Dr. Axel Kunze is partner in the Real Estate Practice Group based in our Berlin office. His expertise covers German and international real estate law, real estate transactions and project development agreements. He represents national and international investors and project developers as well as general contractors and lessors. Furthermore, he is an expert in the field of real estate-related litigation and arbitration, including all forms of adjudication procedures.

Axel has been admitted as a certified lawyer for construction and architect's law (Fachanwalt für Bau- und Architektenrecht) to all German courts. He is also listed in the The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2011 Annual Compendium and recommended in Legal 500 for real estate and dispute resolution advice.

Representative Experience

• Advising the second largest private German bank on the sale of their former headquarters in Frankfurt ("Kaisercarré"),
• Representing the second largest private German bank in the construction law dispute with the main contractor for the new headquarters in Frankfurt,
• Advising a lending low-cost airline on the rental agreements for the start-up of operations in Germany at the Berlin-Schönefeld and Dortmund airports as well as on the expansion of their activities to other German airports,
• Representing the biggest city in Germany in respect to various school projects, including among other things advice on the construction and architect's contracts and the supervision of the litigation with one of the contractors.
• Coordinating the work of the foreign legal counsels of the insolvency trustee of the former Bulgarian flag-carrier in respect to litigation and commercial issues associated with the liquidation of the company's assets in several Western European jurisdictions.
• Advising a major Irish bank on the liquidation of their asset management activities in Germany, including drafting and negotiating the settlements of disputes with the former lessors,
• Representing an international hotel group in their activities in Germany, including various long-term lease agreements,
• Representing a private German brewery in litigation matters concerning real estate in various German regions.