The law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) sent out the invites for the 16^th regulatory conference of the AK REGTP in Berlin on 17 May 2022 to discuss the current challenges in the grid sector. Numerous significant stakeholders from across the industry will attend the conference, and Klaus Müller, the…

What solutions are needed in addition to wind and photovoltaics to complement our energy system in the short and long run? This is the central as well as topical issue that the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) decided to address with its parliamentary evening: On 16 May, the energy industry will…

This year, BBH awards the Wolf Büttner Prize for Community Engagement to the learning support centre of the association Miteinander Wohnen e.V. The prize was presented at BBH’s annual energy conference which took place at Französische Friedrichstadtkirche in Berlin.

BBH’s annual conference on 26 April 2022 focused on the major issue of transformation. Guests from the world of politics and business gathered at Französische Friedrichstadtkirche in Berlin as well as online to discuss strategies for overcoming the crisis and achieving climate neutrality together…

Due to her long-standing expertise in energy and environmental law, Dr. Dörte Fouquet has been appointed as honorary professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg, where she is a lecturer for the master’s degree course in Sustainability Law of Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerius.

As honorary professor at the…

The newly founded Federal Association of Commercial Law Firms in Germany (Bundesverband der Wirtschaftskanzleien in Deutschland – BWD) already brings together more than 30 law firms with offices in Germany. Becker Büttner Held (BBH) not only is one of the founding members, BBH partner Prof. Dr. Ines…

On 26 April 2022, the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) will host its traditional annual conference in Berlin. Together with high-profile guests from business and politics, BBH partners Prof. Christian Held and Prof. Dr. Ines Zenke will discuss the implications of the war in Ukraine for the supply…

Yesterday, the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) confirmed the admissibility of the Sunday trading days in the first half of the year 2018 as determined by the Senate Administration for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs (Senatsverwaltung für Integration, Arbeit und…

Today, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Düsseldorf annulled the determination of the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) on the general sectoral productivity factor (Xgen) for the third regulatory period. The factor had been challenged in three model case proceedings brought…

An expert report prepared by the law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) and commissioned by the think tank DialogGesellschaft e.V. has identified nine different measures to speed up planning, approval and licensing procedures. The measures proposed by BBH fully respect the principle of due diligence as…