Find Lawyers in Germany for Construction Law
Practice Area Overview
The (non-specific) term "construction law" comprises private construction law and public construction law. Private construction law refers to the area of German civil law that deals with work contracts and construction contracts, specifically from the negotiation phase to the conclusion phase and the implementation phase (including final billing). Meanwhile, public construction law refers to the area of German public law that deals with construction projects. Public construction law furthermore distinguishes between building law (German: "Bauordnungsrecht") and construction planning law (German: "Bauplanungsrecht").
The comprehensive knowledge that our construction law consultancy is built on extends beyond the mere core understanding of construction law to understanding the boundaries of construction law to other, closely related law fields:
- Private construction law: Drafting of construction and developer contracts, presiding over contract negotiations, construction-related legal advice, litigations, contract and change-order management,
- Public construction law: Legal support during building permit, zoning and other building law mandated proceedings,
- Public-private partnerships: Legal advice in connection with public/private investment plans for infrastructure projects,
- Land law: Review and drafting of land purchase agreements,
- Architectural & engineering law: Contract drafting/negotiations, court representation (specifically receivables and liability claims),
- Tenancy law: Drafting of residential and commercial lease agreements, procedural implementation of rent increases, evictions incl. litigation involving tenant- landlord disputes,
- Broker law: Contract drafting, court representation.
Lawyers specializing in construction law should have a thorough knowledge of building codes and regulations as well as related law fields. Add to that a business-oriented mind and a basic understanding of construction project management, from concept to implementation/conclusion and beyond to marketing and management of an object. What will really make them stand out is the ability to offer the kind of legal advice that closes the gaps between different, related law fields under one roof.
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Born in Hamburg in 1963, Alexander Baden studied from 1982-1988 in Passau and Hamburg. He has been with ZENK Rechtsanwälte since 1990. Today, he focuses on real estate law and project development and is responsible for providing support for complex transactions. From 2011-2018, Mr. Baden was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BEOS AG, Berlin. For several years running, he has been listed as one of Germany’s top business lawyers in the ranking table “Germany’s Best Law...
Dr. Elmar Bickert specializes in real estate and construction law including property related energy and environmental law. He has been dealing with the entire life cycle of real estate for many years with a particular focus on project development, financing, planning, construction, modernisation, operation, management, use, as well as the acquisition and sale of property.His expertise covers real estate portfolios consisting of various asset classes and owned by national and international cli...
Prof. Dr. Antje Boldt joined RITTERSHAUS in 2021 as partner. She specialises in advising on the preparation and implementation of projects in the areas of infrastructure, school and day-care centre construction as well as health care, e.g. hospital construction. In particular, she focuses on new contract management forms of the integrated project alliance and methods from Lean Construction Management and Building Information Modelling. Antje Boldt is a professor of commercial law at the Frese...
Dr Wolfgang Breyer is an expert Construction lawyer advising leading Contractors, Engineers and Employers on some of the largest and most prominent construction and infrastructure projects (for e.g. wind parks, hydropower stations, roads and rails (tunnel and overland), offshore energy, power plants, etc.) in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and, of course, Europe. Education and Admission: · Bachelor of Law and Doctorate at Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany · Regist...
Dr. Jan Dittmann has been working at the Munich office of our law firm since 2001. During his law studies, which took him to Munich, Milan, Rome and Berkeley, Dr. Dittmann was hired as a procurator by a company that specialized in construction consulting and project development. Ever since his bar admission, he has primarily acted in an advisory capacity in real estate law, construction law as well as renewable energy laws. In addition to legal advice on real estate transactions and real esta...
Born in Lübeck in 1974, Dr. Peer Feldhahn’s career as a lawyer began in 2004. He has been a specialist in construction and architectural law since 2009.He spent the first 10 years of his career at a renowned construction law firm and the following five years as a partner in a commercial law firm. Since January 2019, Dr. Peer Feldhahn has been supporting the real estate & construction division of ZENK Rechtsanwälte. He advises clients on major projects in the contract draft...
Wendelin Frhr. v. Ketelhodt has been commissioned as a notary in Frankfurt am Main for more than 25 years and mainly carries out this activity. His notary activities not only include company start-ups, M&A transactions and notary services at company general meetings but also notarisation of property purchase agreements, developer contracts and declarations of division according to the German Condominium Act (WEG). They also include all inheritance law dispositions and contracts for compan...
Ulrike is one of the leading personalities in the field of dispute resolution - in particular for national and international arbitration. Due to her expertise, she is regularly appointed as arbitrator and advises her clients as party representative in complex proceedings. Two main core areas of Ulrike’s practice are turn-key construction (including energy related projects) and post-M&A. She relies on her extensive experience as an advisor for corporate and M&A. Furthermore, she ...
Christoph Hamm is a Partner in the Real Estate & Construction Law Practice Group in our Munich office. He’s also the Managing Director of our law firm. In his work, he primarily focuses on legal issues surrounding real estate transactions (specifically, the creation of data rooms, implementation of due diligence and contract drafting/negotiations) as well as real estate commercial law (specifically, land contracts, law of agency and tenancy law) and commercial landlord-tenant law. P...
Steffen Holatka is a lawyer who advises clients on all aspects of the building and architecture law with his particular speciality being construction-related legal consultation. He advises project developers, property developers, the investment managers of various life insurers, private building companies, engineers as well as towns, cities and local councils in connection with the realisation of medium-size and large-scale building projects. Starting with contract negotiation and drafting Mr...
Dr. Norbert Huber has been a partner at the Munich office of our law firm since September 2010. His main areas of expertise are public law, public commercial law, public procurement law and property law. Especially for the public sector (Free State of Bavaria, districts, public sector holding companies), but also for large and medium sized enterprises of these branches, Dr. Huber delivers professional and comprehensive legal advice. Among his clients are, in addition, numerous cities and comm...
