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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Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart