POSSER SPIETH WOLFERS & PARTNERS

The firm: POSSER SPIETH WOLFERS & PARTNERS was founded by a team of highly experienced partners and lawyers with the aim of providing high-quality, national and international advice and problem-solving in the entire range of commercially relevant regulation and environmental law. We emerged from the leading environmental and regulatory practice of one of the major international law firms.

We have more than 20 years exceptional experience and knowledge of regulatory and environmental-law projects that have broken new ground in the legal and economic development of Germany and Europe.

POSSER SPIETH WOLFERS & PARTNERS has extensive experience of highly complex cases with economic and political significance.

We know the sectors and cases in which regulation and environmental law become relevant:

Energy and climate regulation: We have been at the forefront of pivotal energy law projects and have helped to shape Germany’s energy transition from nuclear exit through to coal exit to offshore wind energy. We know all the issues, our team brings together outstanding experience and competence in the field of energy, climate regulation and climate litigation.

Automotive and new mobility: The regulatory challenges in the automotive sector are international and carry high liability risks. We know the technical foundations as well as all the hurdles and phases where regulatory advice is needed.

Industry and environment: We have got vast expertise in obtaining licenses to operate for major industrial projects and we give advice on the entire range of environmental law relating to industrial production, including transactions and dealing with NGOs and the public.

Finance and insurance: We advise on transactions and structural questions for public banks and insurance companies as well as on the regulation of financial markets, European banking supervision and bank liquidation.

Infrastructure and transport: We help clients with the making, securing and defending of their infrastructure project – from regional planning, line management and urban land use planning to complex approval procedures and planning law. We also provide innovative ideas for efficient regulations for the safeguarding of major infrastructure projects, for the inclusion of stakeholders and the public and for the defence of projects before courts.

Mining, water and raw materials: With our decades of expertise in mining law, mineral extraction and water management, we have shaped the legal landscape for companies and the state.

State and Europe: Both the state and the European Union change the landscape for companies by regulations and treaties. We are more than familiar with these instruments and the opportunities and risks they bring.

For more information about the firm´s experience please go to www.pswp.de.