Moritz Vettermann

Dr. Moritz S. Vettermann is a partner in the Real Estate Industry practice at Goodwin. Moritz’s practice focuses on national and international real estate transactions, private equity-related real estate investments, portfolio deals and structuring, as well as on real estate joint ventures. He joined Goodwin in 2024.

• Madison International and StoneVest AG on the formation of a real estate light industrial investment plat-form, on its joint venture as well as on the acquisition of the seed portfolio*
• Neworld on the contemplated acquisition of the former US embassy in Hamburg, Germany*
• PATRIZIA on one of the biggest commercial leases in North Rine-Westphalia in 2023 with Robert Half Inc., a member to the S&P 500 index, at Platz der Ideen in Düsseldorf*
• Lonepike Beteiligungen GmbH on the sale of its stake in MAGNA Real Estate GmbH, a real estate de-velopment company, to Versorgungswerk der Zahnärztekammer Berlin*
• Greystar Real Estate Partners on the acquisition of Greenpark, a project development in Berlin-Neukölln, holding 758 rental apartments*
• Greystar Real Estate Partners on the acquisition of HAR6, a project development in Hamburg, from BPD Immobilienentwicklung GmbH*
• Arax Properties on the acquisition of a core real estate in Berlin as well as on the contemplated acquisi-tion of another real estate in Berlin out of insolvency proceedings*
• Tristan Capital on the contemplated acquisition of a prominent warehouse in Berlin, Germany*
• Brookfield Property Group on the contemplated acquisition of a core real estate in Berlin, Germany*
• PATRIZIA on the contemplated sale of Platz der Ideen as well as Am Seestern, Düsseldorf, Germany*
• PATRIZIA on their project developments Sonnenstraße and Angerhof, Munich, as well as Am Post-bahnhof, Berlin*
• PATRIZIA on real estate matters pertaining the Hilton Hotel, Freiburg, and Meliá Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany*
• STARK Group in real estate aspects in their acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution, holding more than 600 branches and distribution centers and owns many leading UK brands*
• Blantyre Capital on the setup of a German hotel investment platform as well as on the acquisition of an hotel in Frankfurt, Germany*
• CVC in real estate aspects in their acquisition of Bosch Packaging*
• Wendel on real estate aspects in their sale of Constantia Flexibles to One Rock Capital Partners*
• Groß & Partner on the acquisition of the Porsche Design Tower in Frankfurt, Germany*
• DLE Group on various transactions, in particular on the acquisition of the former Saint-Gobain Glasfabrik in Kerpen, Germany*
• Samsung Electronics Holding GmbH on their relocation to the new German headquarters at Eschborn Gate, Eschborn, Germany
• CR Investment Management/Corestate on the contemplated acquisition of Limes Haus, the German Samsung headquarters out of insolvency proceedings*
• STARK Deutschland GmbH/Lonestar Private Equity on the sale and lease-back of a premium industrial real estate to LIP Invest*
• Hudson’s Bay Company on the exit from the Karstadt/GALERIA Kaufhof joint venture with SIGNA as well as on the wind-down of their Netherlands retail store business*
• Hudson’s Bay Company on the sale of Kaufhof Köln Hohe Straße, Germany, as well as of Carshhaus Düsseldorf, Germany, each to SIGNA*
• Octavian King Holdings N.V. on the sale of Kempinski Taschenbergpalais, Dresden, Kempinski Graven-bruch, Frankfurt, Kempinski Haus am Zwinger, Dresden, Kempinski Schloss Reinhartshausen, Grand Hotel Kempinski Falkenstein, Frankfurt, Germany*
• FRAPORT AG on the refinancing of The Squaire at Frankfurt International Airport*
• Colony Capital on the sale of Victoria-Stadt Lofts in Berlin, Germany, to Schroders*
• UBS Real Estate on various real estate transactions for their real funds*

* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

• Member of the Urban Land Institute Germany
• Advisory council to a private wealth foundation, Mannheim, Germany

Prior to joining Goodwin, Moritz was a counsel in the real estate practice group at Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher.

Ranked as a top lawyer for real estate in Germany in WirtschaftsWoche 2024.

The acquisition of residential real estate portfolios in practice – a glimpse behind the scenes of contract drafting, ZfiR 2018, p. 223 et seq.

The legal qualification of construction obligations in real estate purchase agreements, ZfiR 2018, p. 477 et seq.

Possibilities for subsequent adjustment of real estate transfer tax in real estate transactions, DStR 2017, p. 1518 et seq.

The treatment of fire protection deficiencies in purchase contracts for commercial real estate - a view on a cur-rent "long-running issue" from the perspective of contractual practice IMR 2015, p. 349 et. seq.

Content and effect of the concentration of liability pursuant to § 8 Para. 2 PartGG in accessory liability of physi-cians for new and old liabilities in the partnership as well as for the liability for appearance of legal position, Dis-sertation, Peter Lang Verlag 2014