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Birte Zeitner

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  • Duesseldorf Germany
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Birte advises clients on all matters of public planning and environmental law. One of her main areas of practice is advising companies on issues relating to immission control law, soil protection and contaminated sites law, as well as advising the public sector on infrastructure projects.

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Environmental, planning & regulatory
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Environmental law
Infrastructure planning

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Aerospace & defence
Real estate

CV

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 – 2019 Graduate research assistant, Kapellmann und Partner mbB
2018 – 2021 Legal clerkship, main office Mönchengladbach
2012 – 2018 Legal studies, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Career

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 – 2019 Graduate research assistant, Kapellmann und Partner mbB

Education

2018 – 2021 Legal clerkship, main office Mönchengladbach
2012 – 2018 Legal studies, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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English

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