Düsseldorf
+49 211 600 55-369 +49 211 600 55-362 p.vocke@heuking.de
Languages
German, English, French
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Land Law
- Real Estate Law
- Real Estate Transactions
- Tenancy Law
- Brokerage Law
- Property Management
- Dispute Resolution
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Civil Litigation
- Compulsory Enforcement Law
- Investment Funds
- Commercial Contracts
- Insurance Law
- Reinsurance Law
Vita
- Admitted since 2001
- Education and former activities
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Düsseldorf (as to 2008 Hölters & Elsing Rechtsanwälte) 2002 to 2013
- ASPELIN & BRIDGMAN, L.L.P., San Francisco (USA) 2000 to 2001
- District Court (Landgericht) Düsseldorf Trainee (Referendar), 1999
- University of Konstanz 1993 to 1998; Dr. jur. 2002
Further activities
- Lecturer at ADI (Academy for real estate industry)
- IBA Real Estate Officer
- Jury member Next Economy Award
- Jury member GC Academy Award 2019
Affiliations
- Council member at ADI (Academy for real estate industry)
- German Council of Shopping Centers (GCSC)
- DIS 40 – Initiative of young arbitrators
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Dr. Peter Vocke's Distinctions
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Best Lawyers 2024
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
WirtschaftsWoche Top Anwalt 2022
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2021/2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
WirtschaftsWoche TOP Anwalt 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
Best Lawyers 2021
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2019
Best Lawyers 2020
Legal 500 EMEA 2019
kanzleimonitor 2018/2019
Legal 500 Germany 2019
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2018
Best Lawyers 2019
Legal 500 EMEA 2018
kanzleimonitor 2017/2018
Legal 500 Germany 2018
Legal 500 EMEA 2017
Legal 500 Germany 2017
JUVE Award 2016
JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2014/2015
Legal 500 EMEA 2014
Legal 500 Deutschland 2014
Latest news
Projects
Advising the German subsidiary of UK-based Kexgill Ltd. on the acquisition of a large student residence portfolio all across Germany
Advising a closed-end special fund of British residential real estate company Circle Anglia Ltd. on the acquisition of a large residential real estate portfolio all across Germany
3w/ING advice to a joint venture on the urban development dialogue on the reorganization of the downtown of Hanau
Sale of a multi-story car park in development
Bridging financing of an offshore wind park
Sale of 50% in CentrO Oberhausen by Stadium Group to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board at a sales volume of about EUR 650 million
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, UK: Acquisition of several retail properties and various portfolios of healthcare and retail real estate at a total transaction value in excess of EUR 200 million
AXA Investment Managers Deutschland GmbH: Acquisition and sale of various individual properties in the fields of retailing, offices, hotels, logistics and residential real estate at a total transaction volume of about EUR 1 billion
Publications
2019
Issue 15 - Immobilienunternehmen
Handbuch Unternehmenskauf, Hölters (Ed..), 9th edition 2019
2016
Challenging retail: multichannel concepts and the question of turnover
International Real Estate News, IBA, September 2016
2015
Umsatz oder nicht?
Immobilienmanager, 12-2015, p. 14-15
Lectures
2019
1. Düsseldorfer Immobilien Talk (DIT)
Zum Leitthema "Immobilienwirtschaft 2025", October 29, 2019
2018
Squaring the circle: innovative asset management and add-value-strategies in times of high prices
10th Annual Real Estate Investments Conference, June 07, 2018, Zurich
2016
Recent developments in M&A real estate
8th IBA Real Estate Investment Conference, April 14, 2016, Copenhagen
2015
Negotiation clinic: sharpening your skills
Presented by the Real Estate Committee, Annual Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA), October 8, 2015 in Vienna
Retail roundabout: hot topics in fashion, fun and food retail
IBA 7th Annual Real Estate Conference, April 23, 2015, Atlanta
2011
How to negotiate Contracts successfully (Verträge erfolgreich verhandeln)
Management Circle, 26./27. September 2011, Berlin
2006
How to negotiate Contracts successfully (Verträge erfolgreich verhandeln)
Management-Circle, 14./15. February 2006, Munich
2005
Facility Management (Kompaktkurs Immobilienverwaltung)
Management-Circle, 13./14. April 2005, Frankfurt/Main