BBH EXPERTS

• Electricity and energy tax
• Emissions trading law
• Customs and foreign trade law

Paulina Schmidt counsels clients on electricity and energy tax law. Her key practice areas include advice on tax returns and the representation of clients in legal remedy proceedings before the financial authorities and fiscal courts. She also specialises in matters of customs and foreign trade law.

• Born in Kronach (Bavaria) in 1996
• 2015-2022 studies of law at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• 2022-2024 legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Bamberg including a placement at an international commercial law firm in the area of foreign trade law and commercial criminal law
• 2024-2025 policy advisor for the SPD parliamentary group in the working group on the 2^nd committee of inquiry (nuclear phase-out), 20^th electoral term
• 2025 head of office and research associate for the environmental policy spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group specialising in environmental law, 21^st electoral term
• Since 2025 lawyer at BBH Berlin