BBH EXPERTS

• Energy and regulatory law with a focus on the gas and hydrogen industry as well as electricity generation
• European and national antitrust law
• Environmental and planning law, particularly nuclear law
• Constitutional and general administrative law

Prof. Dr. Olaf Däuper assists clients in the area of energy law, currently focusing on the regulation of gas and hydrogen infrastructures as well as the implementation of the heat transition.

• Born in Langen/Hessen in 1973
• Married with three daughters
• Studies of law in Mainz, Glasgow (UK) and Freiburg
• 1998-1999 research associate at Max Planck Institute, Freiburg
• Since 2001 lawyer at BBH Berlin
• 2003 doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) at Humboldt University of Berlin
• Since 2007 partner at BBH
• JUVE, Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien (2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024): frequently recommended lawyer for energy law
• Ranking by Handelsblatt and the US publisher Best Lawyers: recognition as one of “Germany’s top lawyers” 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 in the area of energy law
• Honorary professor for climate protection, energy and antitrust law at the University of Kassel
• Provided expert testimony before the German Bundestag and various commissions of the Federal Government on the subject matter of the nuclear phase-out
• Member of the advisory board of the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility – Law, Economics and Policy (IKEM)
• Member of the Institute for Energy and Competition Law in the Municipal Economy (EWeRK)
• Member of the German section of the International Association for Energy Economics – Gesellschaft für Energiewissenschaften und Energiepolitik e.V. (GEE)
• Publishes and lectures widely on energy, nuclear and antitrust law