Since 2012 Manuela Luft has been advising private and public-sector clients as well as building companies and planning offices in all matters associated with private building law, architecture and engineering law as well as contract awarding law. She assists clients with advice from the start of a project by, for example, taking on the drafting of contracts, any project-based legal consultation as well as representation in civil-law disputes. Apart from the creation of contract awarding proce...
Professor Dr. Oliver Moufang (Lawyer of the Year Construction Law, Hessen, 2025, 2019, 2017 & 2012) is a long-standing partner at the Frankfurt office of GSK Stockmann, a law firm specialising in real estate law. He is a certified specialist in construction and architect law. Specifically, he advises on major building projects during construction and resolves disputes both in and out of court. He is a lecturer in real estate law and an honorary professor at the RheinMain University of App...
Benedikt Murken is a certified specialist lawyer for construction and architects’ law. He is a member of the practice group real estate and construction law. Since the beginning of his professional career, Mr. Murken has been working within the field of private construction law and architects’ law. Mr. Murken is specialized in all areas of public construction law. Due to the longstanding advisory services for a number of professional liability insurance companies for architects an...
Dr. Michael Mütze is a partner with MKRG, where he specialises in the areas of private and public construction law, public procurement law and real-estate law. During the last 35 years he has gained extensive experience in supporting companies in the building industry, architects and engineers, project developers, property owners and investors. In addition, he participates in arbitration proceedings both as legal counsel and as an assessor. His specialisations include property transactio...
In his capacity as certified construction law and architects' law attorney, Jens Nehm provides advice to and represents architects, engineers and/or their offices and firms, their insurance providers as well as building contractors. His activity covers all questions of private construction law, architects' law and the law governing contracts for work and services (e.g. VOB / German Construction Tendering and Contract Regulations) with all supplementary laws and technical standards, as well as...
Dr. Wolfgang Patzelt is partner in the Munich office of RITTERSHAUS. He is a specialist lawyer for administrative law and advises project developers and investors on the fast and legally secure enforcement and structuring of building law. He advises projects in the residential/commercial/industrial sectors as well as in the renewable energy sector, primarily wind power and photovoltaics. He also represents municipalities in urban planning law. In addition to drafting development plans, he spe...
Our Partner Frank Pülschen from the Frankfurt office is a specialist attorney for tenancy and residential property law. His legal practice focuses on real estate law with an advisory focus on private and commercial landlords and tenants, real estate buyers and sellers, property managers, real estate agents, property developers, apartment owners and WEG managers private building law Frank Pülschen accompanies his clients in the area of real estate from the stage of contract initiatio...
Burkhard Rüscher Attorney Certified tenancy and condominium law attorney Specialists areas : Private building law, building contracts law, condominium law Burkhard Rüscher provides advice to and represents his clients particularly in the field of condominium law. Other areas of expertise of his activity are private building law and property developers law. From 1990 until 1995, he studied law at the University of Regensburg. He completed his post-graduate traineeship from 1995 until...
Uwe Steingröver is a lawyer and accredited specialist for construction and architectural law and a partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. He also regularly gives lectures for different suppliers. Uwe’s main focus lies on real estate law, private construction law, facilities construction law and litigation. He is a member of the German Bar Association’s Working Group on Construction Law and the Working Group on Landlord and Tenant Law, as well as the Committee...
Born in Lüneburg in 1967, Anja Teiwes studied law in Göttingen and has worked as a lawyer since 1996. She joined ZENK in 1999. Her clients consist primarily of planning offices, architects, engineers and structural engineers. Her practice focuses on all areas of architectural and engineering law, in particular on contract and fee matters. The awarding of planning services is another focus of her work, and she contributed her expertise to the “Guidelines on Procedures under the...
Law Practice Prof. Trautner is a certified specialist lawyer for public procurement law, administrative law, construction law and architectural law. The focus of his law practice is on public procurement law and EU state aid legislation. He advises private and public companies as well as contracting authorities in public procurement law matters and state aid legislative matters. Focal points here include complex construction projects like soccer stadiums and local public transportation system...
Dr. A. Olrik Vogel advises contractors, clients and planners out of court and represents them in court. He has particular experience in defending liability claims against architects and engineers. His particular expertise, however, lies in the interface area of property development and condominium law. Dr. Vogel is a long-standing member of the scientific advisory board of eid - Evangelischer Immobilienverband Deutschland e.V. He is head of the Bavarian Construction Contract Law Working Group...
Oda (Lawyer Of The Year Construction Law, Berlin, 2023) has been equity partner with GSK STOCKMANN since 2002. In her practice Oda focuses on Project Development, Construction, Architecture and Engineering as well as Dispute Resolution. She is a licensed specialist for Construction and Architects Law (Fachanwältin für Bau- und Architektenrecht). In 2016/17, Oda successfully took part in the seminar programme on the FIDIC Suite of Contracts and the VBI/FIDIC Adjudicator Assessment or...
Mr. Weinheimer works at the Firm's Munich office. He began his career in 1994 with the US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P in New York. After returning to Germany he worked for the Munich office of the law firm Schiessl, Schrank & Partner and then moved to our Firm's Munich office. Since having been admitted as an attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt) Mr. Weinheimer has worked in construction and property law. He is a member of the Property and Construction Law Practice Group. Mr. Weinhei...
Born in Pirmasens in 1973, Florian Werner studied civil engineering with a focus on structural engineering in Hamburg from 1994-1999. After several years as construction and project manager for a medium-sized foundation engineering company in Berlin and northern Germany, he came to Hamburg to study law. Mr. Werner has been a lawyer at ZENK since 2008 and a specialist in construction and architectural law since 2011. He specializes in private construction law and advises on planning, the award...
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