The study “Distribution System Operators 2030 – Tasks I Challenges I Strategies” was presented for the first time to the public at today’s regulatory conference of AK REGTP. The study focuses on the distribution system operators, their position and how their tasks and their approach will change as…

The Sauerland region is about to launch a huge and ground-breaking project: the switching of its natural gas supply from low-calorific L-gas to high-calorific H-gas. To jointly respond to the challenges associated with the project, the municipal utilities of Hemer, Iserlohn, Menden and Schwerte…

Only five weeks are left until the new EU data protection rules become binding on 25/05/2018. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will ensure a comparable level of data protection within the European Union and is applicable to all companies dealing with personal data, e.g. customer or…

BBH to hold its parliamentary evening on 23 April in Berlin

On 23 April 2018, the commercial law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) will stage its traditional parliamentary evening at the premises of the German Parliamentary Society (Deutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft) in Berlin. Featuring…

Subsequent to the hearing on 17/01/2018, the Court today rendered its decision in one of the economically most significant cases in the regulated energy industry: The rate of return on equity stipulated by the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA) for the 3rd regulatory period…

The law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) and the auditing firm invra have once again been ranked by the editors of Focus Spezial among the leading tax consultants.

For the fifth consecutive year, the journal Focus has carried out a survey determining for a total of 19 practice areas and 10 sectors…