Felix Kolbe

Felix is specialised in German real estate law and transactions, working for national and international investors and experienced with long-term commercial lease agreements.

Work highlights

• Blackstone: advising on the acquisition and sale of numerous logistics assets and portfolios.
• BlackRock Investment Management: advising on the acquisition of a 50.1 % stake in Mainova WebHouse GmbH, a digital infrastructure company focused on designing, building, and operating data centres.
• OTPP/Boreal IM logistics JV: advising on the acquisition of numerous logistics assets in Germany.
• CBRE Investment Management: advising on the acquisition of a portfolio of 1,350 residential units in Germany from Vonovia for €560m, on the acquisition of a Berlin residential portfolio with almost 1,200 apartments from Vonovia for €360m and the mixed-use property "Residenz am deutschen Theater" in Berlin.

• DigitalBridge: advising on its acquisition of Yondr Group, a global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centres.
• DigitalBridge and Vantage Date Centers: advising on a €1.4bn investment by GIC and MEAG in Vantage Data Centers' EMEA data centre platform.
• DigitalBridge and Vantage Date Centers: advising on AustralianSuper’s €1.5bn investment in Vantage's EMEA platform for a significant minority stake.
• DigitalBridge and Vantage Data Centers: advising on a US$9.2bn equity investment in Vantage.

Felix joined Linklaters in 2023 as an Associate, based in Munich.

Felix studied law at the University of Marburg (Germany). He was a legal trainee at Linklaters from 2022 to 2023 in Frankfurt. He completed his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main.

He speaks German, English and Portuguese.