The execution partner for European real estate.
General Counsel experience having built 200+ properties in 16 European countries — now available as your independent lawyer.
The Problem
Expanding across European markets is not a legal problem, it’s an execution problem. It is about owning the deal from the first conversation to the signed contract, navigating the blockers notwithstanding whether they are operational, technical or legal. Time kills deals. That’s the gap KSV REAL fills.
Services
We act for operators, investors, owners, landlords and tenants - on both sides of the table.
Real Estate Legal Counsel
Operator-side GC experience. Both sides of the table.
- —Term sheet structuring. The economics before the drafting.
- —Lease, management and franchise agreements — end to end.
- —LOI to signing. One person. Full accountability.
- —Hotel leases, sports, F&B and other commercial (sub)leases.
- —M&A: share and asset deals, W&I insurance, legal due diligence.
Cross-Border Expansion
One coordinator. All jurisdictions. Consistent standards.
- —Single point of contact across all European markets.
- —Entity structuring and market entry across European jurisdictions.
- —Local counsel selected, briefed and managed by KSV REAL.
- —Regulatory and compliance frameworks built for scale.
- —Experience across 16 countries including distressed situations.
Execution Partner
Beyond legal advice. Time kills deals.
- —Commercial terms, not only legal ones.
- —Operational involvement beyond the contract.
- —Roll-out strategies for operators scaling across multiple markets.
- —Blockers resolved. Deals accelerated.
- —On the ground when the deal requires it.
- —Construction and project management agreements.
How I Work
Scope
I go through the deal with you — the market, the counterparty, where it is likely to stall. You get a direct read on whether I am the right person for it. No pitch deck.
Own
I take the deal from the structuring and negotiation of the term sheet to signature — and if needed, also beyond.
Close
Blockers get resolved rather than escalated. I stay operationally involved past signing, for as long as the deal needs it.
Beyond advice.
Advice tells you where the risk sits. Judgement tells you which risks are worth taking. I built mine running expansion from the inside, living with the terms I negotiated, in the markets I negotiated them. I have made the operator’s case myself. That is why I can tell an owner which parts of it are real.
About
I built my transactional practice at the law firms Clifford Chance and GSK Stockmann before moving to the operator side.
I spent five and a half years building the legal and operational infrastructure that took the numa group, a leading European hospitality operator, from one property to 200+ across 16 countries. I joined as employee number nine.
I’ve personally executed the transactions, built the teams, navigated the regulators, and then operated under the terms I had signed — across every European jurisdiction, asset class and deal type.
I have instructed law firms across Europe for years. I want to be the lawyer I was always looking for back then.
Now I work as an independent execution partner. One person. Full accountability.
Let’s talk about your deal.
Whether you’re entering a new market, negotiating a complex matter, or need someone to drive a deal to closing — reach out directly.
Fees are agreed per mandate at the outset, structured around defined milestones rather than hours. You know what execution costs before it starts.