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Dr. Alexander Köpfler
Dr. Alexander Köpfler

Dr. Alexander Köpfler

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Alexander primarily advises project developers, constructors, investors and property owners. He specialises in public law in relation to real estate. Many of the projects he has coordinated range from office buildings and high-rise residential buildings to accommodation development, shopping malls, sites for clinical institutions, distribution properties and projects in the area of renewable energies.

 

The focus of his practice is on the procurement of building permits, assuming the defence in the area of construction law against actions brought by third parties and coordinating real estate transactions (due diligence). In this context, Alexander particularly advises clients on preparing development plans, the execution of building permission and planning permission procedures, the defence of lawsuits brought by neighbours, the conclusion of contracts for urban development, as well as on any compliance issues related to real estate.

Expertise

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Environmental, planning & regulatory
Public sector
Public building and planning law

Sectors

Real estate

CV

Since 2008 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2008 Legal clerkship, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main
2008 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2008 Second state examination, Gießen
2008 Doctoral degree on a theme of administrative law, University of Bayreuth
2006 – 2008 Legal clerkship, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main
2004 – 2006 Working on doctoral degree
2004 First state examination, Gießen
1999 – 2004 Legal degree, Justus–Liebig–University, Gießen

Career

Since 2008 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2008 Legal clerkship, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main

Education

2008 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2008 Second state examination, Gießen
2008 Doctoral degree on a theme of administrative law, University of Bayreuth
2006 – 2008 Legal clerkship, Gießen and Frankfurt am Main
2004 – 2006 Working on doctoral degree
2004 First state examination, Gießen
1999 – 2004 Legal degree, Justus–Liebig–University, Gießen

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 Germany 2021

Featured

Next Generation Lawyer: environemtal planning & regulatory

Legal 500 Germany 2020

Next Generation Partner - Germany

Experience

Providing comprehensive real estate legal advice (especially in planning law) for one of the largest German trading companies

A leading German trading company on their retail property portfolio, advising on project developments across numerous locations in Germany (advising on both the modernisation and expansion of the branch network) in addition to advising on administrative compliance, environmental due diligence and protecting the portfolio against potential attack from third parties.

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