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Niels Heim

Niels Heim

Salary Partner

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Niels is a member of the Real Estate Practice Area and advises on all aspects of real estate law.

His work focuses on supporting real estate transactions and project developments, in particular residential and commercial districts and logistics properties.

Another focus is on legal asset management, including the drafting of model contracts and ongoing advice.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Real estate & construction
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Real estate development
Real estate acquisition & investment

Sectors

Real estate
Logistics & transport

CV

Since 2026 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2020 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 Research Associate for an international law firm in Hannover
2020 Admitted as a lawyer
2019 Second State Examination
2017 — 2019 Legal clerkship in Lower Saxony, working inter alia for an American law firm in New York City and Taylor Wessing Hamburg
2011 — 2017 Law Studies, Leibniz University Hannover

Career

Since 2026 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2020 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 Research Associate for an international law firm in Hannover

Education

2020 Admitted as a lawyer
2019 Second State Examination
2017 — 2019 Legal clerkship in Lower Saxony, working inter alia for an American law firm in New York City and Taylor Wessing Hamburg
2011 — 2017 Law Studies, Leibniz University Hannover

Additional languages

German English

Experience

Rhinestahl Corporation on the acquisition of HYDRO Systems KG

Comprehensive legal advice to the US company Rhinestahl Corporation on all aspects of the acquisition of HYDRO Systems KG, including structuring, due diligence and contractual documentation. The acquisition led to the formation of RH Aero Systems, a company specialising in innovative aviation support concepts.

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Alexander R. Roth, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Dr. Amir-Said Ghassabeh
Konstantin Körner
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Dr. Michael Brüggemann
Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt
Tim Hendricks
Dr. Jens Wiesner, LL.M. (Chicago)
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Dr. Philipp Weiten, LL.M.
Timo Stellpflug
Alessa Steigertahl
Dieter Lang, LL.M.Eur.
Dr. Kris Breudel, LL.M. (Aberdeen)
Dr. Daniel Graske
Niels Heim
Jonas Warnken

Taylor Wessing advises Insolvency Administrator on the sale of the Veritas Group to HDT Automotive Solutions

The US based supplier HDT Automotive Solutions is acquiring in the course of the insolvency proceedings the German automotive and industrial supplier including the international subsidiaries in Asia, North America and Europe.

Dr. Martin Heidrich, LL.M.
Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer
Tobias Rhode, LL.B.
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Hannes Tutt
Niels Heim
Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Taylor Wessing advises GARBE on sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment

International law firm Taylor Wessing, led by Hamburg partner Anja Fenge and Hamburg partner Bernhard Kloft, provided comprehensive legal advice to GARBE Industrial Real Estate on the sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment. The portfolio consists of six development projects and two existing buildings with a total area of 218,144 square meters. The purchases are being made for two new pan-European logistics special funds launched by Union Investment together with GARBE Industrial Real Estate.

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Bernhard Kloft
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Hannes Tutt
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Nikolaus Vaerst, LL.M. (LSE)
Christoph Scheibner
Galya Stareva, LL.M. (Hamburg)

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Taylor Wessing advises CEE Group on the acquisition of 102 MWp solar park in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

27 November 2024

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