Dr Frederic Tewes
Areas of practice
Frederic Tewes advises domestic and foreign clients holistically on all aspects of real estate, building and architectural law. The drafting of contracts in these fields is just as much a focus of his work as advising on specific projects or carrying out due diligence reviews.
Frederic Tewes can advise you throughout the life cycle of a property or plant. He advises on all matters related to building, architectural and real estate law, from purchase or construction, financing, planning and use all the way through to sale and beyond. Moreover, he also acts as a litigator, enforcing and defending claims in court.
Frederic Tewes further has particular expertise in providing legal advice and assistance to principals and contractors in connection with renewable energy projects concerning both new builds and existing properties, as well as in transaction consulting.
Frederic Tewes advises in German and English and is a regular lecturer at in-house seminars on real estate law topics.
Vita
Frederic Tewes studied law at the University of Bonn (Germany). While doing his doctorate, he simultaneously worked as a research assistant for a leading building and real estate law firm in Mönchengladbach (Germany). Part of his legal training involved working at the German Federal Foreign Office (German Embassy in Pristina (Kosovo)) and in Luther’s Shanghai office (China).
Frederic Tewes joined Luther as a lawyer in 2017, having previously worked as a legal consultant in an international commercial law firm in Singapore. Frederic Tewes has been a certified specialist in building and architectural law and a visiting lecturer on architectural law at the Construction Academy of the University of Applied Sciences in Biberach (Germany) since 2023. In addition, he is also a regular speaker on real estate law at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany).
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Ones to Watch" in "Construction Law" and "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2025)
Clients
- Provided comprehensive building and architectural law advice and legal project management services to leading university hospitals in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in multi-million-euro new build projects (also with regard to the general planning contracts)
- Advised internationally operating consulting and planning companies with several hundred employees during construction on matters related to architectural law (also with regard to claim management), when drafting contracts (general contractor, general planning, general coordinating contractor and construction contracts, among other things)
- Provided comprehensive judicial and extrajudicial advice to the public sector and private-sector companies (for example, provided advice and contract drafting services with regard to all real estate and building law issues and provided representation in legal disputes with an amount in dispute of over EUR 10 million)
- Provided comprehensive building and architectural law advice and legal project management services during construction to a leading German airport operator in connection with the implementation of various construction and other projects, in particular in connection with the implementation of contracts, the defence and enforcement of additional and recourse claims and the drafting of agreements and contracts
- Provided tenancy and property law advice to large international groups of companies, medium-sized businesses and investment companies regarding, among other things, the drafting and review of leases and property purchase agreements, the implementation of contracts, legal due diligence reviews and the enforcement of claims against landlords, owners or third parties
- Provided comprehensive tenancy and building law advice and comprehensive legal project management services to both principals and contractors in various new build projects and also with regard to existing properties (including in connection with the drafting of general contractor, general planning, engineering and construction contracts, as well as leases)
- Drafted and negotiated commercial leases for private-sector companies operating in Germany and across Europe and for start-ups for the leasing and letting of medium-sized and large properties
- Provided comprehensive building and tenancy law advice and legal project management services to a large German group of housing companies in connection with the implementation of various construction projects and with regard to existing properties, for example, in connection with the implementation of contracts, the judicial and extrajudicial defence and enforcement of payment and damages claims and in diverse negotiations
- Provided land and real estate law advice in connection with the development of onshore wind turbine projects and in the context of financing transactions for photovoltaic projects (including the construction of new rooftop systems as part of construction projects and of ground-mounted systems) and with regard to existing buildings (subsequent installation of rooftop systems); provided real estate law advice to contracting authorities and private principals when acquiring wind farms and solar parks in Germany and abroad
Publications
Blog posts
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Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Nele Wachholz
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Lea Franken
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Nina Hahnke
Senior Associate
Essen
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Julian Günniker
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig