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Our Real Estate Capability
at your Service

2020
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Contents
Introduction3
Service tailored to your world 4
Real Estate at CMS             5

Albania6
Angola7
Austria8
Belgium9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10
Brazil11
Bulgaria12
Chile13
China14
Colombia15
Croatia16
Czech Republic         17
England and Wales      18
France19
Germany20
Hungary21
Italy22
Kenya23
Luxembourg24
Mexico25
Monaco26
Montenegro27
Morocco28
The Netherlands        29
Peru30
Poland31
Portugal32
Romania33
Russia34
Scotland35
Serbia36
Singapore37
Slovakia38
Slovenia39
South Africa           40
Spain41
Switzerland42
Turkey43
Ukraine44
United Arab Emirates   45

CMS a global perspective                        46
Client-focused thought leadership initiatives   47
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Introduction
We are over 800 qualified lawyers working in real estate and
construction, spanning 43 countries and 74 cities. The CMS Real
Estate and Construction practice is the largest real estate specialist
team in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide.

Clients are at the heart of our business; we put you first.

Our emphasis is not just on being great technical lawyers but also on understanding our clients and
their business; you and what makes you special; building strong relationships with you; and
bringing you our knowledge and experience.

We have been active in real estate in our markets for decades, so we understand the culture, the
economic context, the local legal context and the history. Many of our colleagues have worked
in-house or on secondments to clients to further develop their knowledge of the real estate sector.
We know it inside out. That is why we are known for being strong on execution and providing
concise, commercial and pragmatic advice.

Most of us focus full time on real estate and construction and serve a client base of developers,
owners, occupiers, construction consortia, asset managers and investors, among others across all
asset classes.

CMS has the largest real estate teams across three major European jurisdictions – the UK, France
and Germany – and is the largest real estate specialist team in Europe and one of the biggest
worldwide.

We work efficiently both locally and internationally because we know each other: we meet face -to
face, connect regularly, work on shared matters, train together and adhere to the same standards,
templates and processes, including project management. That makes it easy to deploy
multidisciplinary teams – including funds, construction, development, planning, corporate, banking,
tax and insolvency specialists, or even notaries where it is allowed – with the simplicity of a single
point of contact, even at multinational level.

You will find out more about the great things we do for our clients on the following pages of this
guide. Feel free to get in touch with the local contacts for specific country requests and please do
not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to receive more information.

Andreas Otto                               Marie Scott                              Arnout Scholten
Partner                                    Partner                                  Partner
T +49 30 20360 1505                        T +44 20 7524 6783                       T +31 20 3016 472
M +49 177 2192925                          M +44 7825 420570                        M +31 6 21 297 466
E andreas.otto@cms-hs.com                  E marie.scott@cms-cmno.com               E arnout.scholten@cms-dsb.com

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Service tailored
            to your world

                                                                                                           Retail
                                             Distribution/
                                          Logistics/Industrial
                                                                                                                                    Student
                                                                                        Direct RE
                                                                                                                          Accommodation
                                                                          RE Funds                      RE Tax
                           Build-to-rent/
                            Residential
                                                                                       Key services
                                                                 Corporate RE                               RE Finance
                                                 Asset classes

                                                                                         REAL                              Asset classes
                                                                                                                                           Healthcare
                                                                                         ESTATE
                                                                 Joint Ventures                             RE Disputes
                          Hotels/Leisure                                               Key services

                                                                        Construction                  Regulatory
                                                                                        Planning/
                                                                                       Environment                         Mixed-use

                                         Data centres

                                                                                                          Energy
                                                                             Strategic land

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Real Estate at CMS

     #1 Real Estate:                     #1 Real Estate:
     Europe                              Europe
     The Lawyer Global 50                The Lawyer Global 200
     2018 & 2019                         Report 2018

     Energy & Infrastructure Team of the Year
     Legal Business Awards 2017

800+ 200+
real estate lawyers globally          construction lawyers globally

THE L ARGEST REAL ESTATE TEAM IN EUROPE

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                     Band 1 rankings across real estate
                     & construction sector categories in
                     Legal 500 and Chambers globally

ACT FOR OVER HALF OF THE TOP 100 REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

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Albania
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                     Investment and disposal
                                                                                       — Advised a major Italian energy
                                                                                          trading company on its investments
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                          related to the construction and
      Located in Tirana                     — Advised the Municipality of Tirana on
                                                                                          development of several hydropower
                                               preparing and tendering the
                                                                                          plants in Albania under BOT
                                               construction of a new public
                                                                                          concession contracts.
                                               transport terminal under DBFOT
      1 real estate partner
                                               concession contract with a value
      and 2 lawyers                                                                    Financing
                                               of approximately €40m.
                                                                                       — Advised International Finance
                                            — Advised the Ministry of Infrastructure
                                                                                          Corporation (IFC) on its financing
                                               of the Republic of Kosovo during
                                                                                          and participation in an Albanian-
      Languages: English, Italian              each and every pre-tender, tender
                                                                                          based company which focuses
      and Albanian                             and pre-construction phase of the
                                                                                          on the construction and development
                                               Prishtine – Hani i Elezit Motorway
                                                                                          of hydropower plant projects.
                                               Project (relating to a motorway
                                                                                       — Advised EBRD on the financing of
      Contact us                               of 60km in length), with a value
                                                                                          UKT, the Albanian public water
                                               of approximately €600m.
                                                                                          company, for a total value of over
                                            — Advised Serenissima Costruzioni
                                                                                          €30m.
      CMS Tirana
                                               S.p.A. in relation to legal and tax
      T +355 4 430 2123                        matters for the construction of
      F +355 4 240 0737                        a €40m Fier by-pass motorway
                                               of 22km in length, using the
                                               FIDIC conditions of contract
                                               for construction.
      Mirko Daidone
      T +355 4 430 2123
      E mirko.daidone@cms-aacs.com

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Angola
Recent work highlights                   — Assisted a Client with purchase of a     Facts and figures
                                           warehouse in a retail park.
                                         — Assisted a Client on the
— Full scope advice to real estate
                                           construction, development,
  developers in the negotiation and                                                 Located in Luanda
                                           implementation, and permits for a
  execution of contractual package for
                                           residential building in Lobito,
  implementation of a residential real
                                           Benguela Province.
  estate project.
                                         — Assisted a multilateral institution in   1 partner, 1 counsel
— Assisted the Angolan subsidiary of
                                           the acquisition of a property and set    and 1 associate
  the Swedish based international
                                           up of its head office in Luanda
  group Crown Energy AB, in the sale
                                         — Assisted a BIG 4 consultancy firm in
  of a building complex to the
                                           the acquisition of a property and set
  Angolan state.                                                                    Languages: Portuguese
                                           up of its head office in Luanda.
— Assisted a Brazilian Building                                                     and English

  Company in the negotiation and
  execution of the promissory sale
  agreements of 12 apartments.                                                      Contact us

                                                                                    CMS Luanda
                                                                                    T +244 946 673 866
                                                                                    F +244 946 673 867

                                                                                    Filipa Tavares de Lima
                                                                                    T +244 946 673 866
                                                                                    E filipa.lima@ftl-advogados.com

