Noerr retains a strong market position in environmental and planning law, advising on energy, infrastructure and high-tech regulatory matters. The team handles a diverse workload, recently focused on battery regulation, CO₂ pooling and major technology-sector projects. Carsten Bringmann in Düsseldorf advises across energy, environmental and construction law, while the practice plays a central role in supporting wind-energy development, both onshore and offshore, as part of wider efforts to stabilise Germany’s energy supply. The arrival of Gabriele Haas from Dentons in September 2024 further strengthened the group’s capacity for energy-law and regulatory mandates.
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- 'Christof Federwisch leads Noerr's advising on our projects with extensive and highly profitable experience regarding renewable energy projects and has excellent legal knowledge of the entire regulatory legal framework.'
- 'We have worked with Noerr's Energy & Infrastructure team for almost two years on a wide range of renewable energy projects. The entire Noerr team always provides excellent legal advice within a very short time. It works pragmatically and solution-oriented, whereby legal and economic considerations are profitably incorporated into the advisory process.'
Work highlights
Representing Amazon Deutschland GmbH in an administrative procedure concerning business-critical systems and processes for managing logistics centres. At the first instance, we successfully achieved the annulment of the decision issued by the authority. The authority has appealed this judgment to the OVG.
Advising Mazda Motor Europe on the new CO2 pool for 2025 to comply with the EU CO2 fleet average requirements and avoid significant penalty payments. The CO2 pool includes Tesla as pool manager and numerous other automakers (Stellantis, Ford, Toyota, Subaru etc.). The advice also covers the ongoing regulatory change concerning the CO2 requirements.
Advising Hamburger Energiewerke on the acquisition of an industrial property in Hamburg-Moorfleet, and providing regulatory guidance, including usage and operational management agreements, for the repurposing of the former coal-fired power plant in Hamburg-Moorburg and the construction of an initial 100 MW hydrogen plant as part of the Green Hydrogen Hub project.
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Christian Alexander Mayer
Practice head
Christian A. Mayer
Other key lawyers
Holger Schmitz; Peter Bachmann; Christof Federwisch; Gabriele Haas; Bärbel Sachs; Carsten Bringmann; Ines Coenen; Joachim Rung; Elena Marks