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Nele Sutmeier

Nele Sutmeier

Salary Partner & Knowledge Lawyer

  • Duesseldorf Germany
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Recommended lawyer for the public sector: planning and environment

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Nele advises and represents clients in the field of public construction law, in particular in the development of property projects. The focus of her work is on advising retail companies on construction planning law.

Nele is also part of the Knowledge & Innovation team. Taylor Wessing's Knowledge & Innovation team consists of specialised lawyers and legal engineers who work together to develop strategic methods, technologies and innovative solutions to optimally prepare and digitalise legal expertise for client advice.

Nele works closely with clients to develop customised technology solutions.

Expertise

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Environmental, planning & regulatory

CV

Since 2025 Salary Partner & Knowledge Lawyer
2024 Senior Associate & Knowledge Lawyer
2022 - 2024 Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2022 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2017 Research Assistant Lenz und Johlen, Cologne
2016 Second state examination
2014 – 2016 Legal clerkship, Regional Court of Krefeld, including postings at Taylor Wessing
2014 Stay abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
2014 First state examination
2009 – 2014 Legal studies, University in Passau and Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster

Career

Since 2025 Salary Partner & Knowledge Lawyer
2024 Senior Associate & Knowledge Lawyer
2022 - 2024 Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2022 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2016 - 2017 Research Assistant Lenz und Johlen, Cologne
2016 Second state examination
2014 – 2016 Legal clerkship, Regional Court of Krefeld, including postings at Taylor Wessing
2014 Stay abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
2014 First state examination
2009 – 2014 Legal studies, University in Passau and Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster

Memberships & Associations

Legal Tech Association Germany

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2026

Featured

Recommended lawyer for the public sector: planning and environment

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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