Dr Sabrina Desens > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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ANNA-SCHNEIDER-STEIG 22
50678 COLOGNE
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Dr Sabrina Desens
Work Department
Environment & Planning Law, Regulatory
Real Estate
State, Administration, Public Undertakings
Position
Sabrina Desens advises both the public sector and industrial enterprises on all matters pertaining to public law, in particular, environmental and fiscal law.
She especially focuses on the area of wastewater and advises the operators of industrial and municipal sewage and wastewater treatment plants and also industrial enterprises on all location-related questions of law, including fiscal issues. Her in-depth knowledge of the industry and excellent network of contacts regularly allow her to find good and sustainable solutions for her clients.
Her legal advisory services further include assisting with approval procedures under building and immission control law for industrial plants and power stations. In addition, she supports international chemicals producers when it comes to setting up locations in Germany, including advising them on related public-law issues (licensing, subsidies, etc.) and helping them deal with public authorities.
Sabrina Desens is experienced in litigating before administrative courts. She is an author and lecturer on topics related to water and fiscal law, amongst other things, and is a member of the environmental legislation committee of Deutscher Anwaltsverein e. V. (DAV), as well as of the urban development committee of Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e. V. (ZIA). In The Legal 500, she is now listed as “Name of the next generation” in environmental and planning law.
Career
After spending a year in the USA, Sabrina Desens studied law in Münster (Germany) and subsequently went on to obtain her doctorate from the University of Münster. She then carried out her legal training, which included training periods at the Federal Ministry for the Environment in Berlin (Germany) and at an international business law firm in Dusseldorf (Germany). From 2009 on, she was head of the Freiherr-vom-Stein Institute, the academic research centre of the Association of North-Rhine Westphalian Districts (Landkreistag NRW), and continued to hold a teaching position at the University of Münster until 2015. Sabrina Desens has worked as a lawyer in Leipzig (Germany) since 2012; she joined Luther in November 2014.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Public sector > Planning and environment
(Next Generation Partners)In close cooperation with the firm’s energy and procurement practices, the environmental and planning team at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is ideally positioned to assist with important infrastructure and industrial projects related to the energy and climate transition. The team is involved in various large decarbonisation projects and advises industrial companies on strategic issues as well as on emissions control, nature conservation and water law. Environmental lawyer Stefan Altenschmidt, who regularly advises clients in the steel and energy industries on ESG issues, is a sought-after contact for these issues. Other mainstays include large hydrogen projects, for which Sabrina Desens is one of the key contacts, as well as urban development projects, for which clients predominantly turn to urban development expert Martin Fleckenstein. As a construction and pollution control law specialist, practice head Stefan Kobes primarily advises on defense projects, while Tobias Leidinger has extensive expertise in nuclear law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Germany > Public sector > Planning and environment
- Planning and environment Germany > Public sector
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