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Dr Alexander Köpfler

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Work Department

Construction & Engineering; Planning & Environment; Real Estate; Logistics & Transport

Position

Salary Partner 

Alexander Koepfler primarily advises project developers, constructors, investors and property owners. He specialises in public law in relation to real estate.

Many of the projects he has coordinated range from office buildings and high-rise residential buildings to accommodation development, shopping malls, sites for clinical institutions, distribution properties and projects in the area of renewable energies. The focus of his practice is on the procurement of building permits, assuming the defence in the area of construction law against actions brought by third parties and coordinating real estate transactions (due diligence). In this context, Alexander particularly advises clients on preparing development plans, the execution of building permission and planning permission procedures, the defence of lawsuits brought by neighbours, the conclusion of contracts for urban development, as well as on any compliance issues related to real estate.

Career

• Since 2008 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
• 2006 – 2008 Legal clerkship, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main

Languages

German, English

Education

• 2008 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
• 2008 Second state examination, Gießen
• 2008 Doctoral degree on a theme of administrative law, University of Bayreuth
• 2006 – 2008 Legal clerkship, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main
• 2004 – 2006 Working on doctoral degree
• 2004 First state examination, Gießen
• 1999 – 2004 Legal degree, Justus–Liebig–University, Gießen