Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is home to a well-experienced planning and environmental team, which has recently bolstered its strength with the addition of Astrid Seehafer, previously at ARQIS, who is particularly experienced in ESG regulations. The firm handles a wide range of topics, from decarbonisation and nuclear waste disposal to water and mining law. Practice heads Stefan Altenschmidt and Gernot-Rüdiger Engel are both well versed in environmental and climate protection law. Sabrina Desens regularly advises the operators of industrial and municipal sewage and wastewater treatment plants alongside representing them before administrative courts.
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- ‘Unique knowledge and experience in the fields of German environmental and carbon trading legislation and jurisprudence, and commercial criminal law and jurisprudence.’
- ‘We are supported by Stefan Altenschmidt and André Große Vorholt and their supporting teams. Both partners and teams provide excellent knowledge and experience in their fields.'
Key clients
- Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH
- Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
- BP Europa SE
- Exxon Mobil
- RWE AG
- E.ON
- Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG
- Verallia Deutschland AG
- Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
- ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH
- SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS Deutschland GmbH
- Aurubis
Work highlights
Advising Alea Resort GmbH & Co. KG on the preparation of a development plan for the designation of a therapeutic and recreational forest, including a priority area for wind power, and on the prevention of a wind farm project by the Danish state-owned company Orsted.
Advising bandenova WärmePlus GmbH & Co. KG on a geothermal project in the Upper Rhine Graben, in particular with regard to mining law issues, but also on the establishment and structuring of a project company in which third parties may also be involved. In this context, the advice primarily relates to the question of which company should hold the mining rights, what risks arise in this context and how these can be structured.
Preparation of an expert opinion for the Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) on the support of so-called notification procedures (required building control procedures) for the construction of military accommodation for the German Armed Forces in eight Federal States and on the question of how the BImA should be organised as a building authority.
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Practice head
Stefan Altenschmidt; Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Other key lawyers
Martin Fleckenstein; Gernot-Rüdiger Engel; Tobias Leidinger; Sabrina Desens; Bernhard Burkert; Pauline Müller; Astrid Seehafer; André Große Vorholt