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Stefanie Kern
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Stefanie Kern, LL.M.

Rechtsanwältin

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Stefanie Kern has many years of experience advising on real estate transactions and real estate M&A. She advises institutional and private equity investors from Germany and abroad, family offices, banks as well as national and international companies on real estate transactions of all kinds, both asset and share deals as well as sale & lease-back transactions, portfolio transactions and real estate outplacements. She also provides advice on real estate law in connection with project developments, portfolio and asset management and real estate financing. Her expertise also includes advising on all aspects of heritable building rights and commercial tenancy law.

In addition to her client work, Stefanie Kern regularly publishes and lectures on real estate law and is a lecturer at the IREBS Real Estate Academy.

Stefanie Kern has been working as a lawyer since 2005 and was made partner of a large Anglo-American law firm in 2016. She moved to CMS in 2025.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Listed for Real Estate
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Recommended in Real Estate Law
    Best Lawyers in Germany™

Education

  • 2008 - 2009: University of Münster, Master of Laws (LL.M.), Real Estate
  • 2003 - 2005: Legal traineeship in Regensburg/London, second state examination in law
  • 1999 - 2003: Studied law at the University of Regensburg, first state examination in law

Insights by Stefanie

CMS at Expo Real, Munich

06 Oct 2025

Tenancy law in the coalition agreement: more regulation, not much of it tangible

19 May 2025 6 min read

CMS at MIPIM Cannes

11 Mar 2025

New partner at CMS: Stefanie Kern to bolster the Real Estate practice section

03 Feb 2025 2 min read
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