Jonna Kappler Fernandes is an expert in German real estate law. She advises real estate investors, family offices and developers on national and international transactions – as asset deals or, together with the Chatham Corporate colleagues, as share deals. She assists with the acquisition and sale of existing properties as well as structured development projects and has particular experience in forward funding deals and complex mixed-use district developments. Jonna Kappler Fernandes frequently advises at the interface with energy law and is therefore very familiar with the specific requirements of land security for renewable energy projects.

Another key focus of her work is the drafting and negotiation of heritable building right agreements (Erbbaurechtsverträge) and commercial leases – whether single-tenant, sale-and-lease-back, retail or mixed-use. She also regularly advises clients on questions relating to brokerage law.

Before joining Chatham Partners in 2020, Jonna Kappler Fernandes spent more than nine years in the Hamburg office of Hogan Lovells working in the field of real estate law. She studied law at Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Hamburg. She gained international experience at the Legal Aid Board in Cape Town and during her legal traineeship at Luther LLP in Singapore. Jonna Kappler Fernandes has been admitted to the German bar since 2010.

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