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Hans Thomas Kessler, LL.M. (LSE)

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Attorney-at-law (Germany)

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Since 1 January 2026 with BRP RENAUD

His legal specialties are:
  • Real estate transactions, real estate finance and infrastructure
  • Acquisitions, sales and financing of commercial real estate and real estate portfolios
  • Real estate developments and infrastructure projects as well as leases of commercial real estate
  • Construction, planning and infrastructure law
  • Advising construction and engineering firms as well as principals
  • Public–private partnerships
  • Defence, civil protection and resilience
  • Transformation and modernisation projects
Hans Thomas Kessler mainly advises:
  • Private equity, funds and investment companies
  • Federal government, state governments, municipalities
  • Real estate and infrastructure companies

Industries and Expertise

Resume

Career
  • Partner at BRP RENAUD since 2026
  • Attorney-at-law since 1997
  • Since 2023 at PwC Legal, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin
  • Until 2023 Head Real Estate Germany of an international law firm, Frankfurt am Main
  • Until 2008 Head Real Estate Germany and firmwide Co-Head Real Estate of a European law firm, Frankfurt am Main
  • Until 2004 Head Real Estate of a German large law firm, Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf
  • Until 1997 Real Estate and Infrastructure Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) at German and U.S.-American large law firms
  • Until 1994 Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
  • Until 1993 LL.M. at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
  • Studied law of Law and International Relations at the Universities of Frankfurt am Main, Lausanne/Geneva and Strasbourg
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Awards

Best Lawyers und Handelsblatt

Best Lawyers

„Best Lawyers: Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht“, 2024 - 2025

Deutschlands beste Anwälte: Best Lawyers Germany

Included in the Best Lawyers List for Germany Real Estate for 14 consecutive years (2009 – 2023) and for Investment Funds in 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien

Recommended Attorney

Listed as a recommended lawyer for Real Estate in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022

Who‘s Who Legal

Germany's Best Lawyers

Ranked In Who's Who Legal: Real Estate as one of Germany's best lawyers 2018 to 2022

Chambers Europe

Ranked by Chambers Europe for Real Estate Germany since 2020

Membership

Member

Chairman of ELNET – the European Leadership Network – in Germany, Member of ELNET’s NATO and EU Board

Member

Member of the Friends and Supporters of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Mai

Member

Federal Association Public Private Partnership (BPPP)

  • Er hat eine gute Praxis und das seit Jahrzehnten

     Chambers Europe 2022
  • Wenn er involviert ist, kommt der Deal zustande

     Chambers Europe 2020
  • Hans Thomas Kessler wird gelobt für sein „unternehmerisches Denken sowie seine Effizienz und Flexibilität“

      Mandant, Chambers Europe 2019
  • Sehr kompetent, transaktionsorientiert und ideenreich

            Mandant, Chambers Europe 2020

  • ....guter Typ, Dealmaker

              Wettbewerber, JUVE 2017/2018

  • hervorragend

              Wettbewerber, JUVE 2016/2017

  • Wer ihn am Tisch hat, hat am Ende einen Deal!

            Mandant, Chambers Global 2014

     

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