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Provided by Wolfgang Berger
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After graduating with a PhD in Law and working as an university assistant at the Civil Law Institute of the University of Vienna, Wolfgang Berger was admitted to the Bar in 1991. With a history of working in renowned commercial law firms, he was appointed judge of the Supreme Administrative Court in 2001. In 2008 he became a Partner of Haslinger / Nagele. He has substantial experience in all areas of administrative and constitutional law, with a particular focus on environmental and regulatory issues including environmental impact assessment, waste management, nature conservation, compliance with EU regulatory requirements, natural resources (water, gas, mining), energy including renewables, zoning and construction, infrastructure, trade and administrative criminal law. Wolfgang Berger also advises on a broad range of civil law matters.
He provides training and lectures on administrative and environmental law for students at various Austrian universities as well as for clients and professional bodies. He writes and speaks frequently on environmental and regulatory matters at national and international conferences.
Wolfgang Berger is a member of the editorial board of the Austrian Journal of the Administrative Judiciary (ZVG) and the Environmental Law Journal (RdU).
Berger/Handstanger, Interessenabwägung und Verhältnismäßigkeitsprüfung im Umweltrecht im Zusammenhang mit der Erzeugung erneuerbarer Energie, in Wagner/Kerschner/Lux (Hrsg) FS W. Bergthaler (2023) 61.
Berger/Laimgruber/Nigmatullin, Einschränkung der Wasserkraftnutzung im Lichte der Klima- und Sicherheitskrise, RdU-U&T 2022/23, 107.
Berger, Kommentierung des § 30 VwGG in Köhler/Brandtner/Schmelz (Hrsg), VwGVG – Kommentar zum Verwaltungsgerichtsverfahrensgesetz (2020) LexisNexis Österreich.
Berger, Geltendmachung der UVP-Pflicht und Anfechtung rechtskräftiger Bescheide durch Umweltorganisationen? RdU 2020/45, 78.
Berger, Kommentierung der §§ 3 sowie 23a – 24h Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz in Altenburger (Hrsg), Kommentar zum Umweltrecht (2019) LexisNexis Österreich.
Berger, Das Aarhus-Beteiligungsgesetz – neue Beteiligungs- und Mitspracherechte von Umweltorganisationen in Furherr (Hrsg), Umweltverfahren und Standortpolitik (2019) Facultas Verlag.
Berger/Bergthaler, Country Comparative Guide Austria: Environment, Legal 500 (2020).
Berger/Laimgruber, Wiederverleihung vs Änderungsbewilligung – Neubefristung als Ausweg aus dem Wiederverleihungs-Korsett?, WASSERKRAFT 2019/64, 32.
Berger/Eibl/Lindner, Grundzüge des Abfallwirtschaftsrechts in Ennöckl/Raschauer/Wessely (Hrsg), Handbuch Umweltrecht, 3. Auflage (2019) Facultas Verlag.
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