Managing Partner
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Moscow +7 495 644 0500
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Moscow +7 495 644 0599
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Florian Schneider is the Managing partner of Salans' Moscow office and Head of the firm’s Global Retail Practice. He also practices out of Frankfurt. He specialises in real estate and corporate law, assisting clients in the retail, food, real estate development, construction and investment banking industries. Florian's real estate background includes structuring acquisitions of rights to land plots and purchases of buildings, office premises and real estate portfolios, as well as drafting construction contracts and lease agreements and the establishment of real estate joint ventures. Florian has worked on construction and real estate matters in various Russian cities and regions, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Kaluga, Ryazan, Cheliabinsk, Nizhni Novgorod, Veliky Novgorod, Cherepovets, Tver and Volgograd.
Florian has also advised on general Russian corporate, tax, labour and IP law matters, as well as tax compliance and preparing tax filings for foreign entities operating in Russia.
Florian participates in German trade delegations and speaks frequently on Russian real estate law, Russian and German contract law and related matters. In addition to his responsibilities as Chairman of the Real Estate workgroup of the Russian - German Foreign Chamber of Commerce in the Russian Federation, Florian lectures regularly on behalf of the University of Magdeburg's MBA programme in Moscow.
Market Recognition:
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Spotlight table – Germany focus, Chambers Global 2011
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Leading expert in Real Estate, Legal 500 2011
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Leading expert in Corporate / M&A in Russia, European Legal Experts Guide 2011
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Top ranked among the best lawyers in Real Estate in Vedomosti's "Best Lawyers" ranking 2011
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Rank 3 among top 7 Real Estate lawyers in Russia, Commercial Real Estate (CRE) 2011
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Listed as one of the world’s leading practitioners in real estate in Russia by The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers 2011
Recent Experience:
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Advising Ruetgers Group on the creation of a joint venture with Russian steel producer Severstal
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Advising UFG Real Estate in connection with the acquisition of a 5,078 sqm office centre in Moscow located at 32-1 Bakhrushina Street, across the Garden Ring from the Paveletskij Railway Station
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Advising a Russian division of a global Swiss agribusiness company in connection with the acquisition of land plots in Rostov and Krasnodar for construction of production facilities
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Advising Fuchs Oil in connection with the acquisition of a land plot in the Kaluga region for the construction of a factory for lubricants and related materials
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Advising a leading German retail chain in connection with the leasing of logistic premises in the Moscow region and several supermarkets in Moscow
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Advising a Russian institutional investor in connection with the acquisition of three office buildings in Moscow
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Advising a German office services provider in connection with an office centre leasing in Moscow; drafting standard lease documentation
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Advising a German wholesale hypermarket chain on the acquisition of a land plot for construction of hypermarkets in Kotelniki (Moscow region) and Ryazan
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Advising the real estate company of a major international retailer on the construction of a warehouse in Noginsk (Moscow region)
Career:
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Managing Partner - Salans, Moscow (2012 to date)
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Partner - Salans, Moscow (2007 to date)
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Partner and Head of Real Estate Practice - Beiten Burkhardt, Moscow (2006-2007)
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Associate - Beiten Burkhardt, Moscow (2002-2005)
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Junior Lawyer - BBLP Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener, St. Petersburg (2001)
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Junior Lawyer - Warias & Kollegen, Düsseldorf (2000-2001)
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Junior Lawyer - Arthur Andersen Worldwide, St. Petersburg (1999)
Education:
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University of Münster (LL.M., 2009-2011)
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Admitted to the German Bar (2002)
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Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg (Law Degree, 1999)
Languages:
- German
- English
- Russian
- French
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