BBH EXPERTS
Dr. Wieland LehnertLL.M. (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) | Partner Counsel Becker Büttner Held
+49 (0)30 611 28 40-340
wieland.lehnert@bbh-online.de
Main focus
- Renewable energy law
- Energy law
- European law
Dr. Lehnert provides comprehensive advice on the law governing renewable energy sources. He focuses on all legal matters relating to EEG funding, including sales of energy from renewable sources (PPAs, direct marketing of renewable energy), guarantees of origin (electricity, hydrogen), municipal participation (sec. 6 EEG) and matters relating to the Environmentrenewable energy under European law. Dr. Lehnert regularly advises project developers, installation operators and electricity suppliers/marketers as well as ministries, authorities and associations providing policy advice.
Curriculum Vitae
- Born in Jena in 1975
- Married with two children
- 1996-2002 studies of law in Göttingen, term abroad in Kaliningrad (Russia)
- 1999-2003 employee at the Institute for General Theory of State and Political Sciences, University of Göttingen
- 2003-2004 LL.M. programme at the University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- 2005 doctorate on a topic of comparative constitutional law
- 2005-2007 legal traineeship in Berlin with placements at, among others, the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the German Foreign Office (New York, USA)
- Since 2007 lawyer at BBH Berlin
- Since 2013 partner counsel at BBH
- Publishes and lectures widely on renewable energy law
