real estate fund Opus Real. The...

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Law firm
29 June 2020

Germany’s best lawyers 2020: 45 lawyers of GSK Stockmann recommended by Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt have published "Germany's best lawyers" of the year. A total of 45 lawyers of our law firm are recommended as leading experts in their field in German...

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Media review
19 December 2019

The development of an urban neighbourhood

A neighbourhood development places high demands on developers and consultants. In the magazine Immobilienmanager 12/2019 Monique Franke and Dr. Dirk Brückner, lawyers and partners...

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