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COVID-19: Dutch Supreme Court provides clarity on rent discount for business premises
10 January 2022
Marc P. Werner, LL.M. (Miami)
PartnerFrankfurt
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 69 962 36 251
LanguagesDutch, English, German
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Marc Werner (…) is recommended for his leading expertise when it comes to advising on hotel developments
Who's Who Legal Germany, 2019
Marc P. Werner’s experience in real estate transactions and real estate financing spans more than 20 years. In particular regarding his niche competence in the hotel industry, he is considered as one of the top lawyers in Germany. He is the "go to" lawyer if it comes to hotel management agreements, lease agreements, franchise agreements and the sale or purchase of single assets and portfolios in the hotel industry.
Competitors, investors, banks, operators and real estate agents acknowledge him as "one of the best for hotels". He is widely known for his pragmatic and solutions-oriented approach and "his opinion counts; if he talks about market standards everyone believes him" (Chambers Europe). Marc P. Werner is Head of the Global Hotels, Leisure & Gaming Group of Hogan Lovells and was Managing Partner of the Frankfurt office from 2011 to 2022.
Awards and recognitions
2018-2019
Real Estate and Construction: Real Estate
Legal 500 EMEA
2007 – 2019
Frequently recommended lawyer and one of the leading partners in the real estate sector
JUVE handbook
2010 – 2019
Leading Individual for Real Estate
Chambers Europe
2009 – 2019
Recommended as top lawyer for Real Estate Law
Best Lawyers Germany
Education and admissions
Education
Second State Exam in Law, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1996
LL.M., University of Miami, 1994
First State Exam in Law, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1992
Memberships
CoreNet Global
German-American Law Association
German-Dutch Law Association
Representative experience
Advising U City on the acquisition of the Vienna House hotel portfolio.
Advising Leopard Group/Fattal Hotels on the sale-and-lease-back of a pan-European portfolio (18 hotels, volume EUR 400 m) to the Swedish investor Pandox.
Advising Art-Invest on the acquisition of the four-star Maritim Hotel Cologne, the five-star Dorint Hotel Maison Messmer in Baden-Baden and the Moxy Hotel in Cologne.
Advising Groß & Partner for the conclusion of a lease agreement for a Hyatt House in the Frankfurt high-rise project FOUR.
Advising Union Investment in the acquisition of various individual hotel properties and portfolios.
Advising Invesco on the acquisition of a 25hours hotel in Florence.
Advising various hotel operators, hotel investors, hotel developers and financing banks.
Advising Terra Firma on the purchase of the Welcome Hotels hotel chain from the Warsteiner Group.
Advising Ivanhoé Cambridge on the sale of its European hotel portfolio of a total of 18 hotels.
Advising RFR Holding GmbH on the acquisition of the Taschenbergpalais Kempinski in Dresden.
Advising Hilton on contract extension and modernization of the Hilton Munich City.
Advising Groß & Partner on the market entry of the Kimpton Hotel Group in Germany and on the implementation of a hotel together with the NH Group.
Advising benchmark REAL Estate Development GmbH on the implementation and sale of its first hotel project in Hamburg.
Latest thinking and events
News
COVID-19 rent reduction in the United Kingdom, Italy and Poland
22 September 2021
News
Corona: In the North nothing new – Higher Regional Court of Schleswig to rent default of hotel operator
06 September 2021
News
New judgement on § 313 of the German Civil Code (BGB) in connection with COVID-19
03 February 2021
News
COVID-19 news for the hospitality sector in The Netherlands: rent reduction confirmed
29 January 2021
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Impact of COVID-19 on the real estate and hotel industry
January 2021
