BBH EXPERTS

• Renewable energy law
• General energy law
• Representation of clients in court, drafting of contracts
• Constitutional and administrative law

Dr. Martin Altrock provides comprehensive advice on legal issues surrounding renewable energy (market and grid integration, wind power projects, solar energy, biogas, the equalisation scheme, self-supply, the surcharge payable under the Renewable Energy Sources Act, renewable fuels and power-to-x), including the further development of the legal framework. He also advises clients on the defossilisation and transformation of the energy system (with a focus on the electricity, transport and industrial sector) and deals with all legal aspects of the production, promotion and use of hydrogen.

• Born in Kassel in 1968
• Married with two children
• 1989-1995 studies of law in Heidelberg and Leiden (Netherlands), legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe
• 1996-1997 studies of administrative sciences at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
• 1997-2000 research associate at the faculty of law at Heidelberg University, chair of Prof. Dr. Görg Haverkate
• 2001 doctorate (Dr. jur.) at Heidelberg University
• Since 2000 lawyer at BBH Berlin
• Since 2006 partner at BBH
• Since 2012 member of the supervisory board of Enertrag SE
• Since 2018 lecturer at Technische Universität Berlin
• Since 2020 member of the presidium of the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV)
   
• The Legal 500 Germany (2018, 2022): special mention for his expertise in the area of regulatory law relating to the energy sector
• Kanzleimonitor (2017/2018): recommended in the area of energy law
• JUVE, Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien (2021/2022): frequently recommended lawyer for energy law
• Ranking by Handelsblatt and the US publisher Best Lawyers: recognition as one of “Germany’s top lawyers” in the area of energy law 2021 and 2022

• Various advisory council and supervisory board activities
• Provided expert testimony for the German Bundestag on the revision of the 2017 Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2017)
• Editor (together with Dr. Volker Oschmann) and co-author of  “Kommentar zum EEG” published by C. H. Beck, preparations for 5^th edition are under way
• Member of the editorial board of the energy-law journal Zeitschrift für Neues Energierecht (ZNER)
• Publishes and lectures widely on energy law, with a focus on renewable energy