Dr Wolfgang Berger > Haslinger / Nagele Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Linz, Austria > Lawyer Profile
Haslinger / Nagele Rechtsanwälte GmbH Offices
ROSEGGERSTRASSE 58
4020 LINZ
Austria
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Dr Wolfgang Berger
Work Department
Environmental & Technology, Public Construction, Public Economic and Constitutional Law, Real Estate
Career
After graduating with a PhD in Law and working as an university assistant at the Civil Law Institute of the University of Vienna, Wolfgang Berger was admitted to the Bar in 1991. With a history of working in renowned commercial law firms, he was appointed judge of the Supreme Administrative Court in 2001. In 2008 he became a Partner of Haslinger / Nagele. He has substantial experience in all areas of administrative and constitutional law, with a particular focus on environmental and regulatory issues including environmental impact assessment, waste management, nature conservation, compliance with EU regulatory requirements, natural resources (water, gas, mining), energy including renewables, zoning and construction, infrastructure, trade and administrative criminal law. Wolfgang Berger also advises on a broad range of civil law matters.
He provides training and lectures on administrative and environmental law for students at various Austrian universities as well as for clients and professional bodies. He writes and speaks frequently on environmental and regulatory matters at national and international conferences and is a member of the editorial board of the Austrian Journal of the Administrative Judiciary (ZVG) and the Environmental Law Journal (RdU).
Education
PhD in Law and working as an university assistant at the Civil Law Institute of the University of Vienna
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Administrative law and public sector
Covering a wide array of public law matters at the intersection of business and corporate law, Haslinger / Nagele Rechtsanwälte GmbH specialises in environmental, sustainability, and renewable energy issues and is regularly sought after to advise on large-scale infrastructure projects. The team is headed by ‘highly recognized legal expert’ Wilhelm Bergthaler
, a key advisor for clients in the mining, trade, banking and financial services sectors, alongside Wolfgang Berger and Martin Stempkowski. Bergthaler and Berger are especially recommended for advising on environmental impact assessment projects, as is Mario Laimgruber, who primarily focuses on the energy sector. Heading the firm’s public law office in Linz, Thomas Riesz is noted for his broad practice, which encompasses health, data protection and telecommunications law.