Dr Thomas Gerhold > avocado rechtsanwälte > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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SPICHERNSTRASSE 75-77
50672 COLOGNE
Germany
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Dr Thomas Gerhold
Work Department
Practice areas: Environmental Law, in particular Industrial Facilities Law, Pollution Control Law, Soil Conservation and Brownfields Law as well as Water Protection and Management Law, Environmental Liability Law, Environmental Insurance Law, Chemical Law, Pharmaceuticals Law, Animal Protection Law.
Position
Partner
Public Commercial Law; Criminal Law.
Career
He has been admitted to the Bar since 1987; before which he was employed as a research assistant to the professorial chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Joachim Hirsch, under whose supervision he earned his doctorate. Before joining the Cologne team of avocado rechtsanwälte as partner in 2003, he had worked in a law firm specialising in environmental and technology law, where he was a partner from 1990 to 2000. After that he helped developing the Cologne office of a well-known business law firm. In his practice he advises clients from the private as well as the communal sector on all issues of environmental law, chemicals law, occupational safety & health law and the law of product safety. His clients include, inter alia, enterprises from the manufacturing sector, public utilities and waste management enterprises. Thomas has many years of experience in the provision of legal advice on complex procedures of permission of industrial facilities; to which belong a series of large well-known to the public projects. A further focus of his practice concerns legal advice on all issues relating to the remediation of brownfields and land recycling. Thomas is distinguished in his areas of practice through numerous publications and regular seminars. Furthermore, he is a co-editor of the Handbook on Brownfields Remediation and Site Management.
Languages
German, English.
Memberships
Working Group for Administrative Law of the German Bar Association, Society for Environmental Law, Chairman of the Specialist Committee ?Legal and Financial Problems of Brownfields Remediation? of the Engineering Technology Association on Brownfields e.V. (ITVA).
Education
Thomas studied Law at the University of Cologne.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Public sector > Planning and environment
avocado rechtsanwälte primarily advises transport, waste disposal and industrial companies as well as public sector players on issues relating to the waste management industry and waste law. The team’s expertise includes recycling and circular economy matters, soil and groundwater contamination as well as contaminated site remediation projects; on the public sector side, the group also assists with legislation and the implementation of waste law sanctions. The practice is led by its four key contacts: Markus Figgen and Ralf Kaminski primarily advise clients on waste law compliance and also act in environmental criminal proceedings and disputes, Thomas Gerhold provides support for planning and adaptation projects, mainly in emissions and soil protection law, and Rebecca Schäffer is considered an expert for hygiene law, among other matters.