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Martin Krause

Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Bau- und Architektenrecht (Certified lawyer for construction and architects law) | Head of Real Estate & Public, Germany

Languages

German
English

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Martin Krause specialises in private construction law, including all engineering and architecture matters. He in particular focuses on industrial plant construction projects in the energy and renewable energy sectors. Martin advises his clients in every phase of complex construction projects, including project development, planning and implementation contract negotiations, during the construction phase and through to claims management. As a very experienced litigator, he also represents his clients in court as well as in alternative dispute resolution proceedings where he acts as counsel, mediator and arbitrator.

Martin joined CMS in 2002 and became a partner in 2012. From 1999 to 2002, he was the in-house lawyer for one of the leading European general contractors in the oil and gas as well as energy and environmental engineering sectors. In 2006, Martin qualified as a German Fachanwalt (certified lawyer) for construction and architects law.

Awards & Recognitions

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Listed for Construction Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Real Estate and Construction Lawyer of the Year

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2025
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Immobilien- und Baurecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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Listed for Construction Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Leading Individual for Construction

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Immobilien- und Baurecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024
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Listed for Construction Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Leading Individual for Construction

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
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"Recommended" for Real Estate

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)
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"Clients note that he is 'customer-oriented and pragmatic'."

Chambers Europe, 2021
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2021
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Leading individual for Construction

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2026
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"Recommended" for Real Estate and Construction

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)
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"very good", competitor; construction

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)
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Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Europe, 2022
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2022
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„hervorragende Marktkenntnis im Anlagenbau, Identifizierung von Risiken u. Aufzeigen von Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten“, Mandant

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Immobilien- und Baurecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2022
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Leading individual for Construction

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Relevant experience

Advising the Singaporean group Seatrium on the framework agreement with TenneT for the 2GW program for the engineering and construction of 14 offshore transmission systems in the Netherlands and Germany.
Advising the Singaporean group Seatrium in the project for engineering and construction of the DolWin5 offshore converter platform
Advising Hanseatic Energy Hub on the development and realisation of the future liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Stade
Advising a leading global chemical company on the engineering and construction of several production sites and infrastructure facilities in Germany
Ongoing advice to a leading international manufacturer of immunotherapies and mRNA vaccines on the development and expansion of several laboratory and production sites in Germany and Rwanda
Advising the Belgian infrastructure company Viabuild on construction contracts for the FR11 and FR 21 data centres in Frankfurt am Main
Advising the US project developer Scannell Properties on the development of a logistics property in the ‘ConneKT Logistics Park’ in Kitzingen, Bavaria
Advising the US project developer Scannell Properties on the realisation of a refrigerated warehouse for the supermarket chain Lidl in Hollfeld, Bavaria
Advising Eiffage on the planning and construction of the production site (Gigafactory) of the battery manufacturer ACC in Kaiserslautern
Advising Ontras on the renewal and expansion of the compressor station for the central gas network point Sayda in Saxony
Advising the Singaporean group Seatrium on the tenders for the engineering and construction of the grid connection systems Dolwin 4, BorWin 5, BorWin 6 and BalWin 1/2
Advising the Polish company Sumitomo SHI FW Energy on the engineering and construction of a biomass power plant boiler in Rheinberg
Ongoing advice to one of the world's most renowned institutions for fire protection safety with regard to its activities as a authority accredited fire protection experts
Advising cosmetics manufacturer Dr. Babor on the planning and construction of an administrative and production site in Eschweiler
Representation of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in several legal disputes regarding the construction of the agency's headquarters in Cologne
Representation of Hochwald Foods in a legal dispute concerning the defective construction of an industrial wastewater treatment plant
Advising InfraLeuna on the modernisation and expansion of its combined cycle gas and steam power plant in the Leuna Chemical Park
Advising the Tata Steel Group on a project to expand steel production in Gelsenkirchen
Representation of an American engineering group in connection with the planning of a chemical plant for the production of carboxylic acid
Advising Hochwald Foods GmbH on the engineering and construction of a plant for the production of demineralised whey powder
Advising Amec Foster Wheeler on the commissioning of the engineering and construction of the main steam generator for the BoAplus power plant project by RWE Power
Advising Infraserv Höchst on the engineering and construction of the largest German waste incineration plant in Höchst

Publications

Co-author of the book Roquette/Krause/Schweiger "Vertragsbuch Privates Baurecht", C.H.Beck

Memberships & Roles

German Bar Association’s working group for construction law
German Association for Construction Law
International Bar Association’s International Construction Projects Committee
buildingSMART e.V.
German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)

Education

Law studies in Cologne

Practice Areas

Real Estate & Public Project development and construction law Arbitration Litigation

sectors

Energy & Climate Change

Insights

Global Reach

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