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About Deutsche GRI 2025
Are you actively seeking investments, transactions, or project developments in the German real estate market while trying to understand what the competition is doing?
After another economically and geopolitically turbulent year, investors are trying to understand the current market stand. This is the perfect opportunity to discuss pressing matters like inflation, dealflow and investment risks in the real estate market. Join us and discover the best solutions to deal with market challenges and ensure value.
The 21st Deutsche GRI brings together the leading real estate investors, lenders, and project developers. The discussion format provides the opportunity to interact with each other easily and break the ice. Save time in finding new business partners, expand existing business relationships, and discuss the most pressing questions in the markets with your industry colleagues.
Format
Closed-door discussions, keynote speakers, case studies, debates, presentations and insights.
Audience
Private Equity Investors, Fund Managers, Operators, LPs, Developers, Asset Owners and Lenders invested in the German real estate markets.
Unique Format
Discussion format that enables you to interact and engage
In-depth industry knowledge
Networking made easy
Tentative Programme
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Some of the Confirmed Participants
Max
Kreuter
MD Capital Markets Germany
Panattoni
Patrick
Otto
Managing Director Head of Real Estate Germany West & Key Accounts
UniCredit Bank
Stephanie
Link
Head of Debt Financing
GBI Development GmbH
Stefan
Walldorf
Managing Director
Cerberus
Dr.
Olivier Cochet
Executive Director | Head of Transactions
PGIM Real Estate
Cedric
Reimers
PineBridge Benson Elliot
Laia
Massague
Managing Director
StepStone Group
Dieter
Koch
Head of Real Estate Investment Banking
Deutsche Hypothekenbank
Nicole
Jürgensen
Head of International Clients
Münchener Hypothekenbank
Karl-Josef
Schneiders
Independent Director & Senior Advisor
K-STONE Capital & Advisory
Peter
Rocker
UBS Real Estate
Tim
Brückner
Chief Financial Officer
DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate
Gerhard
Meitinger
Head of Real Estate Finance Germany
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Jan
Baumgart
Head of Real Estate Germany
KKR - Frankfurt
Dirk
Brandes
Executive Board Member
Natixis
Oliver
Sill
Head of International Real Estate Finance & Funds
BayernLB
Stefan
Zimmermann
Managing Partner
4 Friends Investment
Klaus
Franken
Managing Partner
Catella Project Management
Jonas
Tintelnot
Deputy CFO at Aroundtown SA
Aroundtown SA
Fabian
Klingler
CEO - Vorsitzender des Vorstandes
abrdn Investments Deutschland AG
Gunther
Deutsch
MD, Head of Investment Transactions EU
Barings
Jan
Salzmann
Senior Director
Greystar
Filipe
de Sá Pessoa
Head of Development Germany
AXA IM Alts
Christina
Schädler
Vorstand
BEOS AG
Nina
Schmidt
Director
Aareal Bank
Stefanie
Pfister
Head of Asset Management
Bayerische Versorgungskammer
Björn
Munte
Director Germany
NREP
Viktor
Zimmermann
Principal, Special Situations
Bain Capital
Max Kreuter
MD Capital Markets GermanyPanattoni
Germany
Max Kreuter holds the position Managing Director Capital Markets Germany. Max is responsible for investor management and relationships including capital sourcing and structuring for the Panattoni platform particularly in Germany and across Europe. Max Kreuter has 18 years experience in real estate investments. He joined Panattoni from PGIM where he worked 14 years in their Munich and London office. Max held various positions with PGIM including Executive Director and fund manager for a Pan European Open Ended fund, a Value Add fund and a globally investing German special fund. Max holds a MSc in Business Administration and Economics from University of Regensburg.
Patrick Otto
Managing Director Head of Real Estate Germany West & Key AccountsUniCredit Bank
Germany
Patrick Otto is a trained Banker and carries a master's degree in business from Westfaelische-Wilhelms-Universtitaet Muenster (WWU). He is heading UniCredit’s Real Estate Large Client team in Germany as a Managing Director. Patrick has spent more than 18 years with UniCredit Bank AG (and its predecessor organizations) in various senior/managing positions: Corporate finance, Risk Management, Liquid and Structured Assets, Hedging Solutions, Portfolio Management, Principal Investments, Real Estate.
Stephanie Link
Head of Debt FinancingGBI Development GmbH
Germany
Since 2020, Stephanie is head of the Commerical Real Estate department. She is advising the existing client base in all matters around real estate lending, sourcing and structuring senior, mezzanine and equity financings. In addition, she is responsible for the further expansion of REM CAPITALS/Hypoport network in Germany. Before joining Hypoport Group, Stephanie worked as a Key Account Manager for Airbus Bank GmbH, where she was responsible for expanding a portfolio of commercial real estate loans, primarily targeting medium-sized developers and institutional investors. Stephanie is a qualified banker and studied banking and finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Stefan Walldorf
Managing DirectorCerberus
Netherlands
Stefan Walldorf is a Managing Director in Cerberus’ European Real Estate Group and a member of the Cerberus NPL Committee, Real Estate Committee, and Real Estate Debt Committee. Since joining Cerberus in 2006, Mr. Walldorf has led a wide range of transactions in Europe, including acquisitions of commercial properties, restructurings and loan portfolios. He is currently overseeing the built-up of Cerberus’ EUR 3bn Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) platform across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Walldorf worked in Eurohypo’s structured real estate finance division focusing on multinational and institutional clients and structuring financing transactions in commercial and residential real estate.
