Only five weeks are left until the new EU data protection rules become binding on 25/05/2018. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will ensure a comparable level of data protection within the European Union and is applicable to all companies dealing with personal data, e.g. customer or…

BBH to hold its parliamentary evening on 23 April in Berlin

On 23 April 2018, the commercial law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) will stage its traditional parliamentary evening at the premises of the German Parliamentary Society (Deutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft) in Berlin. Featuring…

Subsequent to the hearing on 17/01/2018, the Court today rendered its decision in one of the economically most significant cases in the regulated energy industry: The rate of return on equity stipulated by the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA) for the 3rd regulatory period…

The law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) and the auditing firm invra have once again been ranked by the editors of Focus Spezial among the leading tax consultants.

For the fifth consecutive year, the journal Focus has carried out a survey determining for a total of 19 practice areas and 10 sectors…

Die Stadtwerke Heidelberg GmbH und die Stadtwerke Flensburg GmbH - beide langjährige Mandanten der Becker Büttner Held Consulting AG (BBHC) - begründen ab 2018, nach gemeinsamer Strategiefindung und Konzeption, eine langfristig angelegte interkommunale Kooperation.

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Due to an incorrect calculation of the efficiency level, the BNetzA is to issue a new official notice setting the revenue cap for the municipal utility Stadtwerke Wedel GmbH. The Federal Court of Justice rejected the appeal of the BNetzA and thus confirmed the judgment of the Higher Regional Court…

Yesterday, the Higher Administrative Court (Oberverwaltungsgericht – OVG) of Berlin-Brandenburg confirmed the admissibility of the Sunday trading days in the first half of the year 2018 as determined by the Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Services. This is a success for the…

Last year, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) earned top ratings in the relevant law firm rankings: JUVE, Legal 500 and Kanzleimonitor name BBH among the leading law firms in the energy sector. Furthermore, the news magazine Focus Spezial recognised the work of BBH as in the previous years.

The…