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Hengeler Mueller

Public Law: General

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Hengeler Mueller's public law practice covers regulated industries such as energy, financial services, health care and telecommunication/media, data, product and environmental law, infrastructure projects, public private partnerships, and complex proceedings and transaction structures. 

The firm's experts in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Brussels advise and represent clients on all aspects of public law and regulatory requirements affecting business operations. The team represents clients before European and German courts, in EU, constitutional and administrative law, often on headline matters with a high degree of public interest.

Please visit our website for more details about our work in this practice area:
https://www.hengeler.com/en/expertise/practice-areas/public-law-and-regulatory/

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What the Team is Known For

Hengeler Mueller offers a large public law practice capable of handling various regulatory, constitutional and administrative matters. The team is regularly mandated for its expertise in complex constitutional proceedings in front of Germany's highest courts, including cartel fines and cultural goods protection as well as investment protection agreements. The law firm further offers expertise in the socialisation of housing, reference proceedings and advice on COVID-19 state aid. The team also regularly collaborates with its outstanding M&A and capital markets teams on public law matters pertaining to carve-outs and sustainable financing.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist

Hengeler Mueller verfügt über eine große Kanzlei für öffentliches Recht, die in der Lage ist, verschiedene regulatorische, verfassungsrechtliche und administrative Angelegenheiten zu bearbeiten. Das Team wird regelmäßig für seine Expertise in komplexen Verfassungsverfahren vor den höchsten deutschen Gerichten mandatiert, darunter Kartellbußgelder und Kulturgüterschutz sowie Investitionsschutzabkommen. Darüber hinaus bietet die Kanzlei Expertise in den Bereichen Sozialisation von Wohnraum, Referenzverfahren und Beratung zu COVID-19-Beihilfen. Darüber hinaus arbeitet das Team regelmäßig mit den herausragenden M&A- und Kapitalmarktrechtsteams in öffentlich-rechtlichen Fragen rund um Carve-outs und nachhaltige Finanzierungen zusammen.

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Work Highlights

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  • Hengeler Mueller represented Deutsche ReGas in proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court over the approval of the LNG terminals at the German Baltic Sea coast.

  • Hengeler Mueller vertrat Deutsche ReGas in einem Verfahren vor dem Bundesverwaltungsgericht über die Genehmigung der LNG-Terminals an der deutschen Ostseeküste.

Strengths

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  • Hengeler Mueller's public law team is hands-on and helpful in that it can convey its messages and what it wants and needs not only to lawyers but non-lawyers too.

    Public Law: General respondentGermany

  • Hengeler Mueller is very responsive and provides us with commercial, pragmatic advice.

    Public Law: General respondentGermany

  • Hengeler Mueller is fantastic - its team is highly motivated and can adapt very quickly and well to changing requirements.

    Public Law: General respondentGermany

  • Everything goes super when we work together with Hengeler Mueller - its team is really excellent.

    Public Law: General respondentGermany

  • Hengeler Mueller offers excellent expertise and provides us with a perfect cooperation.

    Public Law: General respondentGermany
  • Hengeler Mueller reagiert sehr schnell und berät uns praxisnah und pragmatisch.
    Public Law: General respondentGermany

Notable Practitioners

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  • Dirk Uwer
    Dirk Uwer

    Dirk Uwer

    Dirk Uwer is respected for his expertise in constitutional law, advising clients on supply chain-related matters. His further public law expertise includes gambling licences, privatisation and COVID-19 related advice.

    Dirk Uwer ist anerkannt für seine Expertise im Verfassungsrecht und berät Mandanten in Fragen der Supply Chain. Zu seinen weiteren öffentlich-rechtlichen Schwerpunkten gehören Glücksspielkonzessionen, Privatisierungen und die Beratung im Zusammenhang mit COVID-19.

    • We have a trusting relationship with Dirk Uwer.

      Public Law: General respondentGermany
    • Wir pflegen ein vertrauensvolles Verhältnis zu Dirk Uwer.
      Public Law: General respondentGermany
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  • Jan Bonhage
    Jan Bonhage

    Jan Bonhage

    Berlin-based practitioner Jan Bonhage offers a broad coverage of public law ranging from planning approvals to state aid and ESG matters.

    Der Berliner Rechtsanwalt Jan Bonhage bietet eine breite Palette des öffentlichen Rechts an, die von Planfeststellungen über staatliche Beihilfen bis hin zu ESG-Themen reicht.

    • Jan Bonhage is very knowledgeable and experienced in this field.

      Public Law: General respondentGermany

    • Jan Bonhage provides us with really good advice.

      Public Law: General respondentGermany

    • Jan Bonhage performs outstandingly well for us and one of his personal strengths is his communication skills.

      Public Law: General respondentGermany

    • Jan Bonhage sees things very strategically. He always knows exactly when to say things in meetings and what he needs to say to achieve our goals.

      Public Law: General respondentGermany

    • Jan Bonhage gibt uns wirklich gute Ratschläge.

      Public Law: General respondentGermany
    • Jan Bonhage leistet hervorragende Arbeit für uns, und eine seiner persönlichen Stärken sind seine Kommunikationsfähigkeiten.
      Public Law: General respondentGermany
    • Jan Bonhage denkt und handelt sehr strategisch. Er weiß in Meetings immer genau, wann er was sagen muss und wie wir unsere Ziele erreichen.
      Public Law: General respondentGermany
    • Jan Bonhage verfügt über umfassende Kenntnisse und Erfahrung auf diesem Gebiet.
      Public Law: General respondentGermany
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