Dr. Olivier Cochet
Executive Director | Head of TransactionsPGIM Real Estate
Germany
Cedric Reimers
PineBridge Benson Elliot
United Kingdom
Laia Massague
Managing DirectorStepStone Group
United Kingdom
Ms. Massague is a member of the real estate team.
Prior to StepStone, Ms. Massague worked with the real estate finance fund at GAM International where she was responsible for the conception, structure and execution of real estate investments across the UK and Europe. Before that she was a vice president of real estate debt advisory at the Blackstone Group.
Ms. Massague received a MBA in real estate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and dual BS degrees in architecture and management from MIT.
Dieter Koch
Head of Real Estate Investment BankingDeutsche Hypothekenbank
Germany
Dieter Koch joined the NORD/LB in 2001 as Head of Real Estate Investment Banking (REIB). He took over the same function at Deutsche Hypo after it was acquired by the NORD/LB in October 2008. The focus of the department is on the support of large international customers, arranging structured finance, portfolio and acquisition finance as well as structured alternatives and financial advice. Dieter Koch and his team can present higher business volumes by integrating Structured Financing Alternatives. Combining regional expertise with high structuring know-how and linking objectives of clients with those of potential investors, REIB provides an optimized use of available resources.
Nicole Jürgensen
Head of International ClientsMünchener Hypothekenbank
Germany
Nicole Jürgensen joined commercial real estate lender Rheinhyp in late 1998 and started her career in the International Property Lending Department, covering Spain. Thereafter, she was involved in setting up offices in Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey to eventually take over, in late 2006, the Latin American business development at Eurohypo. After 5 years in Spain, between 2009 and 2014, where she was in charge of managing Hypothekenbank Frankfurt’s Branch in Madrid, she joined Commerzbank in 02/2015 to head the Frankfurt office of the Centre of Competence - Corporate Clients Real Estate.
Karl-Josef Schneiders
Independent Director & Senior AdvisorK-STONE Capital & Advisory
Germany
Karl-Josef, with more than 30 years of experience in the real estate & asset management sector has founded, managed or restructured real estate investment & management companies. In his most recent role at CREDIT SUISSE, CEO Asset Management Germany & Head Real Estate Europe he repositioned the platform (initially 7bn Euro under restructuring). Karl-Josef held senior roles with the likes of CorpusSireo, Morgan Stanley and Citibank. Today, as an Independent Director & Senior Advisor he holds mandates from CREDIT SUISSE Luxembourg, VERIANOS SE, FOM Real Estate. He is a business graduate of the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, he holds an MBA from the University of Wales and an Executive MBA from Zurich Institute of Business Education.
Peter Rocker
UBS Real Estate
Germany
Tim Brückner
Chief Financial OfficerDEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate
Germany
Tim Brückner is an experienced real estate professional with in-depth corporate finance skills. He has an academic background from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Prior to join DEMIRE, Tim was Managing Director at Corpus Sireo.
Gerhard Meitinger
Head of Real Estate Finance Germanypbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Gerhard Meitinger is Managing Director at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and is responsible for the Real Estate Finance Business Germany. He has many years of experience in the German Real Estate and Lending business both with real estate professionals as well as international and institutional clients. The focus of his activities is the financing of real estate investments with single properties and portfolios. He also focuses on the financing of development projects in appropriate locations and adequate financing models.
Jan Baumgart
Head of Real Estate GermanyKKR - Frankfurt
Germany
Dirk Brandes
Executive Board MemberNatixis
Germany
Dirk Brandes is Member of the Executive Board and Head of Real Estate Finance at NATIXIS Pfandbriefbank AG based in Frankfurt am Main. The Bank combines the special abilities of a Pfandbrief bank with the commercial business resources of Natixis S.A., the corporate and investment bank of Groupe BPCE. The main markets are Germany, France, Italy, Spain and United States. Prior to joining NATIXIS in 2016, Dirk Brandes was Head of Business Origination at HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg. Previously, he was Head of Commercial Real Estate at DG HYP, Hamburg.
Oliver Sill
Head of International Real Estate Finance & FundsBayernLB
Germany
Oliver Sill is Senior Director of BayernLB and serves national and international RE clients such as funds, listed RE companies and developers. He joined BayernLB in 1989 and has held a variety of specialist and sales positions in commercial RE. During his career he was responsible for all kinds of RE clients including companies with assets in residential, office, retail, hotels and hospitals. For the last 15 years he focused on international transactions including countries like the US, UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. Also in charge of institutional international clients that focus on investing in German RE assets. At the moment he is overlooking a RE portfolio of approximately € 3 bln with his clients.
