Dr Martin Fleckenstein > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
ANNA-SCHNEIDER-STEIG 22
50678 COLOGNE
Germany

Work Department

Real Estate
Environment & Planning Law, Regulatory
State, Administration, Public Undertakings
Public Procurement Law

Position

Dr Martin Fleckenstein coordinates the Real Estate & Infrastructure sector at Luther. He advises property companies, investors, builders and project developers, companies from the housing industry and their respective associations and also the public sector, including public sector companies, on all matters pertaining to public real estate and building law, in particular, zoning law including all relevant ancillary areas, such as historical monument protection law, road law and environmental law, as well as public, in particular, municipal, business and procurement law. His services include advising on complex planning and permit procedures, the drafting and negotiation of (partly innovative) urban development contracts and neighbourhood agreements, as well as representing his clients in official procedures and administrative court proceedings. In addition, Dr Martin Fleckenstein is consulted as an expert within the context of legislative procedures and with regard to current legal policy issues.

Career

Since his admission to the German Bar in 1987, he has worked as a lawyer and, since 1996, as a certified specialist in administrative law. He joined Luther as a partner in 2015, where he is now responsible for the area of public business law with a particular emphasis on public real estate and building law. Previously, he was the partner responsible for public business law at the Berlin offices of Hammonds (from 2001 onwards) and SammlerUsinger (from 2009 onwards). Dr Martin Fleckenstein is a visiting lecturer for public building law at the University of Münster (Germany) and a member of, inter alia, the Infrastructure, Urban Development and Construction Committee (Fachausschuss Stadtentwicklung und Infrastruktur, des Branchenausschusses Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft) of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and of the Real Estate Working Group (Arbeitskreis Immobilienwirtschaft) of the Association of Berlin-Based Merchants and Industrialists (Verein Berliner Kaufleute und Industrieller, VBKI). He regularly publishes articles on public building and public procurement law in reference books and specialist journals.

Education

Dr Martin Fleckenstein studied law at the Universities of Göttingen and Freiburg i. Br. (Germany), where he was awarded his doctorate for a thesis on a legal history topic in 1991.

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Public sector > Planning and environment

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.