Private construction law

We advise clients and contractors in all life cycle phases of a construction project (finance, design, build, operate). Some of our experts’ activities are described below:

  • Enforcement of claims for medium-sized specialist civil engineering companies against a major international construction company (value in dispute > EUR5m) and client from the transport sector (value in dispute > EUR1.5m) in railway construction projects
  • Advising the project company on large-scale urban construction project (volume approx. EUR1m) in countering planner addenda (value in dispute > EUR2.5m) in Baden-Württemberg as well as project-specific advice under construction law and construction for large-scale urban construction project in North Rhine-Westphalia, incl. anti-claim management towards construction industry, planner and construction supervisor (value in dispute > EUR5m)
  • Project-specific construction advice for the construction and conversion of a new cultural and education centre and an indoor swimming pool in Schleswig-Holstein as well as for the construction of a new administration building of a waste management company in North Rhine-Westphalia (value in dispute > EUR1m)
  • Judicial defence against supplementary claims (incl. disrupted construction process) incl. mediation for public utilities in Schleswig-Holstein (value in dispute > EUR1.5m)
    Various independent processes of taking evidence for road construction companies against mixed-material suppliers and quarries
  • Judicial and arbitration defence of claims of the construction industry against a large city in North Rhine-Westphalia (value in dispute approx. kEUR500) and against special-purpose wastewater association in Bavaria (value in dispute approx. kEUR500)
  • Defence against supplementary claims for developers of a new 4* hotel building in Lower Saxony including conciliation (value in dispute > EUR1m)

Our lawyers for this expertise

Carsten Wittenberg

Carsten Wittenberg

Partner
Carsten Schmidt, LL.M.

Carsten Schmidt, LL.M.

Partner
Jacob Scheffen

Jacob Scheffen

Partner
Robin Lorenz

Robin Lorenz

Associate
Valérie Skrodzki

Valérie Skrodzki

Senior Associate
Frederike Covolo

Frederike Covolo

Senior Associate
Jan W. Fleßenkämper

Jan W. Fleßenkämper

Associate
Jasmin Kruse

Jasmin Kruse

Associate
Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Schmidt

Associate
Eva Peters

Eva Peters

Associate
Simone Wittenberg

Simone Wittenberg

Associate