Cooperation projects are becoming increasingly important for comprehensive fibre-optic expansion. The comprehensive fibre-optic expansion has now reached the north of Hesse as a result of the fibre platform cooperation between Städtische Werke Netz + Service Kassel (NSG) and Telekom Deutschland GmbH…

The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) has ended the dispute over calling tap water “healthy”. Water suppliers are allowed to mention the health-promoting aspects of their tap water in information for their customers.

With the support of BBH, Peter Gross Group, St. Ingbert, acquires the Herzog Group, a medium-sized construction company with approximately 300 employees and an annual turnover of over €60 million. Peter Gross Group employs around 2,400 employees and achieves sales revenues of roughly €600 million.

The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the complaint against denial of leave to appeal of a large heat customer in its decision of 15/05/2023 (ref. KZR 28/20). The contested 10-year heat supply contract does not violate antitrust law.

Every year, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) organises a regulatory conference to bring together the industry’s stakeholders. The 17th regulatory conference was held this year on 9 May. BBH partners Prof. Dr Christian Theobald and Prof. Dr Ines Zenke welcomed 270 participants.

The establishment of the Association of Hydrogen Regions (Bund der Wasserstoffregionen – BdWR) was announced at this year’s HyLand Symposium. The BBH group co-developed the idea.

BBH’s annual conference on 29/03/2023 was all about strengthening infrastructures in Germany. Representatives from the fields of politics, business and the media gathered at Französische Friedrichstadtkirche in Berlin to join the BBH group in discussing ways to strengthen infrastructures to ensure…

This year’s Wolf Büttner Prize for Community Engagement has been awarded to “Aktion Canchanabury” from Bochum. The award ceremony was held during the annual BBH conference at Französische Friedrichstadtkirche in Berlin.

For the third time, the BBH group awards the €5.000 prize to a non-profit…

The expanded edition of Energierecht und Energiewirklichkeit [energy law and energy reality] has just been published by the publishing house Energie & Management. The book was edited by BBH partner Prof. Christian Held and Dr. Simon Schäfer-Stradowsky, managing director of the Institute for Climate…

On 1 January 2023, six colleagues were promoted to partner counsels of the law firm Becker Büttner Held. They are thus part of the group's extended management team.

Companies and municipalities in Germany are facing major challenges on their way to a climate neutral future. The war in Ukraine poses…