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Janina heads up the Practice Group Projects, Energy & Infrastructure. She advises national and international clients on infrastructure projects and major industrial plant construction projects in Germany and abroad throughout 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.
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 |
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
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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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