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Austria
      Facts and figures                      Recent work highlights                       — Advised BNP Paribas REIM on the
                                                                                            acquisition of Inno Plaza, an office
                                                                                            building in Vienna, by way of a forward
                                             Planning and environmental
                                                                                            purchase from the Austrian developers
      Located in Vienna                      — Advised on construction and planning
                                                                                            S+B Gruppe AG and List Group.
                                                law issues in respect of the new
                                                                                          — Advised a German investor regarding the
                                                project RWA Campus, a real estate
                                                                                            forward purchase of an office building in
                                                development project in lower Austria.
      4 real estate partners                                                                Vienna.
      and 5 lawyers
                                             — Assisted GLOBOPHARM
                                                Pharmazeutische Produktions-und
                                                                                          Managers and occupiers
                                                Handelsgesellschaft mbH in
                                                                                          — Advised several international luxury
                                                connection with a new real estate
                                                                                            brands regarding the establishment of
      Languages: German and English             development project in Vienna from
                                                                                            flagship stores in Austria.
                                                construction and planning law
                                                                                          — Advised two Tyrolian hotels on several
                                                aspects.
                                                                                            construction and refurbishment law
                                             — Assisted Church Rectorate St. Karl
                                                                                            issues.
      Contact us                                Borromäus & Verein der Freunde und
                                                                                          — Advised the asset management of an
                                                Gönner der Wiener Karlskirche in
                                                                                            worldwide acting international insurance
                                                connection with construction,
                                                                                            company regarding its Austrian assets.
                                                re-dedication and planning legal issues
      CMS Vienna
      T +43 1 40443 0                           in respect of “Karlskirche Wien” and
                                                                                          Financing
      F +43 1 40443 90000                       surrounding areas.
                                                                                          — Advised the lender, a consortium led by
                                                                                             HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederösterreich
                                             Construction and development
                                                                                             und Wien AG, on the syndicated financing
                                             — Advised the Swiss and Austrian
      Nikolaus Weselik                                                                       for the construction of the office building
                                                planning consortium on the
      T +43 1 40443 2250                                                                     Austro Tower in Vienna. The sponsor is an
      E nikolaus.weselik@cms-rrh.com           construction tunneling project
                                                                                             Austrian real estate developer group.
                                                Brenner Basis Tunnel.
      Gregor Famira                                                                       — Advised the client as a consortium manager
                                             — Advised on various construction law
      T +385 1 4825 600                                                                      in the financing of the Campus, the new
      E gregor.famira@cms-rrh.com              matters in connection with the
                                                                                             headquarters of Erste Group Bank AG.
                                                refurbishment and resettlement of
      Johannes Hysek                                                                      — Advised the client on the construction
                                                the Austrian Parliament. Advised IES
      T +43 1 40443 3250                                                                     financing of a five-star hotel in Vienna.
      E johannes.hysek@cms-rrh.com             Immobilien Projektentwicklung
                                                                                          — Advised Erste Group Bank AG on the
                                                GmbH on one of the biggest
                                                                                             financing of a €100m+ portfolio of
                                                residential real estate development
                                                                                             shopping centres.
                                                projects in Vienna.
                                                                                          — Advised on the financing of the acquisition
                                             — Advised on construction law matters
                                                                                             of Austria Campus. Advised Münchener
                                                in connection with the hospital
                                                                                             Hypothekenbank on the financing of a
                                                project Krankenhaus Nord in Vienna.
                                                                                             logistic centre.
                                             Investment and disposal
                                             — Advised an Austrian investor
                                                regarding the forward purchase of a
                                                hotel project in Tyrol.

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Belgium
Recent work highlights                           — Advised a major US coworking               Facts and figures
                                                   company in the entering of the Brussels
                                                   market with the negotiation and
Planning and environmental
                                                   conclusion of several major transactions
— Advised Klépierre on the extension                                                          Located in Brussels and Antwerp
                                                   for long-term occupation in Brussels.
   of its Louvain-La-Neuve shopping mall.
                                                 — Assisted Axus in the sale of the Belgian
— Advised a local authority on the
                                                   headquarters of ALD, SocGen’s car
   conversion of a hospital site into
                                                   leasing subsidiary, to high net worth      5 real estate partners and
   residential accommodation.
                                                   private investors led by French            counsels and 13 lawyers

                                                   developer Bouygues Immobilier.
Construction and development
                                                 — Assisted a leading European asset
— Advised Unibail Rodamco and the
                                                   manager in the acquisition of premium
   winning consortium on the €550m                                                            Languages: Dutch, English, French
                                                   office building in Brussels.
   redevelopment of the Heysel site
   (Project NEO) as a mixed use project
                                                 Managers and occupiers
   comprising a shopping mall, 590                                                            Contact us
                                                 — Advised M&G Real Estate, Savills,
   housing units, two day nurseries,
                                                   Honeywell, CBRE Global Investors and
   3,500m² offices, a retirement home,
                                                   other funds and private investors on
   112,000m² dedicated to indoor and
                                                   asset management related matters.          CMS Brussels
   outdoor leisure and 30 restaurants.                                                        T +32 2 74369 00
                                                 — Acted for a number of occupiers
— Assisted the European Commission in                                                         F +32 2 74369 01
                                                   (Amlin, AMP, Beline, Calzedonia, El
   the re-construction of the future larger
                                                   Ganso, Elli Lilly, Hard Rock Café,
   office building of the Commission in
                                                   Logica, Sergent Major, Statoil,
   Brussels CBD (190,000 square meters).
                                                   Siemens) in the (re)negotiation of         Bruno Duquesne
— Assisted a major UK asset manager in
                                                   occupancy agreements.                      T +32 2 74369 40
   relation to the refurbishment of an                                                        E bruno.duquesne@cms-db.com
   office property located in the
                                                 Financing                                    Pierre-Axel Chabot
   European center of Brussels.
                                                 — Assisted on the acquisition of the         T +32 2 743 69 39
— Assisted several owners and operators                                                       E pierreaxel.chabot@cms-db.com
                                                    Square de Meeûs building by Hana
   in the negotiation of build-to-suit
                                                    Genii, a structure comprising two
   agreements regarding notably
                                                    Korean investment funds with Korean
   warehouses, hotel project and offices.
                                                    institutional investors behind them.
                                                 — Advised Helaba on the €130m
Investment and disposal
                                                    financing of the “Covent Garden”
— Advised Savills, Mora Bank and other
                                                    office building by Hannover Leasing
   funds on the acquisition and disposal of
                                                    and a Chinese partner.
   several office buildings in Brussels.
                                                 — Advised Société Générale in the
— Advised Fidentia Real Estate in the
                                                    €380m acquisition by a Korean fund
   acquisition in the form of an asset deal
                                                    of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign
   of Besix’s head office in Brussels.
                                                    Affairs owned by Belgian REIT
— Assisted Fidentia Real Estate Investment
                                                    Cofinimmo since 2004.
   in the acquisition from Immobel of a
                                                 — Advised MünchenerHyp on the €27m
   50% stake in the Mobius 2 project in
                                                    financing of the acquisition of the
   the Brussels Northern District.
                                                    “South City” building by Real I.S.
— Assisted a Belgian retail investment
   fund in several retail acquisitions in high
   streets in Brussels, Antwerp and Gent.                                                                                         9
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                       Financing
                                                                                         — Advised the European Fund for
                                                                                            Southeast Europe on several projects
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                            regarding loans to local banks as well as
      Located in Sarajevo                   — Advised Finish Fund for Industrial
                                                                                            microcredit organizations.
                                               Cooperation Ltd a prominent group
                                                                                         — Advised EBRD on the project financing
                                               of companies on the establishment of
                                                                                            of construction of residential complex in
                                               a JV with a major steel producer in
      13 team members                                                                       Bosnia and Herzegovina.
                                               BiH Mittal Steal and City of Zenica
                                                                                         — Acted for the EBRD on numerous
                                               (includes various regulatory and
                                                                                            financings granted to local companies
                                               corporate advice) (Winner of the
                                                                                            for the purpose of production facilities
                                               award Deal of the year 2018 CEE
      Languages: Bosnian, Croatian,                                                         and premises expansion (acquisitions
      Serbian, English, German,                Legal Matters).
                                                                                            and construction).
      Slovenian and Swedish                 — Advised Dogs Trust (UK), on real
                                               estate, corporate and regulatory
                                                                                         Investment and disposal
                                               matters regarding construction of the
                                                                                         — Advised Vestas on their ongoing
      Contact us                               first rehoming centre.
                                                                                            renewable energy project regarding
                                            — Advised PCC SE on various matters
                                                                                            supply and construction of wind power
                                               regarding the construction of the first
                                                                                            plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The
      CMS Sarajevo                             of three small hydro power plants.
      T +387 33 94 4600
                                                                                            project is important to the local
      F +387 33 94 4690                                                                     renewable energy system.
                                            Planning and environmental
                                                                                         — Advised a UK group of companies on
                                            — Advised European Energy A/S on real
                                                                                            planned expansion investments into
                                               estate regulatory matters regarding
                                                                                            Bosnia and Herzegovina through
                                               using of the concession rights, and
      Nedžida Salihović-Whalen                                                              acquisition of major production facilities
      T +387 33 94 4600                        on building on private land in order
                                                                                            consisting of both real estate and
      E nedzida.salihovic-whalen@             to find the most suitable solution in
         cms-rrh.com                                                                        movables assets.
                                               accordance with the local laws and
                                                                                         — Advised Heta Asset Resolution AG on
                                               regulations as well as drafting and
                                                                                            sale of real property as part of
                                               negotiation of the land lease.
                                                                                            bankruptcy proceedings over the debtor.
                                            — Advised a group of companies on the
                                               establishment of a JV (a renewable
                                                                                         Managers and occupiers
                                               energy power plant) with a major
                                                                                         — Advised a leading hotel management
                                               steel producer in BiH (includes various
                                                                                           company, on corporate, general
                                               regulatory and corporate advice) in
                                                                                           business, employment, competition and
                                               connection with the building of
                                                                                           other matters in relation to their
                                               renewable power plant.
                                                                                           activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
                                            — Advised the EBRD on all aspects of
                                                                                           regarding three hotels to be operated by
                                               the financing of the Regional Energy
                                                                                           Interstate in Sarajevo.
                                               Efficiency Programme, including
                                                                                         — Advised Hypo Alpe Adria Group
                                               regulatory framework, project
                                                                                           regarding temporary management
                                               structuring, drafting model
                                                                                           (including all general real estate matters)
                                               transactional documentation, model
                                                                                           over one of the biggest shopping centres
                                               tender documentation etc.
                                                                                           in Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the
                                                                                           awarded custody as part of the
                                                                                           enforcement procedure.
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Brazil
Recent work highlights                     — A German company on the                     Facts and figures
                                             acquisition of residential real estate
                                             in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
— Advised Balmoral Offshore
                                           — Advised Modulex on planning
  Engineering on the acquisition of                                                      Located in Rio de Janeiro
                                             permission requirements for changes
  land in the state of Espirito Santo,
                                             to signage and monoliths at its
  Brazil for the construction of a plant
                                             client’s industrial facilities in Brazil.
  for the manufacture of buoyancy
                                           — Advised a German manufacturer on            1 real estate partner
  devices for the offshore oil and gas
                                             the transfer of a manufacturing             and 1 lawyer
  industry, as well as Advised on
                                             facility in connection with the sale of
  environmental permitting
                                             its consumer hygiene products
  requirements.
                                             business.
— Advised MRP International on its                                                       Languages: Portugese, English,
                                           — Advised Aviagen in conducting due
  entry into the Brazilian market,                                                       French and Spanish
                                             diligence relating to agricultural
  including regulation of the Porto
                                             premises to be acquired together
  Maravilha urban redevelopment
                                             with a Brazilian chicken business.
  project in Rio de Janeiro, and on its                                                  Contact us
  joint venture with the Trump
  Organization for the high-profile
  Trump Towers Rio project, one of the                                                   CMS Rio de Janeiro
  largest commercial property                                                            T +55 21 3722 9830
  developments in Latin America.
— Advised Estee Lauder S.A. (Cela
  Cosméticos S.A.) on the
  construction, development,                                                             Ted Rhodes
                                                                                         T +55 21 3722 9831
  implementation, and permits for its                                                    E ted.rhodes@cms-cmno.com
  new cosmetics distribution centre for
  Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru.

