Real Estate Law &
Litigation
|| Stones don’t argue - people do. I’ll handle the dispute for you.
What it's about
When the construction site turns into a battleground - whether over defects, construction delays, or disputed change orders - the tenant won’t move out, the neighbour dispute escalates, and condominium owners’ association resolutions need to be challenged, real estate law is about substance and often about significant sums. As a litigation law office, I see your disputes through to a decisive outcome.
My services in real estate law
Representation in Construction Disputes
- Construction Contract Law (VOB/B & BGB works contract)
- Enforcement/defense of claims for contractor’s remuneration and change orders (including reviewability of interim and final invoices, retentions)
- Acceptance and termination disputes (including partial and deemed acceptance; ordinary/extraordinary termination)
- Litigation over contractual penalties and disputes concerning limitations of liability
- Calling/defense of securities and guarantees (e.g., performance and warranty bonds)
- Construction Defects and Warranty Law
- Independent evidence proceedings for preservation of evidence
- Actions for defect rectification, advance payment, damages or price reduction; defense against such claims
- Limitation period disputes, suspension, defenses and procedural deadline control
- Project Disruptions, Time and Additional Costs
- Disputes over obstructions, extensions of time, standstill, acceleration and the resulting additional costs
- Judicial and arbitral prosecution/defense of disruption-related additional cost claims based on disruption narratives and documentation
- Contract Price and Securities
- Litigation regarding remuneration, change orders and bonus/malus claims
- Proceedings for release or call of bonds; defenses and rights of retention in litigation
- Architects’ and Engineers’ Law
- Liability litigation for planning, coordination and supervision errors (including coverage disputes)
- Fee litigation under the HOAI as well as copyright and licensing disputes concerning designs
- Proceedings
- Court representation in all instances and preliminary injunctive relief
- Arbitration (especially DIS Construction)
Further focus areas
- Eviction lawsuit: Enforcement of eviction in cases of rent arrears or breach of contract, or defense against such a lawsuit.
- Payment claim: Enforcement of rent and ancillary costs or defense against such a claim
- Neighbor law: Lawsuits concerning emissions, boundary disputes, encroachments
- Condominium law (WEG) proceedings: Challenges and actions for annulment against resolutions of owners' meetings
- Land register correction: Lawsuit for correction of the land register
My approach
II assess your legal position, prepare the statement of claim, and actively drive the proceedings forward—so you can enforce your rights as quickly as possible. Where an out-of-court settlement makes sense, I negotiate on your behalf. If not, I go to court.
|| Real estate disputes tend to drag on - if you let them. I keep them moving.
