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Olaf Jacobsen

Lawyer, Partner*

Olaf Jacobsen

Lawyer, Partner*

Frankfurt partner Olaf Jacobsen has extensive experience advising clients on complex real estate law issues. He specialises in retail, logistics and industrial properties, as well as advising regulated real estate investors. His expertise spans all aspects of real estate transactions, including asset and share deals, portfolio transactions and sale-and-leaseback structures. He is also well versed in the acquisition and sale of development projects, particularly via forward and forward funding transactions. In addition to his expertise in legal asset and corporate real estate management, particularly in relation to renewable energy, Olaf also possesses in-depth knowledge of transactional and project-related regulatory law. He is regularly featured in prominent legal rankings for real estate law.

Practice areas

  • Real estate transactions (asset and share deals, portfolio transactions, M&A, sale-and-leaseback)
  • Purchase and sale of development projects, forward and forward funding transactions
  • Legal asset management, corporate real estate management (CREM): in particular administration and operation, leasing, installation and operation of e-charging points (GEIG) and photovoltaic (PV) systems
  • Transaction- and project-related supervisory law (KAGB)
  • Particular experience in retail, logistics and industrial real estate
Lawyer Profile

Awards

  • Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
    One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Real Estate Law” (2020-2025)
Lawyer Profile
  • Joined GSK Stockmann in 2016
  • Certified specialist for construction and architectural law
  • Worked in the real estate practice of two leading international commercial law firms (2005-2016)
  • Admitted to the bar in Germany (2005)
  • Studied law at the Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany)

Languages: English, German

Lawyer Profile
  • Jacobsen, O. and Zentis, S. (2018). Germany. In: International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) Real Estate 2018, pp. 99-108.
Lawyer Profile
  • Joined GSK Stockmann in 2016
  • Certified specialist for construction and architectural law
  • Worked in the real estate practice of two leading international commercial law firms (2005-2016)
  • Admitted to the bar in Germany (2005)
  • Studied law at the Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany)

Languages: English, German

Lawyer Profile
  • Jacobsen, O. and Zentis, S. (2018). Germany. In: International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) Real Estate 2018, pp. 99-108.

Olaf Jacobsen

Lawyer, Partner*

Frankfurt