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Bulgaria
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                       — Advised Austrian Private Equity Funds
                                                                                           on the sale of the 75,000m² office
                                                                                           building Megapark.
                                            Planning and environmental
      Located in Sofia                      — Supported M + W Group in
                                                                                         Managers and occupiers
                                               preparation for their bid regarding
                                                                                         — Advised SKF Motion Technologies |
                                               the construction of the largest
                                                                                           on ongoing legal matters, including
                                               waste-to-energy facility in Bulgaria.
      2 real estate partners                                                               lease agreements, corporate, real
                                            — Advised a client on real estate
      and 9 lawyers                                                                        estate, commercial matters.
                                               matters regarding the development
                                                                                         — Advised Ocado Technology on a
                                               of a shopping mall in the city of Sofia
                                                                                           long-term lease agreement.
                                               and on the first sale of an office
                                                                                         — Advised an Austrian steel trader on
      Languages: Bulgarian, English,           building in Bulgaria.
      German, French, Hebrew
                                                                                           drafting and negotiation of lease
      and Russian                                                                          agreements in relation to logistic and
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                           storage premises.
                                            — Advised Kaolin AD on the agreement
                                                                                         — Advised a GTC affiliate company,
                                               relating to the construction of a
      Contact us                                                                           developing a two-phased office
                                               production unit.
                                                                                           project in Sofia with a total gross
                                            — Advised Swietelsky, a leading
                                                                                           leasable area of c. 32,000m², on the
                                               Austrian construction company, on
                                                                                           negotiation of a lease agreement
      CMS Sofia                                issues related to the construction of
      T +359 2 447 1350                                                                    with an anchor tenant.
                                               railroad segments in Bulgaria.
      F +359 2 447 1390                                                                  — Advised Tesla, on bringing their
                                            — Advised Robul Bulgaria on a real
                                                                                           charging stations lease
      T +359 2 92199 10                        estate acquisition deal, including
      F +359 2 92199 19                                                                    documentation in compliance with
                                               support on the preliminary
                                                                                           Bulgarian law and on all related
                                               agreement, due diligence of real
                                                                                           permitting and registration matters.
                                               estate and final real estate
                                               transaction.
      Antonia Kehayova                                                                   Financing
      T +359 2 447 1322
                                                                                         — Advised UniCredit Bank Austria on
      E antonia.kehayova@cms-rrh.com        Investment and disposal
                                                                                            the restructuring of a real estate
                                            — Advised Revetas on the
      Jenia Dimitrova                                                                       financing in Bulgaria.
      T +359 2 92199 10                        establishment of two SPVs, the sale
                                                                                         — Advised OTP Bank / DSK Bank on
      E jenia.dimitrova@cms-cmno.com           of a logistics project, the amendment
                                                                                            the refinancing of two shopping
                                               of an existing financing as well as the
                                                                                            malls including structuring, due
                                               partial repayment thereof, the
                                                                                            diligence, new finance documents,
                                               regulation of the horizontal
                                                                                            signing and closing.
                                               condominium relation in a logistics
                                                                                         — Advised UniCredit S.p.A. / UniCredit
                                               and office real estate project.
                                                                                            Bulbank on the restructuring of a
                                            — Advised Europa Capital on the sale
                                                                                            €116m real estate financing, tax and
                                               of Mall of Sofia, a 23,600m²
                                                                                            corporate restructuring, debt
                                               shopping centre with 10,400m² of
                                                                                            deleveraging, new development,
                                               office space, to GTC.
                                                                                            amendment and restatement of
                                            — Tishman International Management
                                                                                            facilities agreement and new
                                               on the sale of its real estate office
                                                                                            security package.
                                               development.

