Stephan Finck

Stephan Finck

Stephan Finck

Leipzig

T +49 341 5299 24904 / +49 201 9220 0

Lawyer
Certified Specialist in Building and Architectural Law
Partner , Location Head

Areas of practice

The focus area of Stephan Finck’s advisory activities is the structuring, planning and implementation of complex real estate projects and the associated comprehensive advisory services, in particular in the areas of architectural, private building and public procurement law. Due to his project experience, he always bears in mind the relevant public building law issues and important aspects regarding the structuring of project companies, as well as subsidies, financing, state aid and operations. Due to his in-depth knowledge of the market on both the client and the contractor side, his particular strength lies in his ability to draft and negotiate practicable contracts that take all parties’ interests into account.

Practices
Vita

Stephan Finck studied law in Freiburg i. Br. and Leipzig (both Germany) and then carried out his legal training at the Regional Court of Essen (Germany) and the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer (Germany). He joined Luther in 2006 and initially worked for the Essen office before moving to Luther’s Leipzig office in 2012, where the focus of his work is on Central Germany.

Stephan Finck is a lecturer on building law topics at Europäisches Bildungszentrum der Wohnungs- und Immobilienwirtschaft (EBZ), a training centre of the housing and real estate sectors.

Honors and distinctions
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Mention in the category "Construction Law" (first mention in 2020, "Stephan Finck: Excellent communication, constructive professional exchange and legal advice.")
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommendation in "City Focus Leipzig"
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2020: Mentioned in the categories "Public Law - Public Procurement Law" (first mention in 2019) and "Real Estate and Construction Law - Real Estate Law" (first mention in 2019, "Understanding of the subject matter and the will to solve problems as quickly as possible by consensus of the parties involved.") 
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2019: Mentioned in the category "Public Law - PPP" ("can also offer practical solutions to complex issues")
Clients

  • Providing comprehensive public procurement, building, corporate and state aid law advice to the City of Jena in a call for tenders to convert the soccer stadium as part of a PPP project; providing legal advice during construction
  • Providing public procurement and building law advice to Kommunale Immobilien Bremen in a call for tenders to construct a vocational school as part of a PPP project
  • Providing public procurement and building law advice to LWB on the implementation of seven housing projects by general contractors
  • Providing public procurement and building law advice to the City of Leipzig in connection with the implementation of a programme regarding the immediate construction of school buildings
  • Providing public procurement law advice to the City of Leipzig in a call for tenders to provide school and day-care centre meals at more than 150 schools and day-care centres
  • Providing building law advice, in particular with regard to delays or interruptions during construction, to a large construction group in the context of a PPP project in Southern Germany
  • Providing building law advice, in particular with regard to delays or interruptions during construction, to a city in North Rhine-Westphalia building a town hall
  • Advising a large number of housing companies and cooperative societies, in particular on public procurement and building law
  • Providing building law advice to medium-sized companies, in particular demolition and waste disposal firms

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