The law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) is expanding its management team to face future challenges in the usual comprehensive manner. Seven new partners were appointed across all locations as of 1 January 2023.

There is no decrease in contemporary challenges to our society. Municipalities and…

BBH-Partnerin Prof. Dr. Ines Zenke, Fachanwältin für Verwaltungsrecht und Honorarprofessorin an der Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, berichtet in einem Interview mit "Karriere im Recht" über ihren Berufsweg, den Grund ihrer Fokussierung auf das Energierecht und über die…

On 15 December 2022, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) held a cybercrime symposium at its Berlin office. Under the title “Digitalising critical infrastructure: the fine line between future-proofing and vulnerability”, experts examined the topic from various angles.

It was already the 18th event of the still young climate working group KlimAK, which took place at BBH’s Berlin offices on 28 September as its first climate conference. With its climate working group founded at the beginning of the year, BBH aims to assist municipal suppliers on their way to…

On 28 September, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) will hold the first conference of its climate working group  KlimAK in Berlin. The full day’s event provides an excellent platform for discussing the federal government’s climate policy agenda as well as its implementation together with…

The BBH group launches its first major legal tech product onto the market: with its contract generator, BBH takes the management of its model contracts to a digital level, providing resource-efficient and streamlined processes for its clients. This is the first product on the market automating the…

The sale of DSD-Duales System Holding GmbH & Co. KG was completed on 10/08/2022. As a result, the company Der Grüne Punkt (“Green Dot”) also changes hands.

The DSD group operates in the circular economy with a focus on the disposal of packaging of private final consumers through the licensing of…

The three-year “SynAgri-PV” project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aims at developing a model for expanding agrivoltaics in Germany. The “SynAgri-PV” research consortium consists of Becker Büttner Held (BBH) and a further eight partners from science,…

In the main proceedings on 28 July 2022, the Higher Regional Court of Munich ruled that water suppliers may refer to their tap water as “healthy” when providing information to their customers. The judges thus remained consistent with their ruling in the summary proceedings.

The Higher Regional…

The Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für die Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik – BSI) withdraws the general ruling by which it had established the technical availability and given the go-ahead for the mandatory installation of smart metering systems in 2020 for the entire…