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Chile
Recent work highlights                    — Advised Ferrocarril Antofagasta             Facts and figures
                                            Bolivia, subsidiary of Antofagasta
                                            Minerals on the regularisation and
— Advised Rezepka Inmobiliaria on the
                                            updating of its title deeds and
  development of real estate projects,                                                  Located in Santiago de Chile
                                            railway concessions, as well as on
  property acquisitions, property title
                                            the reengineering of the use of
  investigations, procurement of
                                            railway lands. We also advised on
  building permits, drafting of the
                                            the development of a 48-hectare             1 real estate partner
  co-ownership regulation, drafting of
                                            project in Antofagasta, northern            and 3 lawyers
  the model Promise to Purchase
                                            Chile, on the release and clearing of
  agreements, and the subsequent
                                            encumbrances, land use change of
  sale of various kinds of real estate,
                                            development of a master plan for
  such as warehouse facilities,                                                         Languages: Spanish and English
                                            said real estate.
  apartment buildings, and office
                                          — Advised Instituto Hebreo on land
  space.
                                            acquisition for the construction of
— Advised Aki KB Minibogedas SpA on                                                     Contact us
                                            the new Israelite school and
  various self-storage center projects,
                                            stadium, providing general advice to
  participating in the complete
                                            the Israelite community in Santiago,
  execution of each. Also advises on
                                            regarding real estate projects,             CMS Santiago de Chile
  all matters regarding local permits                                                   T +562 24852 000
                                            temples, community centres and
  for project construction.
                                            nursing homes. Also advised on the
— Advised Sura Asset Management, a
                                            Impact Assessment of the Urban
  company specialized in savings and
                                            Transportation System (EISTU) in
  investment, with presence in Chile,                                                   Pabla Gaínza
                                            relation to the real estate occupancy       T +562 24852 093
  Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Mexico
                                            rate/percentage of real estate              E pabla.gainza@cms-ca.com
  and Uruguay; on a due diligence for
                                            occupancy.
  office lease agreements, building                                                     Karin Muñoz
                                          — Advised Nevasa, one of the top five         T +562 24852 093
  permits, building contracts, property
                                            non-banking financial products and          E karin.munoz@cms-ca.com
  co-ownership law, among others, to
                                            services group in Chile on due
  purchase three buildings in La
                                            diligence and contracts required for
  Condes, Santiago.
                                            financing authorisation for
— Advised the Chilean subsidiary of
                                            developing projects.
  Banco Santander, the largest
                                          — Advised Unilever Chile on the
  financial group in Spain on the
                                            regularisation of all its industrial
  development of the Work café
                                            plants, both for its buildings and for
  project throughout the country,
                                            water rights. We also aided our
  including property title
                                            client in reducing the consumption
  investigations, permit application,
                                            of potable water in production
  draft and project review, working
                                            processes for its industrial plant, as
  together with multidisciplinary
                                            a part of its sustainability initiatives.
  team, architects, constructors and
  engineers.

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China
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                          — Advised R&F Group on the purchase of
                                                                                              Vauxhall Square, Nine Elms Square and
                                                                                              One Nine Elms for over £1bn.
                                            Planning and environmental
                                                                                            — Advised Far East Consortium on the
      Located in Beijing, Shanghai          — Advised a German wind tunnel
      and Hong Kong                                                                           Northern Gateway redevelopment (GDV
                                               engineering company on planning and
                                                                                              over £2bn).
                                               engineering of a wind tunnel for a
                                                                                            — Advised Cindat Capital on Qhotel Portfolio
                                               top-tier technical university in Shanghai.
                                                                                              for £525m and Project Ice for £615m.
                                            — Advised a German automotive supplier
      2 real estate partners                                                                — Advised a world-leading producer of fibre
      and 4 associates                         on the planning and development of an
                                                                                              products on the acquisition of land use
                                               R&D centre in Shanghai.
                                                                                              rights and construction of factory
                                                                                              buildings in Hangzhou.
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                            — Advised a German machinery company on
      Languages: Chinese, English,          — Advised a world-leading sports car
      German and French                                                                       sales of the granted land use rights and
                                               maker on the construction of a driving
                                                                                              factory buildings in Shanghai to a Chinese
                                               experience centre in Shanghai.
                                                                                              development company.
      Contact us                            — Advised a well-known supplier of
                                                                                            — Advised a hardware manufacturer
                                               equipment and services to packaging
                                                                                              headquartered in Germany on various real
                                               and label manufacturers on construction
                                                                                              estate issues during the acquisition of an
      CMS Beijing                              contracts for its plant in Changzhou.
                                                                                              asset in China.
      T +86 10 8527 0259                    — Advised an international group s on
      F +86 10 8590 0831
                                               construction contracts for its plant in
                                                                                            Managers and occupiers
      CMS Shanghai                             Kunshan.
                                                                                            — Advised a sports car maker on the build to
      T +86 21 6289 6363                    — Advised a leading architect UK firm for
      F +86 21 6289 0731                                                                      lease structure for its dealer shops in
                                               the proposed tender for a design
                                                                                              China.
      CMS Hong Kong                            construction project in respect of a
                                                                                            — Advised a global optics and opto-
      T +852 2533 7878                         large-size Eden style visitor destination
      F +852 2533 7887                                                                        electronics manufacturer on the build-to-
                                               project in China.
                                                                                              lease structure for its Chinese
                                                                                              headquarters in Shanghai.
                                            Investment and disposal
                                                                                            — Advised a French rubber design and
                                            — Advised Asian investors on their
      Ulrike Glueck                                                                           production company on drafting,
      T +86 21 6289 6363                       outbound acquisitions into the UK
                                                                                              negotiations and signing of the lease
      E ulrike.glueck@cmslegal.cn              property market.
                                                                                              agreement for its manufacturing plant in
                                            — Advised China Resources Land on the
      Nick Beckett                                                                            Suzhou.
      T +86 10 8527 0287/+852 2533             joint venture to purchase20 Gresham
      7818                                     Street for £312m.
      E nick.beckett@cms-cmno.com                                                          Financing
                                            — Advised Cheung Kei Group on the
                                                                                            — Advised a global automotive components
      Oliver Maaz                              purchase of 20 Canada Square for
                                                                                               manufacturer on the construction and
      T +86 21 6289 6363                       £410m.
      E oliver.maaz@cmslegal.cn                                                               lease of a production base in Nanjing and
                                            — Advised BCDH on the purchase of 30
                                                                                               on the project financing structure.
                                               Crown Place for £210m.
                                                                                            — Advised a German development company
                                            — Advised Kingboard Chemical on the
                                                                                               on project financing for investment in
                                               purchase of Moor Place for £271m.
                                                                                               major manufacturing companies in China.

14 | Our real estate capability at your service
Colombia
Recent work highlights                       — Advised Circulo de Viajes Universal in    Facts and figures
                                               the structuration and execution of a
                                               real estate housing complex project.
— Advised Plaza La Serrezuela on
                                             — Advised Edificio 593 in the
  almost all legal aspects of                                                            Located in Bogotá
                                               acquisition of land and in the
  construction of La Serrezuela and in
                                               preparation of all contracts related to
  every aspect of the project including
                                               the construction of the project, an
  its funding matters.
                                               exclusive property located in one of      2 real estate partners
— Advised various landowners in the
                                               the most reputed sectors of Bogota.       and 4 lawyers
  area Ciudad Lagos de Torca and the
                                             — Advised Bastión Luxury Hotel in the
  owners of the section of land with
                                               development of a comprehensive
  the best commercial potential and
                                               reform of a trust agreement and
  Universidad el Rosario. Through an                                                     Languages: English, Spanish,
                                               performed a detailed study of the
  alliance with Kapital Financial                                                        German and French
                                               chain of title of the premises,
  Services the Firm is designing the
                                               owners, restrictions and liens on the
  legal and financial structure required
                                               real estates used in the development
  to obtain the optimal development                                                      Contact us
                                               of this project.
  of Clients’ properties.
                                             — Advised Sala Logística de las
— Advised Círculo de Viajes Universal
                                               Américas in the bidding process for
  on the analysis of various real estate                                                 CMS Bogotá
                                               the concession of the Convention
  investment projects, including the                                                     T +57 1 321 8910
                                               Centre in Cartagena, together with
  purchase of 51% of one of the most
                                               Concreto and GHL. The Firm
  luxurious spa centres in Bogotá,
                                               obtained a 10-year concession of the
  Colombia.
                                               centre for the Client.                    Juan Camilo Rodríguez
— Advised Cámara de Comercio de
                                             — Advised the investment vehicle of         T +57 1 321 8910 x138
  Bogotá, Corferias and FONTUR on                                                        E juan.rodriguez@cms-ra.com
                                               Banco de Chile conglomerate
  the planning and structuring of a
                                               regarding the first investment made       Jacques Simhon
  project to develop the International
                                               by one of its real estate private funds   T +57 1 321 8910 x138
  Convention Centre of Bogotá                                                            E jacques.simhon@cms-ra.com
                                               for the development of an important
  (Ágora), one of the most advanced
                                               real estate project.
  convention centres in Latin America.
— Advised the National Government
  (Virgilio Barco Vargas National Real
  Estate Agency) on the renovation
  project of the National Administrative
  Center. This is one of the top five
  largest scale infrastructure projects in
  terms of investment on Bogota.

