Introduction

Liane helps national and international investors structure, execute and finance real estate transactions across a broad range of asset classes and investment vehicles.

Dr. Liane Muschter advises national and international investors on real estate transactions (purchases and sales, asset and share deals), project developments and their financing. This also includes portfolio transactions (including pan-European portfolios), sale-and-lease-back structures and Islamic financing structures.

She is best known for advising regulated vehicles (including special and mutual funds, investment companies, insurances) on real estate and investment law in connection with their direct and indirect real estate investments. Further, she demonstrates strong technical knowledge and industry experience in supporting Asian, Northern American and European investors within their inbound investments in Germany.

The real estate team led by Liane was awarded the JUVE Award as "Law Firm of the Year 2019 for Real Estate and Construction Law" in 2019.

Before joining Ashurst Perkins Coie in 2006, Liane worked for other leading international law firms in Frankfurt and Hamburg from 2001 onwards.

Liane is being regularly selected by Who's Who Legal as one of the world's leading practitioners for Real Estate globally and in Germany and has been recommended as a Global Leader and National Leader Germany.

Liane has been elected as the top female adviser in Germany for real estate (Immobilienmanager, 2021)

Liane is being regularly recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" for real estate law by WirtschaftsWoche.

Liane is one of the leading advisors in real estate law (JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien,2025/2026).

According to the JUVE Handbuch 2025/2026, clients describe her as "outstanding" and a competitor praises her as "experienced negotiator, always excellent". She "strongly advocates for her clients" says one of her competitors in JUVE Handbuch 2019/2020. In the JUVE Handbuch 2024/2025, a competitor describes Liane as a "very constructive negotiator, excellent lawyer and very precise".

Chambers Europe 2025 states that Liane is "always available, understands matters' commercial contexts very well and can always offer a solution ".

Legal 500 Germany 2025 certifies Liane's very good negotiation skills and that "Liane Muschter is tireless and always completely on top of things. ".

For many years, Liane has been listed among the "Best Lawyers" in the field of real estate law published by the Handelsblatt.


  • HIH Invest | Lead partner | 2026 | Advising on the acquisition and structuring of the newly developed quarter ‘Deiker Höfe’ in Düsseldorf as part of a club deal.
  • Abrdn Investment Deutschland AG | Lead partner | 2025 | Advising on the acquisition of a residential complex (project development) in Karlsruhe, Southern Germany, from BUWOG.
  • International Investor | Lead partner | 2024 - 2026 | Advising on the acquisition of various portfolios of residential property developments including subsequent letting on the basis of green leases.
  • HIH Invest | Lead partner | 2024/2025 | Advising on the launch of a new fund for institutional investors with the residential real estate company Vonovia and its acquisition of 14 development projects and new buildings with an investment volume of over €630 million from Vonovia and Quarterback.
  • HIH Invest | Lead partner | 2025/2026 | Advising on the acquisition, development and letting of various logistics developments, such as in the Herten in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as in Bensheim, together with Danish investor Nrep.
  • European Investor | Lead partner | 2025 | Advised on the acquisition of two logistics parks in Germany.
  • STRABAG Hold Estate | Lead partner | 2024/2025 | Advised on the acquisition of the office building "The Move Blue" in Frankfurt's Gateway Gardens from Siemens Real Estate by way of a sale-and-leaseback transaction.
  • Panattoni Germany | Lead partner | 2022/2023 | Advised on the sale of a logistics park near Hamburg to a joint venture of  International Investor and Property Group.
  • Tritax EuroBox plc | Lead partner | 2018-2024 | Advised on the acquisition of various logistics properties in Germany.
  • Samsung SRA | Lead partner | 2016/2017 | Advised on the acquisition of the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt/Main by way of a sale-and-leaseback transaction.