Dr Rebecca Schäffer > avocado rechtsanwälte > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
avocado rechtsanwälte Offices
SPICHERNSTRASSE 75-77
50672 COLOGNE
Germany
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Dr Rebecca Schäffer
Work Department
Practice areas: Environmental Law, in particular Industrial Facilities Law, Pollution Control Law, Waste Management Law as well as Water Protection and Management Law, Public Commercial Law, European Law, Public Procurement Law.
Position
Partner, Public Commercial Law.
Career
In 2009 Rebecca was admitted to the bar and joined the Cologne office of avocado rechtsanwälte. The focus of her work is the provision of legal advice to contracting authorities and tenderers in all issues of German and European Public Procurement Law including the handling of anti-trust and state aids related issues. Additionally she provides legal advice to waste management enterprises as well as enterprises from the manufacturing industry regarding all aspects of Waste Management and European Law. Rebecca regularly holds seminars in the field of Public Procurement Law as well as Waste Management Law and publicizes regularly on that field. She is co-editor of the German legal journal on public procurement law VergabeFokus which is published by the Federal Gazette publishing house. Moreover, she wrote parts of a standard commentary on European and German Competition Law (Münchener Kommentar zum europäischen und deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht, 2nd Edition, Vol. 3: Public Procurement Law) and has published numerous papers on national and international waste law as well as public procurement law (e. g. as author of the German legal journal on procurement law Vergabepraxis & -recht (“VPR”).
Languages
German, English, Dutch
Memberships
German Bar Association, Working Group for Public Procurement Law of the German Bar Association
Education
Rebecca studied Law and International law at the Universities of Gießen and Utrecht/Netherlands.
During her legal studies she worked at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the firm`s office in Cologne. In addition, she finished her studies in International Law on a Public Procurement Law topic. In 2012, Rebecca was appointed a doctor of law on the basis of her dissertation concerning the public procurement of local public transport services.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Public sector > Public procurement
avocado Rechtsanwälte client base primarily includes municipalities as well as companies and public institutions in the waste disposal and circular economy, which the group advises on planning law issues and procurement as well as review proceedings; the team assists with procurement for waste disposal services and urban infrastructure projects on both the bidder and contracting side. It is also increasingly active in tenders in the health and transport sectors. The practice is jointly managed by Markus Figgen, who has many years of experience in procurement and PPP procedures, and Rebecca Schäffer, who is experienced in waste disposal and digitalisation procurement.
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.