Hogan Lovells advises COMMERZBANK AG on public exchange offer of Deutsche Real Estate Invest AG

Hogan Lovells advises COMMERZBANK AG on public exchange offer of Deutsche Real Estate Invest AG

Press releases | 06 January 2025

Hogan Lovells, led by its Frankfurt based partner Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt and Of Counsel Dr. Susanne Ries, advised COMMERZBANK AG as technical execution agent on the public exchange offer of Deutsche Real Estate Invest AG.

In the exchange offer shareholders of 19 closed-end real estate funds in the form of limited partnerships were invited to exchange their shares in the limited partnerships for shares in Deutsche Real Estate Invest AG. The offer was made on the basis of a securities prospectus approved by BaFin and ended on 11 November 2024. 

Deutsche Real Estate Invest AG is a subsidiary of DFH Group GmbH, which initiates, places and manages closed-end real estate funds.

Hogan Lovells team for COMMERZBANK AG

Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt (Partner, Frankfurt, lead), Dr. Susanne Ries, LL.M. (London) (Of Counsel, Berlin/Frankfurt, co-lead), Mark Devlin (Counsel, Frankfurt), Simona Gradišek (Senior Business Lawyer, Frankfurt) (all corporate and capital markets law); Dr. Heiko Gemmel (Partner, Dusseldorf), Anne-Svenja de Kiff (Counsel, Dusseldorf, both tax law), Dr. Tim Hinrichsen (Senior Associate, Munich, real estate).

Inhouse Team COMMERZBANK AG

Dr. Bernd Singhof, LL.M.