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Croatia
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                    Investment and disposal
                                                                                      — Advised a multinational oil and gas
                                                                                         company in a potential purchase of a
                                            Planning and environmental
                                                                                         Croatian gas and oil retailer chain,
      Located in Zagreb                     — Advised Grupa Azoty S.A. in the
                                                                                         with significant real estate aspects to
                                               intended acquisition of the Croatian
                                                                                         the potential transaction.
                                               leader in manufacturing agricultural
                                               fertilizers, by providing a thorough
      2 real estate partners                                                          Managers and occupiers
                                               memo on the economical,
      and 2 lawyers                                                                   — Advised Immofinanz in the purchase
                                               regulatory, legal and environmental
                                                                                        of five shopping centres in Croatia
                                               background relevant for the
                                                                                        and Slovenia, with full-scope due
                                               potential acquisition and full-blown
                                                                                        diligence – focusing on real estate
      Languages: Croatian, English             due diligence, reviewing
                                                                                        matters, negotiation, transaction and
      and German                               environment, real estate, corporate,
                                                                                        tax structuring support.
                                               commercial, material agreements,
                                                                                      — Advised Patrizia, former Rockspring,
                                               banking and finance, employment,
                                                                                        in their management of a real estate
      Contact us                               and litigation matters.
                                                                                        portfolio, including lease,
                                            — Advised Ecowind, a leading Austrian
                                                                                        construction and use of the real
                                               wind energy company, in the
                                                                                        estate aspects.
      CMS Zagreb                               acquisition of two wind farm
      T +385 1 4825 600                        targets.
      F +385 1 4825 601                                                               Financing
                                                                                      — Advised the European Investment
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                         Bank with a loan granted for the
                                            — Advised a client in business of
                                                                                         expansion of the Dubrovnik Airport.
                                               world-class olive oil production, in
      Gregor Famira                                                                   — Advised The European Investment
      T +385 1 4825 600                        the acquisition of agricultural
                                                                                         Bank (EIB) on a €25m senior/
      E gregor.famira@cms-rrh.com             property of significant size by
                                                                                         corporate loan financing intended
                                               covering a variety of issues,
      Ana-Marija Skoko                                                                   for the modernization and
      T +385 1 4825 600                        including reviews of contracts,
                                                                                         development of the existing facilities
      E ana-marija.skoko@bmslegal.hr           agreements, project documentation,
                                                                                         and infrastructures of the camping
                                               water and other permits.
                                                                                         site in Istra, with extensive real
                                            — Advised Bauhaus in the one-stop-
                                                                                         estate due diligence.
                                               shop mode, with emphasis on real
                                               estate, contractions, transaction,
                                               employment and competition areas,
                                               including the client’s expansion of
                                               retail premises and the purchase
                                               support for the additional property.

