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Environmental Law in Germany - Our Expertise
April 2019
Senior AssociateDusseldorf
Email sebastian.graeler@hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 211 13 68 422
LanguagesEnglish, German
Practice groupGlobal Regulatory
"Highly committed and competent"
Legal 500 Germany, 2018
Sebastian Gräler advises companies and the public sector on all aspects of public law. He focuses on public commercial law and regulated industries and represents his clients in administrative proceedings and legal disputes in all instances. A major focus of his work is environmental law.
Based on his longstanding political activities Sebastian has a wide experience with public authorities and decision makers. Furthermore he has many years of experience as committee member in municipal companies.
Sebastian studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Munster and University of Sheffield (UK). At the same time, he worked for the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (Graduate School of the German Police) in the public law sector. During his legal training with the Higher Regional Court Hamm, he also worked at the Federal Cartel Authority as well as in our Dusseldorf and New York City offices. For his outstanding achievements in the First and Second State Exam he was awarded by the Friends of the Jurisprudence at the University of Munster and the Government of North-Rhine Westphalia.
Sebastian is visiting lecturer for European and international business law at the University of Wuppertal.
Education
Dr. iur., University of Münster, 2018
Second State Exam in Law, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2016
First State Exam in Law, University of Münster, 2011
Advice of world-leading automotive manufacturers on environmental law.
Advice of a world-leading confectionary manufacturer on environmental law.
Defense counsel of a national company in a regulatory proceeding regarding the violation of the European Timber Regulation.
Advice of STEAG GmbH in a permitting procedure re a gas and steam power plant
Judicial representation of a leading manufacturer of electrical appliances in proceedings against Stiftung EAR.