Hogan Lovells International LLP

Global Regulatory

Partner and Head of Global Regulatory Continental Europe

Thomas Dünchheim is the "Go to - Lawyer" for legal questions relating to municipal enterprises, public bank institutions, state-related transactions and gambling law. He has more than twenty years experience in the area of public law, especially public commercial law, municipal law, environmental law and construction law.

Thomas is Head of Global Regulatory Continental Europe, Head of the Hogan Lovells International Gaming Initiative and the Environmental Law Group of our law firm. He was the Office Managing Partner of the firm's Dusseldorf office from 2016 to 2019.

Thomas holds a diploma in public administration (Diplom-Verwaltungswirt) and studied law at the University of Cologne from 1994 to 1999. From 1999 to 2009, Thomas was mayor of the city of Monheim and headed the Legal Department, the Departments Human Resources and Administration, Urban Planning and for the promotion of Trade and Industry Departments. Since 2016 he is Professor for Constitutional and Public Commercial Law at the EBS University in Wiesbaden.

English, German

Universität zu Köln (2002) – PhD; Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia (1999) - 2. State Exam; Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia (1995) - 1. State Exam; Universität zu Köln (1991-1995) - Law; Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung NRW (1991)  - Diplom-Verwaltungswirt (German Diploma in Public Administation)