Sarah Scherwitzki, LL.M.

I am a notary and act in all notarial matters.

As a lawyer, I have been advising national and international companies from the real estate industry as well as institutional investors for over 14 years on all legal issues relating to the construction, acquisition, privatisation and sale of real estate. In the context of transactions, I draft and negotiate property and share purchase agreements.

In corporate law, I support companies, including start-ups, from the foundation and development of the company to successful financing, through the hurdles of corporate management and structuring to a possible sale or merger with other companies, for example through transformations (mergers, demergers, changes of legal form, spin-offs), company or shareholder agreements.

In inheritance law, I work with my clients to develop customised wills and inheritance contracts and help them with estate planning, which should be implemented during their lifetime, as well as with inheritance disputes, especially if their assets include real estate. Living wills and health care proxies are a further component of my work.

In family law, I deal with adoptions, marriage contracts and divorce settlement agreements.

• Attorney at Law and partner at SNP, notarial services, since 2021
• Attorney at Law at Bottermann Khorrami, specialising in real estate law, corporate law and notary work, 2019 – 2021
• Appointment as notary with the official seat in Berlin, 2018
• Attorney at Law at Leinemann Partner, specialising in construction and real estate law, 2012 – 2018
• Master’s programme (LL.M.) in the degree programme real estate law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 2012 – 2014
• Attorney at Law, specialising in construction and real estate law and corporate law, 2009 – 2012
• Admission to the bar, 2009
• Legal adviser, 2008 – 2009
• Legal internship at Regional Court Bielefeld, stations in Bielefeld, Vechta, Sydney (Australia), 2005 – 2007
• Study of law at the University of Bielefeld, 2000 – 2005

• Handelsblatt “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in corporate law, since 2024
• Best Lawyers “The Best Lawyers in Germany” in corporate law, since 2024
• Handelsblatt “Germany’s best law firms” in real estate law, since 2024
• WirtschaftsWoche “Top Law Firm” in private construction law, 2023
• WirtschaftsWoche “Top Kanzlei” in the field of inheritance law, since 2024

• Commentary in Schönenberg-Wessel / Plottek / Sikora (eds.), BNotO Commentary, Notarverlag 2023
• Scherwitzki, Sarah; Steffen, Marc: The functional concept of defect and the pre-contractor service. Comment on OLG Hamm, judgement of 19.04.2016, 24 U 48/15, in: baurecht issue 11, November 2016, p. 1815 ff.
• Scherwitzki, Sarah: Commercial subletting when letting company flats to employees of the main tenant. Comment on BGH, judgement of 17 January 2017, V ZR 316/16, in: ZfIR, issue 9, 7 May 2018, p. 315 et seq.

• Lecturing on property law or notary-specific topics
• Lecturer for law (in particular corporate and real estate law) at the HWR Berlin, January 2017 to February 2023

• Lawyers’ Notary Working Group of the German Bar Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Anwaltsnotariat im Deutschen Anwaltverein e.V.)
• German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. – DAV)
• Oldenburg, Oldenburg Jumper, Hanover and Mecklenburg Horse Breeding Associations (Pferdezuchtverbände Oldenburg, Oldenburger-Springpferde, Hannover und Mecklenburg)