Stefan Rappen > CBH Rechtsanwälte > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile

CBH Rechtsanwälte
Habsburgerring 24
50674 COLOGNE
Germany
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Work Department

Construction & Real Estate

Position

Attorney at Law | Partner

Specialist lawyer for administrative law

Career

Stefan Rappen joined CBH as a lawyer in 1993. He is also a specialist lawyer for administrative law and specialises in questions of public building law as well as environmental, planning and energy law.

His practice focuses on legal project management for major infrastructure projects, in particular roads, airports, pipelines and underground railways. He also advises companies and investors on the planning and operation of energy facilities.

Another focus of his legal practice is legal project management for the construction and real estate industries. He advises companies and investors throughout Germany on the relocation and revitalisation of residential and commercial areas as well as large-scale retail trade projects, including all project-related environmental aspects such as contaminated sites, emissions and species protection.

Stefan Rappen is a member of the Construction Law Working Group of the German Bar Association and the Society for Environmental Law (Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht e.V.). He is the author of various books and specialist articles and regularly gives lectures on issues of public construction and planning law. He is also a lecturer at the Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. in the field of pipeline and infrastructure law.

For many years, the JUVE Handbook for Commercial Law Firms has identified Stefan Rappen as a frequently recommended lawyer in environmental and planning law throughout Germany.

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Public sector > Planning and environment

CBH Rechtsanwälte focuses on infrastructure and urban development projects and is particularly often instructed by real estate developers and public sector clients. Led by public building law expert Stefan Rappen, the team advises on large residential and commercial developments and assists with real estate transaction-related approval proceedings and due diligence. Tassilo Schiffer frequently handles the legal project management of infrastructure projects and represents clients in approval and plan approval proceedings in connection with high-voltage overhead lines and offshore wind farms, among other matters.