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Hans-Joachim Reck

Hans-Joachim Reck

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Hans-Joachim is an expert in municipal constitutional law, administrative law concerning trade and industry, health legislation, and energy legislation. He assists the firm in advising clients in the public sector as well as vis-á-vis policymakers and associations. Prior to that, he had worked in different leadership positions in the corporate and consultancy area for over 40 years and also active in the political arena.

 

From his work as a deputy for the German Association of Towns and Municipalities (Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund, DStGB) and managing director of the German Association of Local Public Utilities (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. ,VKU), Hans-Joachim has a broad network in the landscape of associations in Berlin and Brussels. During his political-administrative career, he successfully held, among others, the office of the Federal Director of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Germany and the position of the Secretary General of the CDU of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. There he was a member of the state parliament (Landtag) and chairman of the Economic Committee of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. As head of the central division executive management and personnel, Hans-Joachim was primarily responsible for the internationalisation strategy and the restructuring at Deutsche Telekom AG.

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CV

Since 2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2017 Of Counsel, Gleiss Lutz
2007 – 2015 Executive Managing Member/Chief Managing Director, German Association of Local Public Utilities
2006 – 2007 Partner, Heidrick & Struggles Unternehmensberatung GmbH & Co. KG (management consultancy company)
2005 – 2006 Member of the state parliaments (Landtag) of Wuppertal–West and Solingen–Gräfrath, North Rhine–Westphalia
2003 – 2006 Secretary General, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of North Rhine–Westphalia, Düsseldorf
1996 – 2003 Head of the central division executive management and personnel, followed by being head of the central division group management and sales contacts, Deutsche Telekom AG
1993 – 1996 Federal Director of the CDU Germany
1981 – 1993 Local political career, including Chief Administrative Officer of the Rhine–Bergisch administrative district
2002 Seminar on 'Finance for Senior Executives', Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
1999 Seminar on 'Marketing and Telecommunication', INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France
1998 Admitted as a lawyer, Regional Court of Cologne
1988 Eisenhower exchange fellowship, Visiting Fellow of the Federal Republic of Germany, Philadelphia, USA
1979 Second state examination
1976 Legal trainee solicitor, Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg
1974 – 1976 Student scholarship, School of Spatial Planning and Public Law (Prof. Dr. Hoppe), Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster
1971 – 1976 First state examination/law degree and political science studies, Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster

Career

Since 2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2017 Of Counsel, Gleiss Lutz
2007 – 2015 Executive Managing Member/Chief Managing Director, German Association of Local Public Utilities
2006 – 2007 Partner, Heidrick & Struggles Unternehmensberatung GmbH & Co. KG (management consultancy company)
2005 – 2006 Member of the state parliaments (Landtag) of Wuppertal–West and Solingen–Gräfrath, North Rhine–Westphalia
2003 – 2006 Secretary General, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of North Rhine–Westphalia, Düsseldorf
1996 – 2003 Head of the central division executive management and personnel, followed by being head of the central division group management and sales contacts, Deutsche Telekom AG
1993 – 1996 Federal Director of the CDU Germany
1981 – 1993 Local political career, including Chief Administrative Officer of the Rhine–Bergisch administrative district

Education

2002 Seminar on 'Finance for Senior Executives', Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
1999 Seminar on 'Marketing and Telecommunication', INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France
1998 Admitted as a lawyer, Regional Court of Cologne
1988 Eisenhower exchange fellowship, Visiting Fellow of the Federal Republic of Germany, Philadelphia, USA
1979 Second state examination
1976 Legal trainee solicitor, Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg
1974 – 1976 Student scholarship, School of Spatial Planning and Public Law (Prof. Dr. Hoppe), Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster
1971 – 1976 First state examination/law degree and political science studies, Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster

Publications

Various publications in the subject areas of media, economics and business administration law

Textbook on municipal enterprises, Dr. Otto Schmidt publishing house, Hoppe/Uechtritz/Reck, 2012

Memberships & Associations

German Association of Industrialists and Merchants, Berlin
German Parliamentary Society
European Union
German Red Cross
Berlinische Galerie (museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin)
Eisenhower Fellowships

Additional languages

English

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