BBH’s annual conference on 26 April 2022 focused on the major issue of transformation. Guests from the world of politics and business gathered at Französische Friedrichstadtkirche in Berlin as well as online to discuss strategies for overcoming the crisis and achieving climate neutrality together…

Due to her long-standing expertise in energy and environmental law, Dr. Dörte Fouquet has been appointed as honorary professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg, where she is a lecturer for the master’s degree course in Sustainability Law of Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerius.

As honorary professor at the…

The newly founded Federal Association of Commercial Law Firms in Germany (Bundesverband der Wirtschaftskanzleien in Deutschland – BWD) already brings together more than 30 law firms with offices in Germany. Becker Büttner Held (BBH) not only is one of the founding members, BBH partner Prof. Dr. Ines…

On 26 April 2022, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) will host its traditional annual conference in Berlin. Together with high-profile guests from business and politics, BBH partners Prof. Christian Held and Prof. Dr. Ines Zenke will discuss the implications of the war in Ukraine for the supply…

Yesterday, the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) confirmed the admissibility of the Sunday trading days in the first half of the year 2018 as determined by the Senate Administration for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs (Senatsverwaltung für Integration, Arbeit und…

Today, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Düsseldorf annulled the determination of the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) on the general sectoral productivity factor (Xgen) for the third regulatory period. The factor had been challenged in three model case proceedings brought…

An expert report prepared by the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) and commissioned by the think tank DialogGesellschaft e.V. has identified nine different measures to speed up planning, approval and licensing procedures. The measures proposed by BBH fully respect the principle of due diligence as…

The “KlimAK” (which is the German abbreviation for ‘climate working group’) is a working group specifically aimed at municipal utilities and suppliers and has been set up to consolidate the BBH group’s interdisciplinary advice on climate transition matters. Members will benefit from the opportunity…

knowH2O is the very first digital knowledge base for professional training tailored to the requirements of the water industry. Aided by the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH), the knowledge base goes live today. It is designed to provide the expert knowledge water industry staff need, right at their…

As of 01/01/2022, the BBH group appointed three new partners: two lawyers and a public auditor/tax advisor. Furthermore, five colleagues were elevated to partner counsel status and have thus become part of the group’s extended management team.

The transformation to a climate neutral economy poses…