Nicole Bittlingmayer
Areas of practice
Nicole Bittlingmayer has more than 25 years of experience in advising German and international clients on investment and regulatory law. She focuses on advising on licensing and registration procedures as well as product-related approval procedures, on the cross-border structuring, launch, administration and liquidation of alternative investment funds, on the structuring and implementation of service KVG models and on outsourcing issues as well as on national and international transactions (with a focus on real estate). Her clients include German and international fund management companies, alternative investment funds, asset managers, custodians and institutional investors.
One focus of her advisory work is currently in the area of sustainable finance/ESG. In particular, she advises on issues relating to compliance with the regulatory requirements of the Disclosure Regulation, the Taxonomy Regulation and the Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD) and supports the implementation of disclosure obligations at company and product level. Nicole Bittlingmayer's current consulting activities focus on cybersecurity, where she advises financial market participants on their transformation process to meet the requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). In the current market environment for property funds, distressed investment funds as a result of insolvencies are another focus of her advisory work.
Vita
Nicole Bittlingmayer studied law at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany). In 2000, she commenced her professional career in a company of the METRO Group, advising on real estate and M&A transactions.
From 2002 to 2007, she worked as Legal Counsel at Oppenheim Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (today, PATRIZIA Frankfurt Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH), then the leading management company for open-end institutional real estate funds in the market. As a member of the company’s legal department, Nicole Bittlingmayer primarily advised on all regulatory, tax and corporate law and financing aspects of the real estate fund business, including all global real estate transactions, and on how to handle the legal relations between the company and fund investors and supervisory authorities.
In 2007, Nicole Bittlingmayer moved from her in-house position to the US law firm King & Spalding LLP in Frankfurt (Germany), where she helped found the new office. She worked there as Counsel on the real estate capital markets team until April 2020. Since May 2020, she has been a partner in the Financial Services, Investment Funds & Alternative Investments team at Luther's Frankfurt am Main office.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Mention in the category "Banking and finance – Investment funds" (first mention in 2023, "Martin Hüwel and Nicole Bittlingmayer deserve special mention.")
- Legal 500 EMEA Green Guide 2024: Mention for Germany
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2020)
Clients
- Providing regulatory advice on the sale of an open-end special real estate fund by way of a unit deal
- Advising investment management companies and asset managers on the regulatory compliance of national and international real estate transactions
- Advising AIFMs, asset managers and investors with regard to structuring and launch, distribution law issues and investments in (open and closed-ended) alternative investment funds (in particular in the areas of real estate, renewable energy, private equity)
- Advising financial market participants on the structuring and launch of cross-border fund structures (in particular Luxembourg)
- Advising national and international AIFMs and asset managers on the cross-border distribution of investment funds, in particular EU passporting and pre-marketing
- Advising AIFMs and asset managers on the design and implementation of outsourcing structures (outsourcing/advisory models)
- Advising national and international clients on the establishment/takeover/restructuring of regulatory platforms (authorisation and authorisation extension procedures as well as registration procedures under the KAGB; EuVECA authorisation procedures, WPI authorisation procedures)
- Advising AIFMs, investors and custodians on the dissolution/liquidation of AIFs (distressed alternative investment funds)
- Advising financial market participants on transformation processes (in particular sustainability/ESG, cybersecurity (DORA))
Blog posts
Lectures
- 29.09.2023: FIT4DORA-Webcast: Hintergründe, Ziele und Herangehensweise
- 19.09.2023: German Datacenter Conference
- 20.06.2023: ISG Source IT - Panel: Tackling ESG Regulatory Compliance – How Organizations are Bracing Themselves to Meet Requirements
- 13.06.2023: Real Estate Investment Day 2023
- 29.06.2022: Real Estate Investment Day 2022
- 07.09.2021: Real Estate Investment Day 2021
Partner
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Julian Günniker
Essen
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Yassine Bouzetit
Associate
Luxembourg
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
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Rafaella Gavrielidou
Associate
Luxembourg
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
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
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Gensert
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Manuel Seidel, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Sascha Wiemann
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Claudia Hoffmann
Partner
Luxembourg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg