Lars Bollensen

Lars Bollensen specialises in private building, architectural and real estate law. He advises real estate project developers, industrial companies, institutional builders, family offices, hospitals and the public sector, amongst others, on all aspects of real estate and building law. Further focus areas include the construction of plants for industrial companies, as well as advising on complex building construction and infrastructure projects, residential district developments and the development of business parks. Lars Bollensen also advises on matters pertaining to energy law, with a particular emphasis on energy from renewable sources. He is a nationally recognised expert when it comes to implementing complex building projects, advising from the initial planning stage all the way through to the finishing touches to the buildings. In addition, he has many years of experience representing clients in court and arbitration proceedings.

Complex Disputes
Energy Law
Real Estate
State, Administration, Public Undertakings

Lars Bollensen studied law in Göttingen (Germany) and was admitted to the German Bar in 1998. He is a certified specialist in building and architectural law and worked as an in-house lawyer in an energy supply company in the past. Prior to joining Luther, Lars Bollensen worked as a real estate lawyer in various commercial law firms in Hamburg (Germany).

• The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in "Construction Law" (first recommendation in 2024 in "Construction Law – Project Developement", "Lars Bollensen is very pragmatic and straight to the point. Opinions and draft can directly be used in business and internal communication, no abstract kind of expert opinion")
• Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Construction Law" (first recommendation in 2021), "Corporate Law" and "Real Estate Law" (first recommendations in 2022)

• Comprehensive building and plant construction advice to an international chemical and pharmaceutical company
• Comprehensive advice to an international food manufacturer on the shutdown of a production site, including advising on a complex sale and lease-back agreement
• Advice during construction and advice on real estate transactions to various nationally operating real estate project developers on residential, commercial and hotel projects
• Advice during construction and public procurement law advice to a large number of hospitals in connection with the implementation of large building projects
• Building law advice to an internationally operating project developer regarding large solar and wind park projects
• Comprehensive real estate law advice to a family office in Southern Germany regarding several residential and business park developments, including advising on complex contracting structures for the supply of energy for the projects
• Building law advice to a German research institute on the successful implementation of a plant and research project

• Zentraler Immobilien Ausschus e.V. (ZIA)
• Freier Immobilien-und Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (BFW)