Stefan Altenschmidt

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 2

Public Law: Planning and Environment

Germany

12 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Stefan Altenschmidt

Germany

Practice Areas

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.

Career

Dr Stefan Altenschmidt studied law and social science at the Ruhr Universität in Bochum, Germany, where in 2001 he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on issues concerning the Regional Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2002, he completed a four month traineeship in the legal department of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. In 2006, he received his LL.M. in environmental, planning and regulatory law from Nottingham Law School, England. From 2003 to 2011, he worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, most recently as “Counsel” for environmental and planning law. In 2008, he was seconded for four months to the London office of Freshfields. Dr Stefan Altenschmidt has been a partner in Luther’s Düsseldorf office since May 2011 and is responsible for the practice area Environment, Planning, Regulatory (EPR).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Germany

Public Law: Planning and Environment - Germany

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Stefan Altenschmidt remains a trusted adviser due to his longstanding expertise in complex energy-related disputes, lignite phase-outs and emissions trading. His expertise also encompasses constitutional complaints, and he regularly appears in front of the highest national and European courts.

Indviduelles Editorial

Stefan Altenschmidt bleibt aufgrund seiner langjährigen Expertise in komplexen energierechtlichen Streitigkeiten, Braunkohleausstiegen und Emissionshandel ein vertrauensvoller Berater. Seine Expertise erstreckt sich auch auf Verfassungsbeschwerden und er tritt regelmäßig vor den höchsten nationalen und europäischen Gerichten auf.

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