Professor Dr Jan Kehrberg is a partner at our Berlin office and heads the firm’s Projects & Public Sector division. He is a highly regarded expert in the real estate sector, leveraging his extensive experience to advise his clients on complex real estate projects. His expertise encompasses the entire spectrum of real estate law, including land law, public and private construction law and public procurement law.
Jan regularly passes on his extensive expertise as an honorary professor of private law specialising in site and project development. He is also the author of numerous specialist publications. Clients value his innovative, solution-driven approach, as well as his excellent network of contacts, particularly within the Berlin authorities. Jan is frequently listed in legal rankings and has been named a “Top Lawyer” for real estate law by WirtschaftsWoche.
Practice areas
- Project development
- Construction and work and services contract law
- Public procurement law
Awards
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Construction and Real Estate Law” (2020-2025) - Legal 500
Recommended for “Construction Law” (2021-2024) and “Project Development” (2021-2022) - JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms
Frequently recommended for “Real Estate Law”, "Project Development and Plant Engineering” and “Construction Law” (2021-2025) - WirtschaftsWoche
Highly recommended for “Real Estate Law” (“Top Lawyer 2023”)
Testimonials about Prof. Dr Jan Kehrberg
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2008
- Certified specialist for construction and architectural law
- Honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
- Lecturer for the M.Sc. in Real Estate Management programme at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
- Worked in the project development practice at various major law firms
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1997)
- Studied law at the University of Kiel (Germany), including exchange scholarships in Poznan (Poland) and Leipzig (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- forum vergabe e.V. (German public procurement forum)
- IMMEOBS
- German Society of Property Researchers (gif)
- Member of the Construction and Real Estate Industry Committee at the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Kehrberg, J. et al. (2022). Construction Law (Germany), in Legal 500 Comparative Guide, May.
- Kehrberg, J. (2021). Partnering-Verträge im Baurecht: Wie erfolgversprechend sind die neuen Vertragsgestaltungsmöglichkeiten?, in Juve Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2021/2022 – Baurecht, pp. 1-3.
- Motzke, G., Preussner, M. and Kehrberg, J. (2015). Die Haftung des Architekten, 10th edition, Werner Verlag.
- Kehrberg, J., Motzke, G., Preussner, M. and Kesselring, R. (2008). Die Haftung des Architekten, Werner Verlag.
- Kehrberg, J. (2006). ÖPP – neue Chancen für Projektentwickler und Bauträger, in Der Bauträger, Issue 3.
- Kehrberg, J. (2006). Recht und Gerechtigkeit am Bau – Festschrift für Prof. Gerd Motzke zum 65. Geburtstag, co-author, Verlag C.H. Beck.
- Kehrberg, J. and Völlink, U.-C. (2004). VOB/A – Kommentar zur Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen, Teil A, Verlag C.H. Beck.
- Kehrberg, J. (2003). Notwendige Inhalte des Architektenvertrages, in Der Bauträger, Issue 2, pp. 54 et seq.
- Kehrberg, J. (2002). Planungsauftrag oder Akquisition?, in Der Bauträger, November.
- Kehrberg, J. (2001). Die Vergütung des Generalplaners, in Baurecht, Issue 12, pp. 1824 et seq.
- Kehrberg, J. (2001). Schutzzweck und Verfassungsmäßigkeit des Ladenschlussgesetzes, in Gewerbearchiv, pp. 14 et seq.
- Kehrberg, J. (1999). PC-Formular Vergabe (co-author), Hamburg.
- Kehrberg, J. (1999). Die Praxis des Vergaberechts (co-author), Hamburg.
- Kehrberg, J. (1997). Die Entwicklung des Elektrizitätsrechts in Deutschland – Der Weg zum Energiewirtschaftsgesetz von 1935, Frankfurt am Main.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2008
- Certified specialist for construction and architectural law
- Honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
- Lecturer for the M.Sc. in Real Estate Management programme at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
- Worked in the project development practice at various major law firms
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1997)
- Studied law at the University of Kiel (Germany), including exchange scholarships in Poznan (Poland) and Leipzig (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- forum vergabe e.V. (German public procurement forum)
- IMMEOBS
- German Society of Property Researchers (gif)
- Member of the Construction and Real Estate Industry Committee at the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Kehrberg, J. et al. (2022). Construction Law (Germany), in Legal 500 Comparative Guide, May.
- Kehrberg, J. (2021). Partnering-Verträge im Baurecht: Wie erfolgversprechend sind die neuen Vertragsgestaltungsmöglichkeiten?, in Juve Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2021/2022 – Baurecht, pp. 1-3.
- Motzke, G., Preussner, M. and Kehrberg, J. (2015). Die Haftung des Architekten, 10th edition, Werner Verlag.
- Kehrberg, J., Motzke, G., Preussner, M. and Kesselring, R. (2008). Die Haftung des Architekten, Werner Verlag.
- Kehrberg, J. (2006). ÖPP – neue Chancen für Projektentwickler und Bauträger, in Der Bauträger, Issue 3.
- Kehrberg, J. (2006). Recht und Gerechtigkeit am Bau – Festschrift für Prof. Gerd Motzke zum 65. Geburtstag, co-author, Verlag C.H. Beck.
- Kehrberg, J. and Völlink, U.-C. (2004). VOB/A – Kommentar zur Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen, Teil A, Verlag C.H. Beck.
- Kehrberg, J. (2003). Notwendige Inhalte des Architektenvertrages, in Der Bauträger, Issue 2, pp. 54 et seq.
- Kehrberg, J. (2002). Planungsauftrag oder Akquisition?, in Der Bauträger, November.
- Kehrberg, J. (2001). Die Vergütung des Generalplaners, in Baurecht, Issue 12, pp. 1824 et seq.
- Kehrberg, J. (2001). Schutzzweck und Verfassungsmäßigkeit des Ladenschlussgesetzes, in Gewerbearchiv, pp. 14 et seq.
- Kehrberg, J. (1999). PC-Formular Vergabe (co-author), Hamburg.
- Kehrberg, J. (1999). Die Praxis des Vergaberechts (co-author), Hamburg.
- Kehrberg, J. (1997). Die Entwicklung des Elektrizitätsrechts in Deutschland – Der Weg zum Energiewirtschaftsgesetz von 1935, Frankfurt am Main.
Prof. Dr Jan Kehrberg
Lawyer, Partner*