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Czech Republic
Recent work highlights                        — Advised Deka Immobilien on the acquisition           Facts and figures
                                                 of the prestigious site “The Park” in Prague.
                                                 “The Park” is a state-of-the-art complex
Construction and development
                                                 consisting of 12 office buildings built
— Advised Arca Capital and Nova Real                                                                 Located in Prague
                                                 between 2003 and 2008 in an attractive
   Estate on joint venture development
                                                 campus-style formation. It was the largest
   and forward purchase of logistic assets
                                                 ever office transaction in the Czech Republic.
   with Panattoni Europe, major developer
                                              — Advised Deka Immobilien on the sale of               2 real estate partners
   of industrial premises, and
                                                 27,500m² Lighthouse office towers to Star           and 13 lawyers
   establishment of a joint venture for
                                                 Capital. The property situated on the banks
   development logistics assets in Poland.
                                                 of Vltava comprises two separate stand-
— Advised Flow East in entering into a
                                                 alone buildings joined at underground
   contract for works for a major mixed-                                                             Languages: Czech, English
                                                 parking level.
   use development project being                                                                     and German
                                              — Advised Karimpol on the sale of the
   constructed in Václavské náměstí in
                                                 Greenline building in Prague. Building with
   centre of Prague. Including property
                                                 15,500m² is in the heart of the Pankrác
   draft contract for lender for the                                                                 Contact us
                                                 business district and the value of the deal is
   construction company and negotiation
                                                 estimated to approx. €500m. The Greenline
   of the contract with the final bidder.
                                                 is home to tenants such as SCS Software,
— Advised CSPP Group on the
                                                 Huawei Technologies, Nordic Telecom 5G a            CMS Prague
   construction contracts for Retail Park                                                            T +420 296 798 111
                                                 Kia Motors Czech.
   Písek project, including support of the                                                           F +420 296 798 000
   client during the tender for the
                                              Managers and occupiers
   construction company, negotiating the
                                              — Advised multiple clients, including Deka
   turn-key construction contracts and the
                                                 Immobilien, Goodman, Redside and                    Lukáš Hejduk
   construction processes.
                                                 Standard Life Aberdeen, on leasing matters          T +420 296 798 892
                                                 related to their property portfolio in the          E lukas.hejduk@cms-cmno.com
Investment and disposal
                                                 Czech Republic.                                     Libor Prokeš
— Advised Deka Immobilien on its €460m
                                                                                                     T +420 296 798 832
   acquisition of a Czech logistics portfolio                                                        E libor.prokes@cms-cmno.com
                                              Financing
   from the CTP Group. The portfolio
                                              — Advised Raiffeisen Bank International on a
   includes 36 modern buildings with a
                                                 successful financing, in connection with the
   total leasable area of approximately
                                                 cross-border acquisition of a logistics portfolio
   430,000m². This was the biggest
                                                 by the Czech head-quartered logistics giant,
   transaction on the real estate market in
                                                 P3, from CA Immobilien Anlagen AG.
   2018.
                                              — Advised UniCredit on the financing of the
— Advised Allianz and VGP on the
                                                 acquisition of 80,000m² Waltrovka office
   acquisition of several new logistics
                                                 complex in Prague. The buildings are leased to
   properties in Austria, Romania and
                                                 a range of tenants including Johnson &
   Spain. CMS Prague was responsible for
                                                 Johnson, Oracle, Sberbank, Strabag, Amrest,
   delivering the work streams on the SPA
                                                 and Astra Zeneca. This was the largest real
   and coordinating the remaining work
                                                 estate deal in the Czech Republic in H1, 2019.
   streams with colleagues from Germany,
                                              — Advised Bluehouse Capital on the (re)financing
   Luxembourg, Austria, Spain, Romania,
                                                 of its investment in Centrum Karviná s.r.o.,
   Italy and Netherlands.
                                                 which operates a shopping mall in Karviná,
— Advised REICO on the acquisition of an
                                                 provided by Česká spořitelna, a.s.
   office building in Prague.                                                                                                      17
England and Wales
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                         Investment and disposal
                                                                                           — Advised longstanding client Vita on its landmark
                                                                                              £600m portfolio sale of “Vita Student” assets to
                                            Planning and environmental
                                                                                              DWS’s real estate funds. The portfolio comprises
      Located in London, Bristol,           — Advised Heathrow West (part of The
      Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester                                                     a total of 3,198 beds in Manchester, Glasgow,
                                               Arora Group) on all the planning
                                                                                              Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham and Newcastle.
                                               aspects in relation to the Northwest
                                                                                           — Advised Brockton Everlast on significant
                                               Runway expansion for Heathrow
                                                                                              purchases totalling in excess of £400m;
                                               Airport. It is one of the largest and
      79 real estate partners                                                                 Waterside House which is M&S’s new HQ.
      and 217 lawyers                          highest profile planning projects of this
                                                                                           — Advised Malaysian pension fund Kumpulan
                                               generation.
                                                                                              Wang Persaraan (KWAP) on the £c140m
                                            — Advised Quintain to provide planning
                                                                                              acquisition of 100 Cheapside, EC2.
                                               advice for its strategic regeneration of
                                                                                           — Advised long-standing client Columbia
      Languages: English, French,              Wembley Park. It comprises 1.4 million
      German and Spanish                                                                      Threadneedle on the sale of Croxley Park
                                               sq ft of development over three sites
                                                                                              business park for £400m.
                                               including affordable and private rented
                                                                                           — Advised the real estate investment manager DTZ
      Contact us                               sector residential units and 900,000 sq
                                                                                              Investors, in partnership with co-living developer
                                               ft of mixed-use development on the
                                                                                              The Collective, on the structuring, launch of and
                                               Stadium Retail Park. It is the UK’s
                                                                                              first acquisition for the world’s first fund to buy
      CMS London
                                               largest build-to-rent development.
                                                                                              and build co-living accommodation in London.
      T +44 20 7367 3000
      F +44 20 7367 2000                    Construction and development
                                                                                           Managers and occupiers
                                            — Acted as advisers to Public Sector
                                                                                           — Advised AXA IM Real Assets on various
                                               Pension Investment Board (‘PSP’) and
                                                                                             pre-lettings for the 22 Bishopsgate office
                                               QuadReal Property Group Limited
      Ciaran Carvalho                                                                        building which will provide c1.3m sq ft of office
      T +44 20 7524 6152
                                               Partnership (‘QR’) in respect of a 75%
                                                                                             space and 43,000 sq ft of retail and leisure
      E ciaran.carvalho@cms-cmno.com          investment in a Joint Venture with
                                                                                             outlets.
                                               Unibail Rodamco Westfield for the long
      Marie Scott                                                                          — Acted for WeWork across the UK on various
      T +44 20 7524 6783
                                               lease and development of a major build
                                                                                             deals, including 133 Houndsditch in London and
      E marie.scott@cms-cmno.com              to rent scheme adjacent to the
                                                                                             99 Queen Victoria Street, London and
                                               Westfield Shopping Centre, Stratford
                                                                                             Brindleyplace in Birmingham – this was the
                                               comprising over 1,200 high-end
                                                                                             largest letting deal in Birmingham in 2019.
                                               residential units, communal areas,
                                                                                           — Acted for Google on its acquisition of office
                                               leisure facilities and a retail unit.
                                                                                             space across London including pursuant to
                                            — Advised HB Reavis on the acquisition
                                                                                             pre-let agreements and self-build arrangements.
                                               and the construction of the right to
                                               build over Farringdon West Crossrail
                                                                                           Financing
                                               station, and subsequent procurement
                                                                                           — Advised Mountpark the leading logistics
                                               of a major mixed-use development at
                                                                                              property company, on the c.£150m refinancing
                                               the site, comprising offices, retail at
                                                                                              of a portfolio of newly developed logistics assets
                                               ground and basement levels, set above
                                                                                              in the UK, Ireland and Spain from Nuveen Real
                                               the new Elizabeth Line (Crossrail). HB
                                                                                              Estate.
                                               Reavis has the largest development
                                                                                           — Advised Aviva Investors on a £136m financing in
                                               pipeline in Europe.
                                                                                              relation to a portfolio of mixed-use assets in
                                                                                              Central London.
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France
Recent work highlights                           Planning and environmental                    Facts and figures
                                                 — Advised LBO FRANCE on the
                                                    development project of 300,000m²
Investment and disposal
                                                    (residential, commercial and public
— Advised Amundi Immobilier and Crédit                                                         Located in Paris, Lyon
                                                    equipment program) in the suburbs of       and Strasbourg
   Agricole Centre-est for the acquisition
                                                    Paris, also involving the environmental
   from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
                                                    and planning permission, financing of
   (Adia) of a mixed-use real estate asset
                                                    the public equipment and the
   portfolio of retail, office and residential
                                                    amendment of the town planning             10 real estate partners
   properties in Lyon.                                                                         and 40 lawyers
                                                    documents.
— Advised Amundi Immobilier for the
                                                 — Advised Carlyle on the development
   acquisition from Abu Dhabi Investment
                                                    project of a 24,000m² office building in
   Authority (Adia) of a mixed-use real
                                                    Saint-Lazare railway station, including
