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Johannes Bescher
Counsel

Johannes Bescher, LL.M., Maître en droit

Rechtsanwalt

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
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Johannes Bescher mainly advises investors, financial institutions and project developers from Germany and abroad on all aspects of real estate law, in particular on German and cross-border real estate transactions as well as on commercial tenancy law and legal asset management. Johannes Bescher has a special focus on advising hotel investors and operators.

Johannes Bescher has been a lawyer at CMS since 2015 and has been based in Berlin since 2017. He has been a counsel since 2020. In 2014/2015 Johannes Bescher worked for the Shanghai office of CMS for four months. In 2019/2020, he spent a four-month secondment at CMS' Paris office. Johannes Bescher regularly gives lectures to French students of the IRE BS Real Estate Academy / ESSEC Business School on the legal framework of real estate transactions in Germany.

Publications

  • Yes we can! – Zu den Anforderungen an eine konkrete bauablaufbezogene Darstellung, BauR 3/2018, 422 ff., co-author: Andreas J. Roquette
  • Regulatory Requirements for China Outbound Investments, EuropeContact 1/2015, p. 17, co-author: Dr Christoph Schroeder

Memberships & Roles

  • Chinesisch-Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. (CDAV)

Lectures list

  • Since 2019, regular lectures at the IRE BS Real Estate Academy / ESSEC Business School on real estate transactions in Germany to French students
  • Lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) on real estate law and legal due diligence, 2018 to 2020
  • Moderation of the CMS PropTech event 2019 in Berlin
  • Moderation of the international panel "PropTech & Innovation, Smart Contracts, Blockchain and the Future of Deal Making", EXPO REAL 2018, Munich

Education

  • 2013/2014: Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the China-EU School of Law in Beijing
  • 2013: Second State Examination
  • 2011 - 2013: Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin
  • 2010: First State Examination
  • 2008: Maîtrise en Droit
  • 2007: Licence en Droit
  • Law studies in Potsdam and Paris

Insights by Johannes

CMS at IHIF EMEA 2026

23 Mar 2026

CMS advises Freudenberg Group on the purchase of Curt Georgi GmbH & Co. KG

04 Jul 2025 2 min read

CMS at IHIF EMEA 2025

29 Mar 2025

Extantia invests in climate tech startup Phlair with support from CMS

15 Nov 2024 2 min read
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