BBH EXPERTS

• Renewable energy law
• Energy law
• Civil law
• Administrative law

Jens Vollprechtis lead counsel in renewable energy projects and currently focuses on flexible grid connection agreements, agrivoltaics, moorland and floating photovoltaics as well as hydrogen and electricity storage. His practice also includes the design of grid connection capacity reservation procedures. Furthermore, he provides advice on the voluntary carbon offset by means of forest protection and reforestation/afforestation.

• Born in Brake/Unterweser in 1970
• Married
• 1990-1997 studies of forestry at the universities of Freiburg/Breisgau and Göttingen
• 1997-2004 studies of law at the universities of Göttingen and Hamburg, legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Celle
• 2000-2002 research assistant at the Research Center for Environmental Law
• Since 2005 lawyer at BBH Berlin
• Since 2013 partner at BBH
• JUVE, Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien (2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026): frequently recommended lawyer for energy law
• Ranking by Handelsblatt and the US publisher Best Lawyers: recognition as one of “Germany’s top lawyers” 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 und 2025 in the area of energy law
• Member of the Legal Working Group at the German Energy Storage Systems Association (BVES)
• Member of the Renewable Energy Working Group at the German Association of Local Public Utilities (VKU)
• Member of the Working Group on Laws and Regulations of the Association for Sustainable Agri-PV (VnAP)
• Member of the Working Group on Agrivoltaics of the Renewable Energy Research Network
• Member of the consortium for DIN SPEC 91492 (“Agrivoltaic Systems – Requirements for Livestock Farming”)
• Member of the Department of Law and Administration of the German Association for Agroforestry (DeFAF)
• Member of the Society for Environmental Law (GfU)
• Publishes and lectures widely on energy law, with a focus on renewable energy