Wulf Clausen

Practice Areas

Wulf Clausen has more than 25 years of experience as lead counsel in the legal advisory and management of national and international transport infrastructure projects and complex real estate developments. He brings a strategic outlook and an analytically and conceptually driven, results-oriented approach to every mandate. He has built up extensive experience in out-of-court dispute resolution and mediation on major projects, as well as in contentious proceedings before the German courts up to and including the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht).

Practice Areas

Preparation and conduct of approval procedures, in particular planning approval proceedings (Planfeststellungsverfahren), and implementation of transport infrastructure projects

Advice in complex public law licensing and permitting procedures in the fields of environmental law, construction law, road law, mining and mineral resources law (Berg- und Lagerstättenrecht), heritage protection law, waste law, immission control law, major accident hazard law (Störfallrecht) and sector-specific planning law (Fachplanungsrecht)

Advising project sponsors and public authorities on public participation procedures in connection with transport infrastructure projects

Career

Since 2011 — HFK Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB, Rechtsanwalt; Partner since 2014

Since 2009 — University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration, Police and Justice of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung, Polizei und Justiz des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Lecturer

Since 2007 — University of Kassel, Lecturer

2009–2011 — CMKR Clausen Maaß Kautz Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, Rechtsanwalt

2005–2011 — International legal consortium advising the European Commission, Directorate-General for Transport and Energy (DG TREN), Head of Consortium / Adviser

1999–2009 — GSK Stockmann + Kollegen Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB, Head of Hamburg Office, Rechtsanwalt

1993–2004 — Planungsgesellschaft Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit GmbH / DB Projekt Verkehrsbau GmbH, In-house Counsel / Project Lawyer (Syndikusanwalt / Projektjurist)