Thomas Schnabel leads our The Built Environment sector group in Germany. He mainly advises clients in real estate transactions and further focuses on contract drafting and negotiations in the area of commercial tenancy law.
His clients include funds, project developers, a large variety of corporate occupiers and investment companies. Major national and international retail companies trust his specialist knowledge in retail matters.
Further, Thomas provides his clients with specialist knowledge in the area of renewable energy and supports investment companies and other clients with the development and the acquisition or sale of wind and solar parks.
Thomas qualified as a lawyer in 1999, joined Osborne Clarke in 2001 and became a partner in 2009.
He is a member of the German Lawyers Association (DAV) working group for tenancy law and real estate as well as a member of the German tenancy law forum. He is co-author of a handbook on commercial tenancy law.
VOCANTO GmbH
Osborne Clarke advises VOCANTO shareholder on sale to Bertelsmann Investments. Read more here.
Infosys
Osborne Clarke has advised Infosys, a leading global provider of digital services, on the acquisition of the in-tech Group, a technology company specialising in software development, testing and validation, read more.
Tobii Dynavox
Osborne Clarke advises Tobii Dynavox on its agreement to acquire Rehadapt Engineering. Read more here.
RS Group plc
Osborne Clarke advises RS Group plc on the EUR 365m acquisition of Distrelec B.V. Read more here.
Allcargo Logistics
Osborne Clarke advises Allcargo Logistics on the acquisition of shares in Fair Trade GmbH, read more
Infosys
Osborne Clarke advises Indian IT group Infosys on acquisition of digital agency Oddity, read more
Galileo Global Education Germany
Osborne Clarke advises Galileo on acquisition of AKAD University, read more
Keen Venture Partners
Osborne Clarke advises Keen Venture Partners on EUR 25 million investment in Lendis, read more
Highland Europe
Osborne Clarke advises Highland Europe on investment in SoSafe, read more
DoorDash
Osborne Clarke has advised DoorDash on USD 750 million Series B financing round of rapid delivery firm Flink SE, read more
Onit
Osborne Clarke advises Onit on acquisition of BusyLamp, read more
Allgeier SE
Osborne Clarke advises Allgeier SE on the acquisition of it-novum GmbH, read more
Fever-Tree
Osborne Clarke advises Fever-Tree on its acquisition of Global Drinks Partnership, read more
Handelsbatt
Osborne Clarke named "Law Firm of the Year Germany 2020", read more
PT Elegant Textile Industry
Osborne Clarke advises PT Elegant Textile Industry on the acquisition of the majority stake in Spinnerei Lampertsmühle, read more
Ernst & Young (EY)
EY on the €236m sale of Eschborn Plaza by Commerz Real to Aurec Group, read more
Persistent
Advised Persistent on the acquisition of PARX, read more
Puls
Advised Puls on the acquisition of Etasyn, read more