   estate asset portfolio of retail, office                                                    Languages: French, English,
                                                    the acquisition of the property and        German
   and residential properties in Lyon called
                                                    planning and environmental application.
   “Rue de la République - Grolée –
   Carnot”.                                                                                    Contact us
                                                 Structuring
                                                 — Advised Nexity SA, the leading real
Managers and occupiers
                                                    estate developer in France, and
— Advised Whirlpool on the negotiation
                                                    Harvestate AM on the exclusive             CMS Paris
  with Gazeley, an investor and developer                                                      T +33 1 4738 5500
                                                    partnership launch of the TERRAE
  of logistics warehouses and distribution
                                                    OPTIMAE 1 land development fund.
  parks, of the new lease for a 40,482m²
                                                 — Advised Amundi Immobilier on the
  logistics warehouse located in Combs-
                                                    post-acquisition restructuring,
  la-Ville.                                                                                    Benjamin Bill
                                                    including the liquidation of a regulated   T +33 1 4738 5772
— Advised Gaumont on the drafting and
                                                    fund, of the “Mosaic Parcs” portfolio,     E benjamin.bill@cms-fl.com
  the negotiation of the commercial lease
                                                    consisting in 52 buildings of mixed use
  agreement of a building on the Champs                                                        Christophe Blondeau
                                                    (office/activity) in the Paris region,     T +33 1 4738 4205
  Elysees in Paris to a very famous retailer
                                                    further to its acquisition from AEW.       E christophe.blondeau@
  so as to create an events flagship store                                                        cms-fl.com
  around culture and cinema.
                                                 Financing                                     Aline Divo
                                                 — Advised UBS Real Estate, on the             T +33 1 4738 5695
Construction and development                                                                   E aline.divo@cms-fl.com
                                                    financing from ING together with the
— Advised Financière du Grand Palais and
                                                    acquisition of a portfolio of luxury
   Alliance Terres Rares on the sale off
                                                    retail shops located in Paris.
   plan to CIPAV of an office and retail
                                                 — Advised Crédit Suisse Real Estate on
   building in Paris, place Saint Augustin.of
                                                    the financing from La Banque Postale
   a 2,500m² located Paris.
                                                    together with the acquisition of an
— Advised Opalia on the project
                                                    office building located in the Grand
   management contract for the
                                                    Paris from Commerz Real.
   construction of a new stadium in Nîmes
                                                 — Advised MEAG on the financing from
   together with a 82.000m² mixed use
                                                    Berlin Hyp together with the
   development project.
                                                    acquisition of a prime real estate asset
— Advised Arlenxeo for the engineering
                                                    located in Lyon purchased as a sale
   and construction contracts for the
                                                    and leaseback transaction from BNP
   extension of a plant.
                                                    Paribas Real Estate.
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Germany
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                         Planning and environmental
                                                                                           — Advised MG Real Estate on the planning
                                                                                              and development of a new logistics and
                                            Investment and disposal
                                                                                              industrial park together with a new
      Located in Berlin, Cologne,           — Advised Commerz Real on the
      Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg,                                                        urban district (redevelopment of the
                                               acquisition of the ‘Millennium portfolio’
      Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart                                                           former NATO base) on a total area of
                                               from Generali Lebensversicherung. The
                                                                                              870 hectares.
                                               portfolio comprises 49 office,
                                                                                           — Advised TransnetBW in public
                                               residential and retail properties with a
                                                                                              procurement procedures on the
      29 real estate partners                  total rental area of over 352,000m² at
                                                                                              preparation and implementation of
      and 65 lawyers                           central locations in German cities.
                                                                                              nearly all public procurement
                                            — Advised Invesco Real Estate on the
                                                                                              procedures relating to the new build of
                                               acquisition of Frankfurt office complex
                                                                                              the SuedLink track to be constructed by
                                               ‘Die Welle’.
      Languages: German, Croatian,                                                            TransnetBW in cooperation with TenneT
                                            — Advised Peakside and Partners Group
      Czech, Dutch, English, French,                                                          TSO, in particular to procure
      Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian,         on the acquisition of a majority of the
                                                                                              underground cables and converters,
      Spanish and Swedish                      ‘Omega-Portfolio’. The portfolio
                                                                                              project management services and
                                               comprises 30 commercial real estate
                                                                                              planning services. This is a central
                                               assets, located in Germany, France and
                                                                                              project relating to the turnaround in
      Contact us                               the Netherlands.
                                                                                              energy policy. The contract value for the
                                                                                              project is a ten-digit figure.
                                            Managers and occupiers
                                                                                           — Advised Hansestadt Hamburg in the
      CMS Berlin
                                            — Advised Unilever Deutschland on
                                                                                              planning approval procedure for the
      T +49 30 20360 0                        premature end of lease for Unilever
      F +49 30 20360 2000
                                                                                              district heating system connection west.
                                              building in Hamburg (leased area
                                                                                              The pipeline is a central component of
                                              approx. 20,000m²) and the lease of
                                                                                              the New Generation Concept Heat for
                                              new office areas in the context of a
                                                                                              the City of Hamburg. It crosses under
                                              project area (leased area approx.
      Sebastian Orthmann                                                                      the Elbe river by means of an accessible
      T +49 40 37630 354
                                              5,000m²) including handover to the
                                                                                              tunnel and runs via Othmarschen to
      E sebastian.orthmann@                  subsequent tenant Xing SE.
         cms-hs.com
                                                                                              Bahrenfeld to the integration point in
                                            — Advised Tesla on rental matters
                                                                                              the central district heating network.
      Andreas Otto
                                              regarding the expansion in Germany
      T +49 30 20360 1506                     including litigation issues.
      E andreas.otto@cms-hs.com
                                                                                           Financing
                                                                                           — Advised a German pension fund on the
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                              financing of Frankfurt ‘FOUR’ high-rise
                                            — Advised InfraLeuna on conclusion of
                                                                                              complex. The four towers under
                                               the contract for the planning and
                                                                                              construction have each been
                                               construction of the new combined gas
                                                                                              independently financed, including the
                                               and steam power plant for chemical site
                                                                                              relevant part of the shared base building.
                                               Leuna.
                                                                                              Total investment in the project amounts
                                            — Advised Cube Real Estate on planning
                                                                                              to more than a billion euros.
                                               and construction contracts for the
                                                                                           — Advised Hines on the financing of the
                                               development of several student housing
                                                                                              acquisition of the ‘Karlshoehe portfolio’
                                               projects in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf,
                                                                                              in Stuttgart, Germany, with a financing
                                               Oestrich-Winkel and Leverkusen.
                                                                                              volume of more than €300m.
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Hungary
Recent work highlights                         — Advised Bluehouse Capital on the        Facts and figures
                                                 sale of an office building in Buda as
                                                 an asset deal.
Construction and development
                                               — Advised a US private equity firm on
— Advised Goodman on the                                                                 Located in Budapest
                                                 the disposal of one of the largest
   development of the largest, multi-
                                                 shopping centres in Hungary.
   billion-forint greenfield logistics
   facility in Hungary.
                                               Financing                                 2 real estate partners
— Advised Pepkor Ingatlan Kft.
                                               — Advised Hypo Noe Landesbank AG          and 7 lawyers
   (subsidiary of Pepco Hungary Kft.) on
                                                  on the financing of 36 small
   the planned development of Pepco’s
                                                  shopping centres located in the
   new regional distribution centre in
                                                  countryside of Hungary.
   Gyál-Hungary (approximately                                                           Languages: English, German
                                               — Advised MHB Bank on a complex,
   100,000m² warehouse area).                                                            and Hungarian
                                                  large volume matter, on the
— Advised a major German OEM on all
                                                  financing of Mammut Shopping Mall
   issues concerning greenfield
                                                  in Budapest.
   developments, including real estate                                                   Contact us
                                               — Advised Sberbank on a high-value
   (potential expropriation, construction
                                                  property financing matter, the
   permits, site acquisition, etc.), foreign
                                                  so-called Project Atrium financing,
   investments and state aid law,                                                        CMS Budapest
                                                  which is one of the most effective
   corporate structure and tax.                                                          T +36 1 48348 00
                                                  office buildings in Budapest.          F +36 1 48348 01
                                               — Advised Erste Bank Hungary on the
Investment and disposal
                                                  financing of Futureal’s two office
— Advised Atenor on the acquisition
                                                  developments (Corvin 5 office park).
   and lease agreements of a 19,000m²
                                                  The facility agreement was made        Gábor Czike
   of land on the main road corridors in                                                 T +36 1 48348 19
                                                  under the so-called Growth Loan
   Budapest connecting the city centre                                                   E gabor.czike@cms-cmno.com
                                                  Program of the Central Bank of
   to the airport and disposal of several
                                                  Hungary.                               József Várady
   of the “Váci Greens” office buildings.                                                T +36 1 48348 40
— Advised Futureal on the sale of                                                        E jozsef.varady@cms-cmno.com

