As the shareholders’ meeting of the seller has given the green light to the transaction last Friday, it is now confirmed that on 31/12/2018, a total of 913 housing units in the Berlin district of Neukölln will become the property of the housing companies GEWOBAG and WBM, which are owned by the…

Die Kanzlei Becker Büttner Held (BBH) und der Fachverlag Energie & Management (E&M) bieten ein Online-Seminar zur 4. Handelsperiode im Emissionshandel an. Am 9.10. und 10.10. bzw. 15.10. und 16.10.2018 bekommt man die Gelegenheit, sich über den aktuellen Rechtsrahmen, das bevorstehende…

Commissioned by a number of energy suppliers and grid operators, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) and the business consulting firm Becker Büttner Held Consulting AG (BBHC) produced a study which examines the impact of Germany’s heat transition on gas distribution grids. BBH has now published a…

The law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) has analysed on behalf of Agora Verkehrswende how public spaces in towns and cities can be planned and designed and which role the municipalities play in this context: Municipalities can control the use of public space, but not to a sufficient extent. In order…

Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers have again identified Germany’s best lawyers. As in the previous year, BBH partners Prof. Dr Christian Theobald and Dr Ines Zenke made the distinguished list of top lawyers.

BBH lawyers are regularly recommended as experts for different areas of law in relevant…

In the framework of a short legal opinion commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) has analysed how the Euratom Treaty might be updated. The legal opinion concludes that a meaningful reform would be possible by consistently implementing…

The Atomic Energy Act (Atomgesetz – AtG) is being revised once again in order to regulate the compensation payments for stranded investments granted by the Federal Constitutional Court to nuclear operators. A public hearing takes place at the German Bundestag today within the framework of the…

In a landmark decision, the Federal Court of Justice has found that the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA) has incorrectly determined the efficiency level for the 2nd regulatory period in the gas sector. The regulatory authority had wrongfully included the regional transmission…

Die kommunaleigenen Kieler Verkehrsbetriebe dürfen weiterhin den öffentlichen Linienverkehr in der Stadt Kiel erbringen. Die Klage eines privaten Verkehrsunternehmers, der die Hälfte des Kieler Stadtverkehrs übernehmen wollte, hat das Schleswig-Holsteinische Verwaltungsgericht abgewiesen (Az. 3 A…