GERMANY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Richard Prechtel and Matthias Reuleaux activelaw Offenhausen.Wolter PartmbB
activelaw Offenhausen.Wolter PartmbB has been on the market for 60 years and is a medium-sized law firm with offices in in Hanover, Düsseldorf and Ber - lin, Germany. Activelaw offers a boutique service for transactions involving business jets and superyachts, the financing and leasing of commercial airliners as
well as restructuring/distressed M&A. With a team of 45 lawyers, our five aviation lawyers have advised cli - ents in aircraft transactions worth USD7 billion. The firm provides a notary service as well, enabling Ger - man mortgages to be notarised and registered hand in hand with the legal review of finance agreements.
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Richard Prechtel is the leading partner in the aviation practice group. He started his legal career with Airbus, Finkenwerder in 2009, and moved on to work on business aircraft transactions with a well-
Matthias Reuleaux is an of counsel in activelaw’s aviation practice group. Until 2024, he was managing director and chief legal counsel in the aircraft finance department of Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB). Matthias
known business aviation boutique in 2012. After joining activelaw, Richard built up the aviation practice group to what it is today: the leading business aviation law firm in Germany. He is a licensed attorney and a notary in the district court of Hanover.
was chairman of the aircraft finance committee of the German Covered Bond Association (2009–20) and acted as industry expert and adviser in legislative procedures, including the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the (Cape Town Convention) Space Protocol (2012). He regularly speaks at conferences and seminars and has published multiple articles in banking and air law journals. Matthias is a member of the advisory board of the The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation.
Activelaw Offenhausen.Wolter PartmbB Hans-Böckler-Allee 26 30173 Hannover (CTH Tower Hannover) Germany Tel: +49 511 547 470 Email: kontakt@activelaw.de Web: www.activelaw.de/en/fachbereich/luftfahrtbranche
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