   Corvin office portfolio to OTP Group.
— Advised Torony Real Estate
   Investment Fund (managed by Diófa
   Alapkezelő) on the acquisition of the
   Alkotás Point office Building in Buda.

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Italy
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                       — Assisted Deutsche Asset
                                                                                           Management in several leases
                                                                                           regarding logistic facilities in Northern
                                            Investment and disposal
                                                                                           Italy to different leading Italian
      Located in Rome and Milan             — Advised Franklin Templeton in the
                                                                                           transport and logistic companies.
                                               acquisition of the Fatebenefratelli
                                                                                         — Assisted M&G Investment in drafting
                                               hospital in Venice.
                                                                                           and negotiating a property
                                            — Advised Commerzbank in the
      4 real estate partners                                                               management agreement with
                                               disposal of the shopping center Le
      and 6 lawyers                                                                        reference to a property portfolio
                                               Cupole in Milan for the former
                                                                                           managed in Milan.
                                               CSAM’s CS Euroreal fund to the
                                               Israeli investor Forma Real Estate
                                                                                         Construction and development
      Languages: Italian, English              Fund.
                                                                                         — Advised Scannel Properties in a large
      and German                            — Advised Corpus Sireo
                                                                                            number of forward purchase
                                               Immobilienfonds in the sale of an
                                                                                            transactions in the logistic sector.
                                               office building in Milanofiori to AXA
                                                                                            Advice includes acquisition of green
      Contact us                               REIM.
                                                                                            or brown fields, conversion of use,
                                            — Assisted Union Investment together
                                                                                            development, construction and lease
                                               with CMS Hamburg on the
                                                                                            to logistic operators.
      CMS Rome                                 acquisition for the UniImmo Europa
                                                                                         — Advised Tristan Capital Partners in
      T +39 06 4781 51                         fund of the Melody-Portfolio which
      F +39 06 4837 55                                                                      the refurbishment of an office
                                               comprised among assets in Germany
                                                                                            building in Milan. Advice included
      CMS Milan                                also one of Italy’s largest shopping
                                                                                            preparing the bidder documentation,
      T +39 02 89283 800                       centre, “Le Befane” in Rimini from
      F +39 02 4801 2914                                                                    ECP contract and professional
                                               the fund CS Euroreal.
                                                                                            advisory agreements, inclusive of
                                            — Advised Algonquin in a JV for the
                                                                                            Health & Safety matters.
                                               acquisition of the Sheraton Rome
                                                                                         — Advised AXA Reim in the
                                               Hotel from a consortium of investors
      Marco Casasole                                                                        construction management
      CMS Rome                                 including Benson Elliott, Walton
                                                                                            agreement with Redbrick regarding a
      T +39 06 4781 51                         Street Capital and Algonquin.
      E marco.casasole@cms-aacs.com                                                         residential development,Milan.
                                            — Advised SPRL 9 Hotel Collection
      Dietmar Zischg                           International in the acquisition of
                                                                                         Financing
      CMS Milan                                100% of the issued corporate capital
      T +39 02 89283 800                                                                 — Advised Bayern LB on the financing
                                               of Albergo Cesari S.r.l. and SCI Cesari
      E dietmar.zischg@cms-aacs.com                                                         transaction with regards to the
                                               S.r.l., companies that own and
                                                                                            extension of one of Italy’s largest
                                               manage Albergo Cesari, a boutique
                                                                                            shopping centre, the “Orio Center”
                                               hotel located in the historic centre of
                                                                                            held by Commerz Real Investment-
                                               Rome.
                                                                                            gesellschaft GmbH.

                                            Managers and occupiers
                                            — Advised a global on-line provider in
                                              the lease of several logistic premises
                                              including due diligence, change of
                                              use and fit-out agreements.

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Kenya
Recent work highlights                       Managers and occupiers                      Facts and figures
                                             — Advised the Delegation of the
                                               European Union on the negotiations
Construction and Development
                                               and signing of a lease agreement
— Set up and advising on the mixed-                                                      Located in Nairobi and Mombasa
                                               with the landlord for its new office
   use luxury condominium type
                                               space in Nairobi.
   development known as Billionaire
                                             — Acted for some of the top retail
   Resort in Malindi; including acting for
                                               landlords and shopping malls in           4 partners and 3 lawyers
   the developer in the sale of the units
                                               Nairobi in the leasing of commercial      in the Real Estate team
   to individuals in Europe.
                                               space to tenants.
— Advised a local developer, Rosslyn
   House Limited in the structure and
                                             Investment and disposal
   development of its hotel type suites                                                  Languages:
                                             — Acted for a not for profit co-
   Tamarind Tree Suites Rosslyn in                                                       English & Kiswahili
                                                operative financial institution
   Nairobi.
                                                established in the United States of
— Advised Tamarind Management
                                                America that is associated with the
   Limited, a local hospitality operator                                                 Contact us
                                                United Nations on the structuring
   in the running of Tamarind Tree
                                                and establishment of a mortgage
   Suites Rosslyn.
                                                loan scheme for its employees.
— Acted for PDM (Kenya) Limited, a                                                       CMS Nairobi
   property development company in                                                       T +254 020 4297000
                                             Disputes                                    M +254 711 064000
   Kenya in the acquisition of a high net
                                             — Advised on and successfully
   worth parcel of land for its latest                                                   CMS Mombasa
                                                dismissing arbitration proceedings
   mixed-use development, breaking                                                       T +254 716 430651
                                                brought against a leading                M +254 734 606070
   ground in Q2 of 2020.
                                                telecommunications company
— Acted for Asante Kenya Foundation
                                                claiming substantial damages arising
   in its acquisition of large tracts of
                                                from a multi-billion-shilling building
   agricultural land at the Kenyan coast
                                                and construction contract.               Harpreet Ubhi
   and advising them generally on                                                        CMS Nairobi
   agro-forestry projects.                                                               T +254 020 4297000
— Acted for various developers of                                                        E harpreet.ubhi@cms-di.com

   residential and commercial centres in                                                 Nishit Maru
   the coastal region, including Rhino                                                   CMS Mombasa
   Properties Limited (Refinery Place,                                                   T +254 716 430651
                                                                                         E nishit.maru@cms-di.com
   Changamwe – Office Block),
   Dynamic Company Limited (Airport
   Centre, Changamwe – Shopping
   Centre), Ocean Estates Limited
   (Simba Village, Diani – Apartments),
   Merrygold Residence Limited
   (Merrygold Apartments, Mombasa)
   and Kask Investments Limited (Karibu
   Gardens, Galu – Villas.

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Luxembourg
      Facts and figures                     Recent work highlights                      Managers and occupiers
                                                                                        — Advised a major supermarket chain
                                                                                          regarding several commercial lease
                                            Construction and development
                                                                                          issues for its supermarkets in
      Located in Luxembourg                 — Advised a company specialised in
                                                                                          Luxembourg.
                                               project management and
                                                                                        — Advised a landlord, a UK investment
                                               construction consulting services to
                                                                                          company, regarding real estate
                                               corporate clients regarding a
      2 real estate partners                                                              properties in Luxembourg (office
                                               litigation procedure related to
      and 15 lawyers                                                                      buildings) including on leasing issues
                                               so-called defects affecting one of
                                                                                          and on conflicts with tenants.
                                               the biggest buildings in
                                               Luxembourg, involving over 25
                                                                                        Financing
      Languages: French, English,              parties.
      German, Luxembourgish,
                                                                                        — Advised a major real estate investment
      Portuguese and Spanish                                                               company regarding a €224m financing
                                            Investment and disposal
                                                                                           granted by a German bank with
                                            — Advised Allianz Real Estate regarding
                                                                                           respect to the acquisition of a real
                                               its acquisition of the landmark office
      Contact us                                                                           estate property located in Frankfurt
                                               project “THE ICON VIENNA” at
                                                                                           am Main, Germany and to fund the
                                               Vienna’s new central railway station
                                                                                           redevelopment of the property.
                                               on behalf of several Allianz
                                                                                        — Advised a group specialised in student
      CMS Luxembourg                           companies, which represents an
      T +352 26 2753 1                                                                     accommodation projects regarding the
                                               investment of more than €500m.
      F +352 26 2753 53                                                                    acquisition and its financing of student
                                            — Advised Ekistics Property Investors, a
                                                                                           housing properties in several cities in
                                               private equity investor based in
                                                                                           Spain, including Madrid and Barcelona.
                                               London, on all legal aspects of the
                                                                                        — Advised a Chinese development
      Pawel Hermelinski                        sale of Luxembourg-based real estate
                                                                                           company which is looking to refinance
      T +352 26 2753 59                        company EPIFC 6 S.à r.l. to UK real
      E pawel.hermelinski                                                                 the acquisition of real estate properties
                                               estate developer Mitsubishi Estate
       @cms-dblux.com                                                                     located in London by obtaining
                                               London as part of a share deal. EPIFC
                                                                                           external finance secured on the asset.
      Jean-Dominique Morelli                   6 holds an office building in Munich
      T +35226275383                                                                    — Advised a German bank in relation to
                                               which comprises 22,000m² and is let
      E jean-dominique.morelli                                                             a financing of the acquisition of a
        @cms-dblux.com                        to multiple tenants.
                                                                                           property which is a mixed- use
                                            — Advised a Chinese development
                                                                                           development purpose (retail /
                                               company ultimately owned by the
                                                                                           residential).
                                               Beijing Government regarding its
                                                                                        — Advised a real estate group regarding
                                               €236m acquisition of an office
                                                                                           a €59m real estate financing granted
                                               building located in London.
                                                                                           by a German bank with respect to the
                                                                                           acquisition of a building in Germany.

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