BBH EXPERTS

• Energy law (with a particular focus on the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG))
• Contract law and contract drafting
• E-mobility
• Public law

Niklas Schwalge focuses on matters of decentralised generation and energy cost savings (in particular: self-supply within the meaning of the Renewable Energy Sources Act and the special equalisation scheme) as well as the regulatory classification of energy infrastructures. He also specialises in e-mobility topics.

• Born in Cologne in 1987
• 2008-2015 studies of law at the University of Bonn with a focus on German and European environmental and planning law, public business law and infrastructure law; legal traineeship at the Regional Court of Cologne
• Since 2015 lawyer at BBH Cologne
• Since 2025 partner counsel at BBH