BBH EXPERTS

• Advice to and representation of drinking water supply and wastewater disposal companies (public utilities, municipalities, special-purpose associations, water associations, public-law institutions etc.) at all stages of the water cycle
• Water withdrawal, water procurement, water treatment, water distribution, legal relationships to clients, transport and treatment of wastewater, discharge of treated wastewater into receiving waters etc.
• Water law (e.g. Federal Water Act (WHG), Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV), Ordinance on General Conditions for the Supply of Water (AVBWasserV), state water acts and municipal charges law)

Sascha Köhler specialises in legal advice on matters of public law in the area of water supply and wastewater disposal, e.g. with regard to issues of municipal (charges) law, but also in relation to permits pursuant to water law and other administrative procedures pursuant to the Federal Water Act (WHG).

• Born in Halle (Saale) in 1987
• 2007-2014 studies of law at Leipzig University and legal traineeship in Leipzig with placements in, among others, Glasgow, UK
• 2008-2012 research associate at the chair of public law, political and constitutional theory at Leipzig University (Prof. Dr. Enders)
• 2014-2015 lawyer at a medium-sized law firm in Leipzig
• Since 2015 lawyer at BBH Berlin
• Since 2019 counsel at BBH
• Since 2024 partner counsel at BBH