Stefan J. Schlapka, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt, Partner*
Stefan J. Schlapka, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt, Partner*
Experienced real estate and hospitality expert Stefan J. Schlapka is a partner at our Munich office, where he provides comprehensive real estate law advice to clients with a particular focus on real estate transactions, asset management, commercial tenancy law and residential ownership law. He also specialises in the drafting of contracts for hotel operators, restaurants and leisure properties, and regularly represents his clients in court.
Thanks to his many years of experience as in-house counsel and head of the legal department at the German headquarters of a leading European hotel group, Stefan is well acquainted with the practical requirements involved, enabling him to develop legally and economically viable solutions for his clients.
Practice areas
- Real estate law, in particular transactions (including forward deals and forward funding), portfolio transactions, commercial tenancy law (including project development lease agreements), asset management, real estate agent law, land law (including heritable building rights) as well as apartment ownership under German residential property law
- Hotel operator agreements (hotel lease agreements, franchise, management and hybrid agreements, etc.)
- Drafting of contracts for restaurants and all types of property in the hospitality and leisure sector
- Litigation in all of the above areas
Awards
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Real Estate Law” (2024-2025)
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2012
- Head of the legal department (initially in-house counsel) at the German headquarters of Europe’s largest hotel group (2005-2012)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Real Estate Law at the University of Münster (Germany) (2007-2008)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2005)
- Legal clerkship at the Dresden Higher Regional Court
- Studied law at LMU Munich (Germany)
- Graduate of the Strait Area Education and Recreation Center in Port Hawkesbury (Canada)
Languages: English, German
- Member of the committee of legal affairs of IHA German Hotel Association
- Schlapka, S. J. et al. (2022). Meyer – Handbuch Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, 1st edition, C.H. Beck Verlag.
- Schlapka, S. J. (2020). Der Beitrag des Rechtsanwalts in der Projektentwicklung, in Hospitality Development – Hotelprojekte erfolgreich planen und umsetzen, 3rd edition.
- Schlapka, S. J. and Eichberger, T. (2005). Die Werbeanlage – Zankapfel für die Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft, in ZMR – Zeitschrift für Miet- und Raumrecht, p. 927.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2012
- Head of the legal department (initially in-house counsel) at the German headquarters of Europe’s largest hotel group (2005-2012)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Real Estate Law at the University of Münster (Germany) (2007-2008)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2005)
- Legal clerkship at the Dresden Higher Regional Court
- Studied law at LMU Munich (Germany)
- Graduate of the Strait Area Education and Recreation Center in Port Hawkesbury (Canada)
Languages: English, German
- Member of the committee of legal affairs of IHA German Hotel Association
- Schlapka, S. J. et al. (2022). Meyer – Handbuch Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, 1st edition, C.H. Beck Verlag.
- Schlapka, S. J. (2020). Der Beitrag des Rechtsanwalts in der Projektentwicklung, in Hospitality Development – Hotelprojekte erfolgreich planen und umsetzen, 3rd edition.
- Schlapka, S. J. and Eichberger, T. (2005). Die Werbeanlage – Zankapfel für die Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft, in ZMR – Zeitschrift für Miet- und Raumrecht, p. 927.
Stefan J. Schlapka, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt, Partner*