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Planning and environment

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

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In close cooperation with the firm’s energy and procurement practices, the environmental and planning team at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is ideally positioned to assist with important infrastructure and industrial projects related to the energy and climate transition. The team is involved in various large decarbonisation projects and advises industrial companies on strategic issues as well as on emissions control, nature conservation and water law. Environmental lawyer Stefan Altenschmidt, who regularly advises clients in the steel and energy industries on ESG issues, is a sought-after contact for these issues. Other mainstays include large hydrogen projects, for which Sabrina Desens is one of the key contacts, as well as urban development projects, for which clients predominantly turn to urban development expert Martin Fleckenstein. As a construction and pollution control law specialist, practice head Stefan Kobes primarily advises on defense projects, while Tobias Leidinger has extensive expertise in nuclear law.

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Testimonials

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  • 'High professional competence and strong commitment, very good process management.'

  • 'Broad range and expertise. '

  • 'Stefan Altenschmidt: Offers expert, experienced, fast and efficient advice on emissions control law. '

  • 'Sabrina Desens: She managed to involve numerous participants from various technical and scientific disciplines, some with different objectives, in such a way that a broad consensus could be achieved. The objective of the assignment was always taken into account. She has enabled the client side, which has an engineering background, to be able to confidently represent legal aspects in-house.'

Key clients

  • Adler Real Estate
  • Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
  • ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH
  • Aurubis
  • Avacon
  • BP Europa SE
  • Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben
  • Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH
  • Bundesministerium der Verteidigung
  • E.ON
  • Eisenbahn-Bundesamt
  • Evonik
  • Exxon Mobil
  • HeidelbergCement
  • Heimstaden GmbH
  • Land Berlin
  • Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
  • Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG
  • RWE AG
  • SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS Deutschland GmbH
  • Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
  • Solvay
  • Stadtwerke Leipzig
  • Steag
  • Taurecon
  • ThyssenKrupp Steel
  • Verallia Deutschland AG

Work highlights

  • Advising Dillinger Hüttenwerke on environmental and planning law, energy law, procurement and funding law on the transformation to CO2 neutrality.
  • Advising the Federal Ministry of Defense on the purchase of the MV shipyards in Rostock-Warnemünde for the Federal Republic of Germany for use by the naval arsenal for maintenance purposes of ships and other watercraft of the German Navy and NATO units in the Baltics.
  • Strategy consulting for paper and cardboard factory Varel GmbH & Co. KG on the complete decarbonisation of paper production on a large industrial scale using hydrogen.

Lawyers

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Stefan Altenschmidt
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt’s specialist areas are environmental, planning and regulatory law. He advises companies and trade associations, in particular, on environmental law, climate protection and emissions trading law as well as planning law. He represents his clients at national administrative and constitutional courts and at the European Court of Justice. Dr Stefan Altenschmidt regularly holds seminars and publishes articles relating to environmental and energy law, including as co-author of the commentaries on the German Renewable Energy Act, the Water Resources Act and the Federal Immission Control Act from the Berlin Commentaries series and the Emissions Trading Practice Manual and as co-editor of the Green Building Practice Manual.
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Sabrina Desens
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Sabrina Desens advises both the public sector and industrial enterprises on all matters pertaining to public law, in particular, environmental and fiscal law. She especially focuses on the area of wastewater and advises the operators of industrial and municipal sewage and wastewater treatment plants and also industrial enterprises on all location-related questions of law, including fiscal issues. Her in-depth knowledge of the industry and excellent network of contacts regularly allow her to find good and sustainable solutions for her clients. Her legal advisory services further include assisting with approval procedures under building and immission control law for industrial plants and power stations. In addition, she supports international chemicals producers when it comes to setting up locations in Germany, including advising them on related public-law issues (licensing, subsidies, etc.) and helping them deal with public authorities. Sabrina Desens is experienced in litigating before administrative courts. She is an author and lecturer on topics related to water and fiscal law, amongst other things, and is a member of the environmental legislation committee of Deutscher Anwaltsverein e. V. (DAV), as well as of the urban development committee of Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e. V. (ZIA). In The Legal 500, she is now listed as “Name of the next generation” in environmental and planning law.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stefan Kobes

Other key lawyers

Stefan Altenschmidt, Gernot-Rüdiger Engel, Martin Fleckenstein, Sabrina Desens, Tobias Leidinger

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