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Dr. Leo Götz von Olenhusen
leo.goetzvonolenhusen@vesthaus.de
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Dr. Leo Götz von Olenhusen

Leo Götz von Olenhusen is a Partner at Vesthaus and attorney specialising in Real Estate and Corporate/M&A law.

He advises national and international clients across the full spectrum of real estate and corporate transactions — from acquisitions and disposals to joint ventures, project developments, and complex M&A deals. His practice also encompasses asset management and all aspects of commercial tenancy law.

Leo brings particular depth to the healthcare, office, retail, residential, infrastructure and logistics sectors, advising clients on high-value mandates.

Prior to co-founding Vesthaus, Leo was Principal Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Associate Partner at Lower-Saxony's market leader KSB Intax.

The US publisher Best Lawyers®, in collaboration with Handelsblatt®, ranks him among Germany's top advisers in both M&A and real estate. He has also been named a "TOP Lawyer 2026" for corporate law and M&A by the F.A.Z. Institut®.

Transactions

  • Tikehau Capital and Captiva on the acquisition of a retail portfolio with ALDI NORD as the anchor tenant (Deal Magazin)

  • Studentkompanie in a EUR 400–500 million joint venture with Ares Management (JUVE)

  • Acquisition of the Hamburg Domkaskaden from Hines (LINK)

  • Private investors – advised by KINGSTONE – on the acquisition of a mixed-use office property in Munich (Immobilienmanager)

  • SpaceGenie on the acquisition of properties for the development of self-storage assets

  • Advising the investment manager KINGSTONE on the investment of the Berlin-based developer and asset manager KAURI CAB (Thomas Daily).

  • Advising Pickens Selfstorage on the sale of its portfolio with a volume of around EUR 120 million to European market leader Shurgard (JUVE) (Thomas Daily).

  • Advising the joint venture Kingstone Debt Advisory, a platform for property debt funds, between RECON, Pegasus and Kingstone Capital Partners (Thomas Daily).

  • Acquisition of a mixed-used new-build quarter in Erfurt city centre by Captiva (Thomas Daily).

  • Purchase of two clinics in Eastern and Southern Germany by Captiva Capital (press release).

  • Advising an AIF of Bayerische Versorgungskammer administered by Universal-Investment on the acquisition of the real asset “Arnulfbogen” in Munich.

  • Purchase of a specialist medical practice in Berlin.

  • Sale of the PflegeButler Group, a nursing home operator.

  • Sale-and-lease-back project developments of several nursing home operators.

  • Purchase of two assisted living in NRW by Captiva.

  • Sale of a large nursing home portfolio to Primonial by DANA.

  • Forward sale of a residential park by Convivo.

  • Forward sale of Frankfurt's Junghof Plaza by PGIM Real Estate.

  • Advising Expedia, Inc. on the IPO of trivago on NY NASDAQ.

  • Purchase of the German business of American Tower Corporation Inc. by PGGM.

  • Various M&A transactions by Indian automotive supplier Amtek Auto in Germany.

Education

  • Doctoral dissertation on a topic of private construction law at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

  • Legal clerkship in Berlin and New York.

  • Studying law at the Humboldt University Berlin and at the University of Heidelberg.

Publications

  • Consumer Protection in Private Construction Law, Werner Verlag, 2012.