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"Institutional investors hold German residential portfolios worth billions — and can’t exit them efficiently. I built the process that changes that."

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                  aximilian believes clarity must precede commitment. Strategy and responsibility come before momentum. He built the only institutional-grade process that allows large-scale international investors to exit fragmented German residential portfolios, asset by asset, without sacrificing governance, compliance or regulatory integrity. He works across advisory, co-investment and principal roles in complex capital situations.

Maximilian Seil
Maximilian Seil

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Complex decisions rarely fail due to missing information,
but due to misunderstood context or misaligned incentives.

Maximilian Seil

[CHAPTERONE]

Prestige Deals

Seil Real Estate

Venture - Built Up

SEIL Real Estate was founded to become one of Germany's leading specialists in real estate carve-out strategies, combining transaction scale with nationwide execution.
€1.35bn transacted.
5,000+ units sold nationwide.

Portfolio Squares

Comprehensive transaction management of a residential portfolio in the Rhein-Neckar region, executed across a multi-asset structure with regional scale and operational complexity.
460 units across 21 buildings.
Approx. 24,000 sqm of rental area.
€57m transaction volume.
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Investment - Mainz

Co-Investment in a large-scale site with existing rental space and one of Europe's leading public broadcasters as anchor tenant.
Approx. 39,000 sqm land plot. with Office Buildings.
Portfolio FGV FrankfurtFGV Frankfurter

Venture - Build Up

FGV Frankfurter Grundvermögen was founded as a regional investment firm, the business focuses on identifying and executing privatization opportunities with local market knowledge and selective capital deployment.
Approx. €17m invested to date.
Focused on privatization opportunities in the Rhein-Main region.
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Rotes Hochhaus - Wiesbaden

Buyside advisory on the acquisition of a socially challenged mixed-use high-rise asset, executed as part of a broader urban repositioning initiative.
120 residential and commercial units.
Approx. 17,000 sqm of total rental area.
City-owned Public Sector Buyside mandate.
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Value Add Investment - Berlin

Acquisition, revitalization and leasing of a mixed-use residential and commercial asset in Berlin, executed as part of a value-add investment strategy.
Approx.  50 apartments. Approx.  
2,500 sqm of total rental area.
Location: Berlin-Treptow.
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Investment - Halle (Saale)

Acquisition, revitalization and rent up of an existing residential portfolio in Halle (Saale), executed as a structured value-add investment strategy.
Approx. 300 residential units Approx.
18,000 sqm of total rental area
Location: Halle (Saale)

Portfolio Blackbird

Comprehensive sell-side transaction advisory for the structured disposal of a large-scale residential portfolio, executed as part of a portfolio carve-out strategy across multiple markets in Germany.
3,200 residential units
Approx. 220,000 sqm
Multiple German cities
Seller: International Private Equity
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Investment - Berlin

Co-Investment in a privatization project involving a divided multifamily asset in Berlin-Spandau, executed in partnership with a leading German investor focused on privatization opportunities.
19 residential units. Approx.  1,542 sqm of rental area.
Location: Berlin-Spandau .
Joint venture alongside a leading German privatization investor.
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Kureck - Wiesbaden

Buyside advisory and organisation of sales management for the Kureck Wiesbaden development, supporting structured transaction execution and value optimisation across a mixed-use landmark asset.

Approx.  15,000 sqm in the high-rise tower. Approx.  
8,500 sqm across the rear 7 villas.
Location: Wiesbaden.
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Hoesch HQ - Dortmund

Buyside advisory for the City of Dortmund and Sparkasse Dortmund on the acquisition of a historic commercial asset, executed as part of a broader urban redevelopment initiative.
Approx.  16,000 sqm of rental area.
Former Hoesch headquarters.
Public-sector buyside mandate.
[CHAPTERTWO]

Selected facts

Numbers provide context, but judgement defines outcomes.

20 +

Years across
advisory

2bn +

Transaction
exposure

3

Core
roles

500 +

Transactions
reviewed

Only highly selective focus

Understand it.
Understand it.
Challenge it.
Challenge it.
Commit to it.
Commit to it.
Max Seil

Structural Problem

International funds, sovereign wealth vehicles, closed-end residential funds — accumulated German portfolios during low-interest cycles. Exiting them at institutional process standards, while maximising per-asset realisations over bulk discount pricing, requires infrastructure that most advisors don’t have.

Clarity
over momentum

Office Seil

Most institutional sellers move too fast — or not at all. The real discipline is knowing when a portfolio needs to be taken apart, and having the process infrastructure to do it without breaking the fund’s compliance framework.

How decisions are shaped01 / 04

Independent
thinking

Maximilian Seil Services

Independent thinking is not defined by opposition, but by judgment. In complex situations, consensus can feel reassuring, yet it often replaces conviction with comfort.

How decisions are shaped02 / 04

Capital &
accountability

Projektbild

International institutional capital operates under strict governance — AML, anti-corruption, regulatory reporting. Most granular German real estate processes can’t accommodate that. Mine was built for it.

How decisions are shaped03 / 04

Long term
orientation

Maximilian Seil

Time is often the most underestimated advantage in capital allocation. Durable outcomes are rarely created through short-term momentum, but through patience, alignment and disciplined execution.

How decisions are shaped04 / 04
[CHAPTERTHREE]

Seil circle

Network - Maximilian Seil
Network - Maximilian Seil
Network - Maximilian Seil
Network - Maximilian Seil
Network - Maximilian Seil
Network - Maximilian Seil
Seil Group
Zuoz Club
airport club
Mallorca Country Club
cricket ice club
Eintracht Frankfurt

"O                           ver the years, I have come to value relationships that are built quietly and held over time. The most meaningful networks are rarely the most visible ones.

My environment includes private investors, entrepreneurs, family offices and institutional decision-makers who share a preference for discretion, clarity and long-term thinking. Certain memberships and circles, from London to Mallorca to Zuoz, are part of that world, not as symbols of status, but as places where trust, standards and perspective naturally converge.

I do not see network as access for its own sake. In the right situation, it becomes a source of alignment, judgment and capability.

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Office Frankfurt

Office Frankfurt

Kaiserhof

Kaiserhofstraße 10
60313 Frankfurt
Germany

Max Seil Office London

Office London

Berkeley Square House

Berkeley Square
London W1J 6BD
United Kingdom

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If your situation requires clarity and long term alignment,
feel free to reach out.