Hülsdunk, Dr. Lutz

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Dr. Hülsdunk's practice focuses on complex transactions in the real estate sector. He advises international investors, mainly from the U.K., Ireland, and the U.S., on all aspects of their investments in German real estate. He has extensive experience in the acquisition and disposal of commercial properties (including office and retail buildings), light industrial and logistics properties, hotels, and residential portfolios. He and his team also assist investors with the active management and optimization of their portfolios, including lease negotiations and the coordination of litigious matters.

In addition, Dr. Hülsdunk has substantial experience relating to the acquisition of commercial properties in special situations from debtors, insolvency administrators, and in compulsory auction proceedings.

In the field of corporate real estate services, Dr. Hülsdunk represents major corporations in their real estate requirements, including the strategic alignment of real estate portfolios, headquarter developments and leases, sale and leaseback transactions, as well as facility management agreements and outsourcing projects. Having worked for several years as a transactional lawyer in the technology sector, he is particularly well-placed in meeting the demands of high-tech companies in property matters.

Dr. Hülsdunk, a native German speaker, is also fluent in English.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Distressed Real Estate Transactions
• Construction
• Hospitality

Representative Cases

• BNP Paribas leases new German headquarters , (2009)
• Hansteen acquires €330 million German industrial portfolio
• Hansteen acquires a mixed portfolio of office, warehouse, industrial, and residential properties
• Hansteen acquires a mixed portfolio of retail, office, warehouse, and hotel properties
• Hansteen acquires and participates in leaseback of a German light industrial and warehouse complex
• Hansteen acquires commercial property portfolio in Neckarsulm, Germany
• Hansteen acquires German retail warehouse
• Hansteen acquires German warehouse and office complex
• Hansteen acquires landmark protected residential real estate portfolio
• Hansteen acquires main customs office in Dresden
• Hansteen acquires substantial industrial property in Weiden
• Hansteen acquires the "Tower 99" office building in Stuttgart-Vaihingen
• Hansteen acquires two German industrial buildings
• Hansteen acquires two logistics and warehouse properties
• Hansteen sells "Sabet" building in Leonberg, Germany
• Hansteen sells residential portfolio in Wiesbaden
• Listed U.S. corporation sells German manufacturing site
• Lubrizol Corp. sells active pharmaceutical ingredient and intermediate compounds business
• Telecommunications supplier outsources facility management and services relating to a target portfolio
• Timken signs agreement to sell needle roller bearings business to JTEKT , (2009)
• Tropical Islands signs agreements to develop vacation homes and related resort facilities , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Frankfurt, Germany
• Hamburg, Germany

Education

• Hamburg - Germany
• U Hamburg - Germany

Published Works

• LoI, MoU, Bieterverfahren und dann? - Vorvertragliche Handlungsformen und Haftung bei formbedürftigen Verträgen, Mitverfasser, ZfIR 2009, S. 456-461, 2009
• LoI, MoU, bidding procedures and then what? - Ways to structure negotiations and liability in the context of transactions that are subject to statutory form requirements, coauthor, ZflR 2009, S. 456-461, 2009
• Old Indexation Clause - New Legal Issues (Alte Wertsicherungsklausel - Neue Rechtsprobleme), coauthor, ZfIR 2007, p. 337-342, 2007
• Comment on the Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, dated 2 March 2006 (2 BvR 2099/04), concerning the scope and applicability of the consitutional right to the secrecy of telecommunications, EWiR 2006 p. 305, 2006
• Outsourcing in the insurance and health care sector without consent of the data subject? co-author, (Outsourcing im Versicherungs- und Gesundheitswesen ohne Einwilligung?), MMR 2004, p. 788-79, 2004
• Integrated advice for convergent technologies (Integrierte Beratung für konvergente Technologien), Z.f.R 2004, p. 70, 2004
• Service components and contractual relationships of commercial music download platforms on the Internet, co-author, (Leistungskomponenten und Vertragsbeziehungen bei kommerziellen Musik-Download-Plattformen im Internet), MMR 2004, p. 59-66, 2004
• Comment on the Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, co-author, dated 15 July 2003 (2 BvF 6/98), EWiR 2003 p. 1053, 2003
• Comment on the Decision of the Federal Supreme Court of Germany, dated 24 October 2002 (BGH I ZR 100/00 "Discount Prefix"), EWiR 2003, 2003
• Designing Distance Selling Platforms under the new German legislation on E-Commerce, co-author, (Die Gestaltung von Fernabsatzangeboten im elektronischen Geschäftsverkehr nach neuem Recht), MMR 2002, p. 414-419 and p. 516-520, 2002
• Strategies for Legal Education, (Strategien für die juristische Ausbildung), Mauke Söhne Hamburg 2001, 2001
• LernSystem Pro (Legal Educational Software for Civil and Civil Procedural Law, Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law, Administrative and Constitutional Law), EDWORKS Hamburg, 2 CD-ROMs, 2nd Edition 2001, 2001

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