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Dentons: Partner Bernhard Gemmel returns to Dentons
Expansion of Real Estate Finance practice in Frankfurt Gemmel is admitted as a fully qualified lawyer in Germany and France. He focuses on advising on Real Estate Financing – for lenders as well as for investors – and on project financing. In this connection he has advised leading investors, investment managers, private equity funds and real estate banks in Germany and abroad. Moreover, he has a particular expertise in Energy and Banking with a strong network in the CIS region established over years. In joining Dentons, Gemmel improve the for cross-border consultancy of Chinese investors in his network, especially due to the impending combination of Dentons and the Chinese law firm 大成 and due to the globally excellently integrated Real Estate practice of Dentons. Pawel Debowski, Chairman of Dentons European Real Estate Group: “This is another step in our Group’s strategy of being one of the very top practices offering outstanding full-service advice to its clients.” Andreas Ziegenhagen, Managing Partner Germany: “Bernhard Gemmel brings along an enormous wealth of experience – in his sector focus as well as in his work with cross-border mandates. I also think that returnees like Bernard are an important signal that Dentons in Germany is on the right track”. Bernhard Gemmel: “The development of the Frankfurt office is one of the main reasons for my return to Dentons, along with the colleagues, the dynamic of Dentons resulting from the combination with 大成, and the excellent national and international Real Estate practice.” With Gemmel joining Dentons, the German Real Estate practice headed by Dirk-Reiner Voss increases to 19 lawyers, among them five partners. The European Real Estate Practice headed by Evan Lazar and Pawel Debowski consists of nearly 300 lawyers. Since the combination Gemmel is the fifth returnee in a row in Germany. He follows four partners who joined Dentons Germany: Dr. Rainer Markfort for Compliance and Restructuring, Dr. Arne Friel also for Restructuring, Dr. Matthias Santelmann who since April supports the corporate practice as well as Dr. Christoph Papenheim, who has also joined on 1st May.
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