Environmental law and waste law offer more room for innovative and optimal structuring of economic framework conditions than most companies are aware of. The emphasis of our advice is on:

• Waste law, disposal concepts for manufacturing, industry and trade, questions on the law applicable to installations and restructuring and company sales in the waste disposal industry.
• Environmental law relating to installations, in particular approval of installations in the areas of emission protection, waste and water rights and defence against conditions restricting operations, construction and planning law, including regional and state planning law, defence against neighbour claims.
• Renewable energies, water, wind, sun, geothermal and bio mass
• Climate protection and emission trading, in particular, allocation of emission permits and trade therewith. We are the only German law firm which is a member of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).
• Environmental law relating to products, care of product portfolio of our clients “from the cradle to the grave”, ensuring environmental compliance.
• Substance law, in particular REACH; we support, inter alia, the Federation of German Industry e.V. in various expert groups on substance law questions. Our lawyer Martin Ahlhaus is the only lawyer in Germany certified as a REACH-Multiplier.
• Environmental law litigation, representation before courts and authorities.