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Dr Martin Hamer

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Work Department

Government Law & Policy

Position

Partner/Shareholder

Career

 

Martin Hamer is a Partner in the Environmental Group in Germany. He focuses on environmental matters including soil and groundwater contamination, environmental permits, nature protection, waste management, mining and climate protection. Martin represents clients in complex permit procedures vis-à-vis public authorities, environmental liability litigation and public law contract negotiations. In addition, he advises on environmental and other regulatory matters in corporate and real estate transactions. Amongst his clients are manufacturers, real estate companies, private equity funds, energy suppliers and business associations.

Martin also specialises in public planning and building law matters. He represents investors, project developers and housing companies in planning and building permit procedures vis-à-vis municipalities and authorities. He regularly lectures on public planning and building law at the EBS University for Economics and Law in Wiesbaden.

Martin has been recognized in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in Germany in the category Environmental Law. He has published numerous articles on environmental and planning matters. For example, he recently published an article on a mining and environmental law topic in the Fall 2019 edition of the American Bar Association’s online journal Natural Resources & Environment. Furthermore, Martin is co-author of the legal commentary on the German Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Act in the publication Berliner Kommentar zum Energierecht.

Prior to joining the firm, Martin worked as a partner at the UK law firm Olswang in Berlin and spent more than ten years with the environmental, planning and regulatory group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Concentration
Land development projects
Soil/groundwater contamination
Energy efficiency in the real estate sector
Real estate transactions
Climate change/emissions trading

Capabilities
Environmental
Real Estate
Energy & Natural Resources
Land Development
Energy Transactions
Renewable Energy
Energy Project Finance & Development

Admission to Practice
Germany

Languages

German
English
Italian

Education

  • Ph.D., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg/Germany, 2001
  • Second Legal State Exam, Oldenburg/Germany, 1999
  • First Legal State Exam, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg/Germany, 1997

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Public sector > Planning and environment

In the context of urban development projects, Greenberg Traurig Germany applies its environmental and planning expertise in approval proceedings as well as in building and monument law issues. The team advises on district developments, particularly in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, both on a strategic and procedural level and also has expertise in water and pollution control compliance. Practice head Martin Hamer is well versed across all these areas and is further adept in waste management as well as climate and nature conservation law.

Germany > Public sector > Commercial administrative law

Greenberg Traurig Germany particularly stands out in the Berlin-Brandenburg region due to its public commercial law advice to real estate and infrastructure companies. In addition to general housing market regulation issues, the team advises housing companies and associations, particularly on the Berlin rent cap, and also represents them in related constitutional complaints. Further to constitutional matters, the team also has expertise in regulatory obligations related to energy and recycling projects; Martin Hamer‘s expertise in waste and climate protection law is particularly sought after. Hamer jointly heads the practice with procurement expert Dieter Neumann, who advises on privatisation initiatives and project developments, among other matters.

Germany > Industry focus > Energy

Led by Martin Hamer (environmental law) and Dieter Neumann (project development), Greenberg Traurig Germany focuses on project support, which includes contract drafting, joint venture structures as well as financing and regulatory matters. The team is regularly instructed by financial services providers and energy companies on renewable energy projects as well as issues pertaining to the oil and gas sectors. Martin Borning is another key contact and recently advised on energy and raw materials trading, charging infrastructure as well as synthetic fuels and hydrogen projects.

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