Career

2001 to 2007 studied law in Trier, Göttingen and Salamanca (Spain). First state examination in 2007, second state examination in 2013. 2007 to 2011 research assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Eu‑​ropean Law under Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess at Georg‑​August‑​University Göttingen and the Freie Universität Berlin.

Joined the law firm in 2014.

Practice

European and German environmental and product law, technical planning law; public commercial law and ESG, European law, state aid law, energy law.

Awarded annually since 2020/2021 as “Rising star in environmental and planning law” and “Rising star in public commercial law” (Juve Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2020/21, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023); recommended by Legal 500 in commercial administrative law. Recognized by Handelsblatt/​Best Lawyers in the ranking “Germany's Best Lawyers 2024” in Public Law.

Member of the Administrative Law Committee of the German Bar Association. Member of the edi‑​torial advisory board of the Zeitschrift für Product Compliance (ZfPC).

Advising and representing project sponsors and regulatory authorities in numerous infrastructure projects (including plan approval and lawsuit proceedings for the EUGAL and OPAL gas pipelines; lawsuit proceedings before the BVerwG on the plan approval decisions for the A 143 (western by‑​pass Halle), BVerwG 9 A 24.19, for the coastal highway A 20, 1. BA, BVerwG 9 A 1.21 et al, for the A 14, VKE 2.2, BVerwG 9 A 7.21; project manager in supplementary proceedings for the A 39, 7th BA),

Litigation representation before the European Courts (inter alia, representation of the German Federal Government in infringement proceedings on NO2limit value exceedances before the ECJ (C 635/18; C 664/18); representation of CEN, DIN and other national standardization organizations in fundamental proceedings on document access to harmonized standards (T 185/19; C 588/21 P)).

Advising on issues of European and German product and waste law (in particular type approval law); 2018 secondment to an international automotive manufacturer.

Publications

Publications on European, environmental and energy law. Co‑​author in: Fellenberg/​Guckelberger, Klimaschutzrecht, 2022; Jarass/​Petersen, Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz, 2. Aufl. 2022; Sä‑cker/​Karpenstein/​Ludwigs, Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht, vol. 5: BeihilfenR, 2022; Schink/​Fellenberg, GK WHG, 2021; Grabitz/​Hilf/​Nettesheim, “Recht der Europäischen Uni‑​on”; Redeker/​Uechtritz, Anwaltshandbuch Verwaltungsverfahren, 4th ed. 2019; Jarass/​Petersen, Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz, 2014; Eckart/​Winkelmüller, BeckOK Infektionsschutzrecht.

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Languages

German, English, Spanish, French

¹ member of the partnership with limited professional liability