About
Eike is an associate in our Global Transactions group, with a specific focus on the real estate sector.
He regularly advises domestic and international investors, real estate developers, financial institutions and public-sector clients on all aspects of real estate transactions, project development and real estate finance matters. He also advises clients on joint venture and real estate-related carve out matters.
He speaks German, English, French, Spanish and a little bit of Italian.
Additional Information
- AXA on its Neuer Jungfernstieg/Ensemble Binnenalster commercial real estate development project in Hamburg;
- An international lending consortium (including ING Bank, Deutsche Bank, UniCredit Bank, Natixis, and BNP Paribas) on all real estate matters of a EUR 1.7 billion green steel financing for Saarstahl Group’s “Power4Steel” project – one of the largest steel decarbonisation projects in Europe;
- Continental AG and its group sector ContiTech on real estate matters related to the sale of its Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) business unit to US private equity investment firm Regent, and on the preceding carve-out;
- Macquarie on the debt-financing of the acquisition of the world’s largest therme by Therme Group;
- H.I.G. Capital on real estate matters related to a €50m convertible mezzanine loan with a leading Berlin based residential project developer as borrower;
- Sidra on the formation of a joint venture with Garbe Industrial Real Estate for logistics investments in Germany through sale and sale-and-lease-back transactions;
- AURELIUS on real estate matters related to the acquisition of Xylem’s international smart metering business, a cross-border carve-out spanning Europe, the UK, and North Africa;
- ZF Friedrichshafen, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, on real estate matters related to the carve out and internal separation of its Passive Safety Systems division; and
- A German real estate fund on the refinancing of a real estate portfolio in Germany.

Dr. Eike Christian Jani
Associate
Hamburg Office
Hohe Bleichen 7
20354 Hamburg