Chambers Review
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Public Law: Planning and Environment - Austria
What the Team is Known For
The highly-specialised boutique law firm Niederhuber & Partner offers strong expertise in environmental and planning law. The team is particularly active on the assessment of planning procedures and environmental law regarding wind farms, power plants and electricity grids across Austria. EIAs, licensing proceedings for wind farms and expansions of ski areas also fall within the law firm's strong offering. Furthermore, clients benefit from the team's experience in the handling of waste law, soil contamination and infrastructure construction. With its further strength in air pollution and contentious mandates, Niederhuber & Partner complements its offering. Its clients include energy providers, construction companies and federal ministries, further exemplifying the law firm's market presence.
Strengths
The economic perspective of the client is always anticipated and presented proactively by Niederhuber & Partner. The economic aspects are always considered from the client's point of view.
Niederhuber & Partner offers outstanding legal expertise and extensive experience with large-scale projects.
I work with Niederhuber & Partner almost exclusively on highly complex cases and can therefore confirm that it provides very thorough advice backed by deep expertise.
Niederhuber & Partner's strengths are its experience in environmental impact assessment law and technical understanding.
Work Highlights
Niederhuber & Partner advised the Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy and Tourism on the redesign of approval procedures for renewable energy projects and on the transposition of the REPowerEU plan.
Notable practitioners
Martin Niederhuber is respected for his in-depth expertise in a broad array of planning and environment mandates, ranging from air pollution and waste management to emissions trading and EIAs.
Martin Niederhuber is a true professional in all aspects.
We are very happy with Martin Niederhuber. His punctuality and competence are very impressive, he works well with the rest of the team and he helps us overcome obstacles.
We are very satisfied with Martin Niederhuber. He responds quickly and promptly.
Florian Stangl boasts a strong focus on environmental law, leading various complex sustainability matters. His particular strengths include renewable energy issues, environmental regulation proceedings, EIAs and permitting procedures.
Florian Stangl is always quite eager and fast to answer questions.
Florian Stangl is reliable, innovative and always proactive.
An exceptionally high level of expertise is evident in Florian Stangl, particularly in energy law.
He possesses extensive knowledge and an excellent professional network.