People
Dr. Olaf Meisen
Biography
Olaf is Regional Head of Real Estate Finance and Head of Germany Real Estate Finance.
He has particular experience in advising on complex cross-border transactions, major domestic financings as well as Pfandbrief financings. A second focus of his practice are cross-border restructurings and work-outs of German real estate financings.
Olaf' s client base comprises major German mortgage banks (Pfandbriefbanken), international investment banks, alternative lenders (such as insurance companies, pension funds or debt funds) as well as institutional investors, private equity houses, housing companies, asset managers, real estate developers and real estate funds.
Olaf has practised in real estate finance for more than 20 years and is widely recognized as the leading expert in Germany in national and international real estate finance and restructuring. He has been at the forefront of product development in his field and advised on countless landmark deals and market' s firsts. Olaf has been the draftsperson of the German LMA for Real Estate Financings and is a frequent lecturer at universities.
Practice areas
- Finance
- Real estate
- Funds and asset management
Sectors
- Banks
- Private capital
Selected experience
- A consortium of three global investment banks as mandated lead arrangers on the approx. EUR 3bn acquisition financing of an office portfolio by a global private equity investor.
- A consortium of three global investment banks as mandated lead arrangers on the approx. EUR 2.1bn acquisition financing of an office portfolio by a global private equity investor.
- Vonovia SE, Germany’s largest residential housing company and DAX listed entity, in connection with several secured financings with Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, Commerzbank AG, Berlin Hyp AG, Berliner Sparkasse, Bayerische Landesbank, UniCredit Bank AG, Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe and Norddeutsche Landesbank in an aggregate amount of more than EUR 3.6bn.
- Deutsche Annington Immobilien Group, one of Germany's leading residential property companies, on the rescheduling of the EUR4.3bn German multi-family CMBS. This was one of the largest European real estate finance and CMBS refinancings since the financial crisis and involved a cross-border team from our German and UK offices.
- Société Générale S.A. as arranger of the reshaping of a large volume financing into two new senior/mezzanine and one senior financing in the aggregate amount of EUR 815 Mio. in respect of a residential portfolio owned by a global private equity investor.
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg on the EUR 1.1bn financing of the Potsdamer Platz building ensemble in Berlin.
- Société Générale S.A. as arranger of three loan facilities granted in connection with the market entry and expansion of a global private equity investor into the German residential housing market in an aggregate amount of EUR 1.2bn.
- A multinational financial institution as arranger of the EUR 186 Mio. financing of 29 ACCOR Hotels in Germany owned by a global private equity investor.
- A globally operating investment bank as arranger of the EUR 146 Mio. financing of a five star hotel in Berlin owned by a global private equity investor.
- Aareal Bank AG as arranger of four separate credit facilities in a total amount of ca. EUR 700 Mio and GBP 70 Mio. for a globally operating logistic investor in respect of several logistic portfolios located in Germany, France, Poland, The Netherlands and United Kingdom.
Education
- Dr iur, University of Cologne, Germany, 2006
- Second German Law Degree, 2001
- First German Law Degree, Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn, Germany, 1998
Admissions
- Germany, 2001 (Rechtsanwalt)
Languages
- English
- German