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Jens Kaiser

Lawyer │ Senior Associate

Certified Specialist in Building and Architectural Law

Leipzig

+49 341 5299 20947

jens.kaiser@luther-lawfirm.com

Areas of practice

Real Estate

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State, Administration, Public Undertakings

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Real Estate & Infrastructure

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Mobility & Logistics

Jens Kaiser specialises in advising foreign real estate investors and developers in the German market, with a strong industry focus on logistics. His clients include companies with group structures in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Austria and other countries.

In addition, he also advises public and private developers in Germany, as well as large and medium-sized construction companies and planning offices. His particular areas of expertise are the monitoring of disrupted construction processes and the drafting and negotiation of complex construction and architectural contracts, in particular involving general and total contractors.

Jens Kaiser is an experienced litigator in construction matters.

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Vita

After studying law in Jena (Germany), Jens Kaiser worked as a scientific assistant at the University of Jena and at the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel. As part of his legal training in the German state of Thuringia, he worked for the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs and for Luther’s international arbitration team in Hamburg (Germany), amongst others.

Jens Kaiser was admitted to the German Bar in 2020 and has been with Luther ever since. He has supported the world’s largest moot court competition, the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court, as a volunteer for many years, including in Germany, Italy, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Jens Kaiser has been a visiting lecturer for building energy law at the University of Applied Sciences (HTWK) in Leipzig (Germany) since 2024.

Honors and distinctions

The Legal 500 Germany: Mention in the category "Construction Law" ("Jens Kaiser: High commitment and very fast and targeted performance.")

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Clients

Advises various Europe-wide market-leading logistics property project developers on all construction, architectural and real estate law matters, including contract drafting (bilingual advice in German and English)
Provides nationwide advice to the public sector and publicly owned companies at municipal, state and federal levels on all matters pertaining to building, architectural and real estate law, including the drafting of contracts and litigation
Advises a joint venture between Telefónica and Allianz during and after its market entry in connection with the expansion of the fibre optic network in Germany: drafting and negotiating construction and planning contracts (bilingual advice in German and English)
Advises Space Plus Store on the planning and construction of real estate for self-storage facilities, including litigation (bilingual advice in German and English)
Advised a Finnish health care provider on real estate law in connection with its market entry in Germany
Ongoing representation of an internationally operating Scandinavian property developer in court disputes in Germany
Ongoing advice on construction and architectural law to various large and medium-sized construction companies, including the drafting of contracts and litigation

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Publications

Das Verbot der Altersdiskriminierung in der Rechtsprechung des EuGH

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Blog posts

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Memberships

Member of the Construction Law Working Group of the German Bar Association

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