The two Southern Hessian energy suppliers ENERGIERIED GmbH & Co. KG (Lampertheim) and GGEW AG (Bensheim) merged. Furthermore, ENERGIERIED’s water business was spun off as WASSERRIED GmbH & Co. KG. The contracts of the concentration were signed on 25/07/2023.

enercity AG will install photovoltaic systems on the roofs of around 500 state-owned buildings in Lower Saxony. The project was preceded by a complex and innovative award procedure, jointly advised by BBH and PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH.

Bei der BBH-Gruppe gibt es viele Expert*innen für Energie- und Infrastrukturrecht. Aber selbst in dieser Spezialisierung gibt es höchst unterschiedliche Aufgaben. Eine dieser Aufgaben ist die Vertretung vor Gericht, denn natürlich wird nicht jeder Dissens ohne Gerichtsverfahren beendet.…

New partner counsel at BBH PartGmbB (BBH): on 01/07/2023, Daniel Altenburg – formerly a partner at Leinemann Partner Rechtsanwälte – joined Becker Büttner Held PartGmbB.

Germany aims to be climate neutral by 2045. The path to achieving climate neutrality is a much discussed topic. In this context, the BBH group was commissioned by the German Association of Local Public Utilities (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. – VKU) to determine and present in a study the…

Cooperation projects are becoming increasingly important for comprehensive fibre-optic expansion. The comprehensive fibre-optic expansion has now reached the north of Hesse as a result of the fibre platform cooperation between Städtische Werke Netz + Service Kassel (NSG) and Telekom Deutschland GmbH…

The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) has ended the dispute over calling tap water “healthy”. Water suppliers are allowed to mention the health-promoting aspects of their tap water in information for their customers.

With the support of BBH, Peter Gross Group, St. Ingbert, acquires the Herzog Group, a medium-sized construction company with approximately 300 employees and an annual turnover of over €60 million. Peter Gross Group employs around 2,400 employees and achieves sales revenues of roughly €600 million.

The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the complaint against denial of leave to appeal of a large heat customer in its decision of 15/05/2023 (ref. KZR 28/20). The contested 10-year heat supply contract does not violate antitrust law.

Every year, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) organises a regulatory conference to bring together the industry’s stakeholders. The 17th regulatory conference was held this year on 9 May. BBH partners Prof. Dr Christian Theobald and Prof. Dr Ines Zenke welcomed 270 participants.