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Dr. Katharina Schwengel

Dr. Katharina Schwengel

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Katharina advises and represents clients in the field of public law in securing their business locations. The focus of her work is on advising retail companies on planning law.

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Environmental, planning & regulatory

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Consumer & retail

CV

Since 2026 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2025 Research Assistant at a boutique law firm specialized in Public Commercial and Economic Law
2018 - 2022 Research Assistant at Ruhr University Bochum
2025 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2022 - 2024 Legal clerkship, Düsseldorf District with station at the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia
2028 - 2023 Ph.D. at Ruhr University Bochum
2019 First state examination, Düsseldorf
2013 - 2018 Legal Studies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Career

Since 2026 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2025 Research Assistant at a boutique law firm specialized in Public Commercial and Economic Law
2018 - 2022 Research Assistant at Ruhr University Bochum

Education

2025 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2022 - 2024 Legal clerkship, Düsseldorf District with station at the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia
2028 - 2023 Ph.D. at Ruhr University Bochum
2019 First state examination, Düsseldorf
2013 - 2018 Legal Studies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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