BBH EXPERTS

• Energy law with a special focus on the gas sector
• Company law

In his practice, Prof. Christian Held currently focuses on advising clients in the area of transactions and the structuring of companies as well as regulatory matters and the hydrogen industry in Germany and Europe.

• Born in Meisenheim am Glan in 1961
• Married with two children
• Since 1992 lawyer at BBH
• Since 1993 partner at BBH

• Ranking by Handelsblatt and the US publisher Best Lawyers: recognition as one of “Germany’s top lawyers” 2015 and 2016 in the area of energy law
• The Legal 500 Germany (2016-2019, 2021-2023): special mention for his expertise in regulatory law relating to the energy sector
• Who´s Who Legal Energy (2018): listed as leading expert
• Who´s Who Legal Germany (2018, 2020 and 2022): recommended for his expertise in the area of energy
• Chambers Europe Germany (2016-2020): recommended in the practice area Energy: Regulatory

• Since 2012 lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences TH Bingen, appointed honorary professor in 2017

• Chairman of Associated European Energy Consultants e.V. (AEEC)
• Deputy Chairman of GEODE,  the European association of independent electricity and gas distributors
• Deputy Chairman of the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility – Law, Economics and Policy (IKEM)
• Chairman of the supervisory board of BBH AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
• Chairman of the supervisory board of BBH Consulting AG
• Chairman of the supervisory board of BBH Solutions AG
• Arbitrator for the Energy Arbitration Center Switzerland (EACS)
• First chairman of the management board of European Cartel Damage Alliance e.V. (ECDA)
• Co-editor of Schriftenreihe zum Energie- und Infrastrukturrecht, a series of publications on energy and infrastructure law, and the journal InfrastrukturRecht – IR (published by C.H.Beck)
• Publishes and lectures widely on energy law
• Managing partner of the winery Disibodenberg