Stefan Zimmermann
Managing Partner4 Friends Investment
Germany
Stefan is a founding partner of 4 Friends Investment Group (4FI) and responsible for the general strategy, acquisition and structuring as well as member of the investment committee. 4FI is a privately held investment manager with a focus in the sectors health & lifestyle and real estate combining both platform and corporate investments. Through different subsidiaries 4FI has acquired real estate in continental Europe in excess of 700mn EUR and has invested into five different platforms. Prior to 4FI, Stefan founded ACREST Property Group, Germany’s largest non captive retail asset manager and worked for companies such as TishmanSpeyer or Tenkhoff Properties. He is an active member of ULI and ZIA.
Klaus Franken
Managing PartnerCatella Project Management
Germany
Klaus joined the European Catella Group in 2008 as Managing Director and is responsible for all real estate development projects in Germany. In 2015 Catella Project Management (CPM) was founded as an independent division direct linked to the Stockholm headquarter of Catella. Meanwhile CPM has realised or initiated project volumes of approx. 1.8 b EUR in commercial and residential properties. As Managing Partner Klaus is one of the shareholders of these development projects. The set-up of all Catella projects is based on sustainable and long-term oriented investments. Consequently the economic and ecological goals must be combined.
Jonas Tintelnot
Deputy CFO at Aroundtown SAAroundtown SA
Germany
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- Corporate Finance: Financing of the group, incl bonds, hybrids, real estate loans, margin loans, schuldscheins, credit lines
- M&A / Investments / Divestments
- Treasury: Liquidity Management; FX and Interest rate hedging
- Investor Relations
- Corporate / Compliance / KYC / HR
Fabian Klingler
CEO - Vorsitzender des Vorstandesabrdn Investments Deutschland AG
Germany
With approximately seven billion euros in real estate assets under management in Germany, Aberdeen Standard Investments Deutschland AG is one of the leading providers of real estate funds for institutional investors in Germany. Our investment focus is on German and pan-European residential real estate. We also invest in Scandinavian commercial real estate and logistics properties. In total, we manage investments of approximately 37 billion euros in Germany.
Gunther Deutsch
MD, Head of Investment Transactions EUBarings
Germany
Gunther Deutsch is Barings Head of Transactions Europe and Managing Director at Barings Germany. He is overseeing the investment markets Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the UK. Transaction volume executed over the last 3 years. 3 bn EUR of acquisistions and 2.25 bn EUR of dispositions. Prior to co-founding PAMERA in 2010 (before its acquisition by Cornerstone/Barings in 2014), Gunther Deutsch was founder and owner of the asset management platform Metis Asset Management GmbH in 2004. Previous to that, he spent 13 years in senior positions at Deutsche Bank (RREEF) and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in Munich, Berlin and New York.
Jan Salzmann
Senior DirectorGreystar
Germany
Filipe de Sá Pessoa
Head of Development GermanyAXA IM Alts
Germany
Filipe, who is based in Frankfurt, brings 15 years of experience in real estate development, investment management and design.
He will be responsible for leading AXA IM Alts’ development activity across Germany, as well as further expanding the business and strengthening AXA IM Alts’ network of partners.
Prior to joining AXA IM Alts, Filipe spent nearly five years at MPC Capital, where he held various senior roles including Head of Acquisitions and Development for Micro-Living and Real Estate Investment Director. He also previously held the role of Acquisitions & Development Manager at DC Developments.
Christina Schädler
VorstandBEOS AG
Germany
Christina Schädler has been a member of the BEOS AG Executive Board since September 2022 and is responsible for Property Management, Research and Risk Management as well as the BEOS locations in Munich, Stuttgart and Cologne.
Nina Schmidt
DirectorAareal Bank
Germany
As the leading provider of smart financing, software products and digital solutions for the property sector and related industries we support our clients on three continents with our finance expertise and managing real estate projects. As a top employer with excellent trainee programs we offer various personalities a professional work place.
Stefanie Pfister
Head of Asset ManagementBayerische Versorgungskammer
Germany
Stefanie is currently responsible for the asset management of all on-balance-sheet assets of BVK, AuM totalling EUR 7 bn existing stock and EUR 1.7 bn projects
In addition, since July she took over the deputy role of BVK’s real estate management platform, allowing her valuable insights in the global real estate investments via fund structures.
Previous assignments include Europe-wide responsibility for corporate real estate management with global IT company Fujitsu and Asset Management and Portfolio Management roles at Goldman Sachs as well as valuable expertise in architectural planning of large, highly complex buildings. In a planning company.
She holds degrees in architecture and business.
Björn Munte
Director GermanyNREP
Germany
Viktor Zimmermann
Principal, Special SituationsBain Capital
USA
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