Profile
Irene Schmid is a partner and former notary at ZENK. She primarily advises national and international clients on all aspects of real estate law. She assists private clients, foundations, and nonprofit organizations with succession planning and (international) estate matters, and has many years of experience as an executor.
Skills
Real Estate Law,
Inheritance law
About
Irene Schmid, born in Stuttgart in 1956, studied law in Berlin and Cambridge, England, where she earned her Master of Laws in 1984. She has been practicing law since 1988 and brings with her many years of experience from major international law firms. From 1996 to 2026, she served as a notary, and from 2009 to 2012, she was President of the Berlin Bar Association.
Languages
German, English
Awards
Recognized by Best Lawyers 2027 / Handelsblatt Ranking 2026 “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the field of Real Estate Law
Publications
Luz/Neus/Schaber/Scharpf/Schneider/Weber (Hrsg.): KWG und CRR, Schaeffer Poeschel Verlag, Kommentar §§ 39 – 43 KWG
Buchbesprechung, Ring/Grziwotz/Keukenschrijver, BGB. Band 3: Sachenrecht“, 3. Auflage in DNotZ Heft 1/2014
Novelle des Pfandbriefgesetzes, in: Institutional Investment Real Estate Magazin, 2009 (Co-Autor)
Pfandbrief-Novelle in Kraft: Neuregelungen verbessern Refinanzierungsmöglichkeiten, in: PLATOW-Brief Nr. 36, 2009 (Co-Autor)
Die Sicherungsgrundschuld nach dem Risikobegrenzungsgesetz, in DNotZ 2008, 740
Risikobegrenzungsgesetz: Viele Fragezeichen, in Cash, November 2008