We advise, above all, cities and municipalities, other local authorities, and their companies and operations in virtually all areas of administrative law—including, in particular, municipal law; building, planning, and regional planning law; constitutional law; tax law; and environmental protection law. Several of our attorneys are specialists in administrative law; they are authors of numerous professional publications and regularly give lectures and organize workshops and in-house seminars.
Municipal law
- Preparation of draft resolutions for committees and presentation in committee meetings
- Clarification of municipal law issues
- Preparation of assessments
- Support during disputes with municipal supervisory authorities
- Assistance to the administration in drafting notices
- Drafting and revision of municipal statutes
- Moderation in conflict-prone topics (e.g., housing construction, densification, wind energy)
- Drafting of public law contracts (e.g., urban development contracts, transfer agreements)
- Representation of municipalities and counties before administrative courts
Constitutional law
- Representation in local constitutional complaint proceedings before constitutional courts
- Legal assessments regarding constitutional issues, in particular on financial constitutional law
Public fiscal law
Statute counseling and representation during legal proceedings relating to:
- Contributions for development and road improvements
- Connection fees
- User charges (water and sewage fees, cemetery fees, fire department fees, etc.)
- Repairs and compensation
- Parental contributions
- Environmental charges (wastewater levy, water maintenance levy, water use charge, etc.)
- Tourism contributions
- Local taxes
Regional and state planning
- Preparation, amendment, and cancellation of regional plans (in particular with regard to the designation of areas suitable for wind power, priority and reserved areas for raw materials, securing open spaces)
- State planning (central-location system, objectives and principles of regional planning)
- Control of retail trade enterprises
- Proceedings to obtain permission to deviate from a planning objective
- Counseling for cities, municipalities, counties, and regional planning communities and associations
- Judicial review of standards proceedings before the Higher Administrative Courts (nationwide) and before the Federal Administrative Court
Day care
Counseling and representation during legal proceedings relating to:
- Financing of day care centers
- Collection of parental contributions
- Issue of operating licenses
- Requirement planning
- Operator agreements
- Specific problems of labor law, data protection law, and trademark law in day care centers
Environmental protection law
- Emissions protection law, especially plant-related approval procedures
- Environmental impact assessment
- Renewable energy sources
- Representation in public hearings
- Nature conservation law
- Water law
- Contaminated sites and soil protection law