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Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

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Janina heads the Projects & Infrastructure practice group. She advises national and international clients on infrastructure projects and large-scale industrial plant construction projects in Germany and abroad over their entire life cycle.

Whether mega yachts, offshore wind farms or production plants in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, Janina negotiates project agreements (in particular plant construction, supply and service agreements, EPC and EPCM contracts) on behalf of her clients, assists in the implementation of the projects in claims management and enforces her clients’ rights in litigation before state courts and in national and international arbitration proceedings (including ICC or DIS rules). In addition to Janina’s many years of experience and extensive knowledge of the industry, clients particularly value her pragmatic approach and negotiating skills.

Expertise

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Projects, energy & infrastructure
Disputes & investigations
Construction & engineering
International arbitration
Shipbuilding
Industrial plants
Industry 4.0
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Energy & infrastructure
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Logistics & transport
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CV

Since 2010 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2010 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2005 – 2006 Doctoral degree, University of Hamburg
2003 – 2005 Legal trainee solicitor
2006 Established and admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2005 – 2006 Doctoral degree in contract and construction law
2003 – 2005 Legal training with postings at the General Consulate in Cape Town, South Africa as well as large international law firms
2003 Additional studies in commercial law
1996 – 2002 Legal studies, Universities of Hamburg and Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
1995 Abitur/A–Levels, King's College, Somerset, England

Career

Since 2010 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2010 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2005 – 2006 Doctoral degree, University of Hamburg
2003 – 2005 Legal trainee solicitor

Education

2006 Established and admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2005 – 2006 Doctoral degree in contract and construction law
2003 – 2005 Legal training with postings at the General Consulate in Cape Town, South Africa as well as large international law firms
2003 Additional studies in commercial law
1996 – 2002 Legal studies, Universities of Hamburg and Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
1995 Abitur/A–Levels, King's College, Somerset, England

Publications

National and International Hydrogen Strategies; Event: Offshore Wind & Hydrogen - Joint Opportunities in the North Sea Region; together with Dr. Niels Lange; 06/2023

Urban Air Mobility – Operation of Air Taxis – Part 2, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, edition #22, June 2019

Urban Air Mobility – Operation of Air Taxis – Part 1, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, edition #22, June 2019

Info-Film: Maritim 4.0 - Digitalisierung der maritimen Wirtschaft, 09/2018

Design Lifetime - Haftung auch für die tatsächliche Lebensdauer? Offshore Wind: Vertragsgestaltung im deutschen Recht vor dem Hintergrund der Entscheidung des UK Supreme Court zur Haftung einer Fundamentlieferantin vom 3.8.2017 ((2017) UKSC 59), EnWZ 2017, S. 441 ff., Dr. Janina Pochhammer/André Guskow, LL.M.

Praxishandbuch „Schnittstellenmanagement Offshore Wind“, 2. Auflage, Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg (Hrsg.), Carsten Bartholl, Dr. Janina Pochhammer, Martin Launer, Dr. Peter Seemann, 2017

Offshore-Windenergie aus der rechtlichen Perspektive, co-author of the Hamburger Handbuchs der Erneuerbaren Energien Hamburg

 

Memberships & Associations

EEHH (Cluster Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg)
VSM (Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V.)
GMT (Gesellschaft für Maritime Technik e.V.)
Logistik-Initiative Hamburg e.V.
EWMD (European Women's Management Development International Network)

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Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

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Best lawyers: Real estate law

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for energy law

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for Construction (including construction litigation)

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Leading individual: Real Estate Law

Recommended lawyer industry focus energy

Recommended lawyer for plant construction and construction including construction litigation

Frequently recommended lawyer: energy law

Leading individual: Real Estate Law

Leading individual: Real Estate Law

'Janina Pochhammer has a very structured and extremely fast way of working and is characterized by a high level of commitment and very professional advice.'

"Janina Pochhammer has a very structured and extremely fast way of working and is characterized by a high level of commitment and very professional advice."

Frequently recommended for Energy Sector: Regulatory and Transaction/Finance

"keeps the overview even in complex situations", client

Experience

International manufacturer of gas turbines and drive systems on supply contracts

Advice on supply contracts for gas turbine-generator unitsused in combined heat and power plants

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Encavis on the acqusition of a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Hettstedt

Advice to Encavis AG on plant construction agreements in connection with the acquisition of a BESS project ready to be built in Hettstedt.

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Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Dr. Niels L. Lange, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Leading manufacturer of intralogistics solutions and systems in the field of warehouse logistics and warehouse automation in numerous logistics plant construction projects

Advice on several plant construction projects (logistics, process automation) in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Poland.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Timo Stellpflug

Greentech on the realisation and sale of the Agethorst solar park

Comprehensive legal advice on the negotiation and execution of the EPC contract with several bidders for the Agethorst solar park (70.6 MWp) in Schleswig-Holstein.

Press release
Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Dr. Niels L. Lange, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

International building materials group on the construction of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant

Advice on project contracts for design, engineering and construction (FEED, EPC) in connection with the construction of a complex carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant consisting of several large-scale facilities.

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Dr. Jana Berberich

International pharmaceutical company on a chemical production plant and a wastewater oxidation plant

Advice in connection with the expansion of a chemical production plant and on the drafting and negotiation of the EPC contract for the construction of a wastewater oxidation plant.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Leading German pharmaceutical company on pharmaceutical production plants

Advice on the planning and construction of several large pharmaceutical production plants. Advice on planning and construction contracts as well as advice during construction and in claims management.

Selina Schätzlein Liang
Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Vestas on project agreements for largest German offshore wind farm Nordlicht 1

Advice to Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas on the drafting and negotiation of the project agreements for Vattenfall‘s offshore wind farm Nordlicht 1. The contracts cover the delivery and installation of 68 V236-15.0 MW turbines, including their service and maintenance. Nordlicht 1 will be the largest offshore wind project in Germany.

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Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Dr. Jana Berberich
Henning von der Blumensaat, LL.M. (Emory)
Dr. Niels L. Lange, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Vestas on Project Agreements with RWE for Offshore Wind Project Nordseecluster A

Advice to Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas on the negotiations for the project agreements with RWE for the German offshore wind project Nordseecluster A. The agreements with RWE provide for the supply, delivery and commissioning of 44 wind turbines of the type V236-15.0 MW and include a 5-year service agreement followed by an operational support agreement.

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Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Hauke Bornschein, LL.M.
Henning von der Blumensaat, LL.M. (Emory)
Dr. Niels L. Lange, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Dr. Jana Berberich
Jasmin Schlee
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Vestas Wind Systems on Project Agreements for the Offshore Wind Farm Baltic Eagle

Comprehensive legal advice to the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas on the negotiations of the project agreements for the German offshore wind farm Baltic Eagle (476 MW). Subject of the agreements with Spanish utility Iberdrola is the supply and installation of 50 units of the wind turbine V174-9.5MV with a rotor blade diameter of 174 meters, including service and maintenance.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer
Hauke Bornschein, LL.M.

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