Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel

Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel

Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel

Hamburg

T +49 40 18067 16639

Lawyer
Partner
Industries Energy , Mobility & Logistics

Areas of practice

Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel specialises in national, European and international climate protection law (climate protection laws, climate actions, Supply Chain Sourcing Obligations Act, emissions trading and German Renewable Energy Act (EEG)), environmental law with all its aspects (immission control law, water and waste law), information access law (German Freedom of Information Act (IFG), German Environmental Information Act (UIG) and transparency laws) and “environmental compliance”. His advice is solution-oriented, entrepreneurial and future-oriented. The latter is also the reason why he advises on all legal issues relating to the use of hydrogen. His services further cover the future topic of drones and he also sits on the relevant advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Transport.

He has been instructed to act on behalf of listed companies as well as owner-managed and medium-sized companies from the chemical industry, energy supply, wood-based materials industry, ceramic industry, paper, cardboard and board industry, thermal waste treatment plants and numerous associations.

In the Corona-crisis, he protects the production and the supply chains of his national and international clients and their strategic industries against closure orders under infection control law. 

Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel regularly publishes on current topics and gives lectures on current environmental law issues. He is also a lecturer on environmental and energy law (Berlin School of Economics and Law).

Practices
Vita

Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel studied law in Göttingen (Germany) and international business management. He obtained his doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Peine on European environmental law. He has worked for Luther since 2004 and was based in Luther’s Berlin office until 2008.

He is the editor of the magazine on emission control law and emissions trading: “Zeitschrift für Immissionsschutzrecht und Emissionshandel - I + E” and co-author of the commentaries on the German Environmental Information Act (UIG), as well as author of the “Corporate Compliance Checklists”. In addition, he is a founding member and a member of the supervisory board of the Association IZD (Industrie.Zukunft.Deutschland e.V.) and vice chairman of “Treibshausgasneutralität (STN)”, a charity that he founded. Furthermore, he is a lecturer for environmental law and energy law (Berlin School of Economics and Law).

Honors and distinctions
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Nomination in the category "Public Law - Environmental and Planning Law" (first nomination in 2014)
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2019: Nomination in the category "Tax Law"
  • Best Lawyers 2024: Recommendation in "Public Law" (first recommendation in 2021)
Pressreviews
  • "Now the era of climate lawsuits is beginning" | Quote in the German daily newspaper DIE WeLT, 03.09.2021
  • "Companies must fight for every euro to reduce their energy costs to a level they can cope with" | Quote in the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, 01.09.2021
  • "'Absolutely incomprehensible': Industry warns of existential threat from EU climate plans" | Quote in the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, 13.08.2021
  • "Industry privileges highly at risk" | Quote in the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, 13.07.2021
  • "Lawsuits in preparation" | Quote in the German Sunday newspaper WeLT AM SONNTAG, 06.06.2021 – Cover page
  • "When in doubt, for the prosecutor" | Quote in the German Sunday newspaper WeLT AM SONNTAG, 06.06.2021
  • "Green Party wants to reduce carbon pricing burden on small and medium-sized businesses" | Quote in the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, 02.02.2021
  • "Risk of more bureaucracy and less liquidity in industry as a result of carbon pricing" | Quote in the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, 27.10.2020
  • "Special status for green electricity" | Quote in the German Sunday newspaper WeLT AM SONNTAG, 11.10.2020
  • "Green electricity to become a matter of 'public security' – with far-reaching consequences" | Quote in the German daily newspaper DIE WeLT, 11.10.2020
  • "Industry faces coronavirus shock in the field of electricity costs" | Quote in the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, 13.08.2020
Clients

  • Medical sector - Advising one of the largest hospitals in northern Germany on the preparation of a comprehensive feasibility study as part of the call for ideas and funding on the topic of unmanned aerial applications and individual air mobility solutions (UAS, air taxis) of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of 27 February 2019.

  • Chemical industry - Advising a North German chemical company in the context of participation in the funding project SINTEG - Schaufenster intelligente Energie - Digitale Agenda für die Energiewende of the BMWi / NEW 4.0 - Norddeutsche Energiewende

  • Paper industry - Advising one of the technologically leading paper mills in northern Germany in the context of participation in the SINTEG - Schaufenster intelligente Energie - Digitale Agenda für die Energiewende funding project of the BMWi / enera

Publications

Blog posts
Lectures