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Hans-Joachim is an expert in municipal constitutional law, administrative law concerning trade and industry, health legislation, and energy legislation. He assists the firm in advising clients in the public sector as well as vis-á-vis policymakers and associations. Prior to that, he had worked in different leadership positions in the corporate and consultancy area for over 40 years and also active in the political arena.
From his work as a deputy for the German Association of Towns and Municipalities (Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund, DStGB) and managing director of the German Association of Local Public Utilities (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. ,VKU), Hans-Joachim has a broad network in the landscape of associations in Berlin and Brussels. During his political-administrative career, he successfully held, among others, the office of the Federal Director of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Germany and the position of the Secretary General of the CDU of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. There he was a member of the state parliament (Landtag) and chairman of the Economic Committee of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. As head of the central division executive management and personnel, Hans-Joachim was primarily responsible for the internationalisation strategy and the restructuring at Deutsche Telekom AG.
Since 2017 | Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing |
2016 – 2017 | Of Counsel, Gleiss Lutz |
2007 – 2015 | Executive Managing Member/Chief Managing Director, German Association of Local Public Utilities |
2006 – 2007 | Partner, Heidrick & Struggles Unternehmensberatung GmbH & Co. KG (management consultancy company) |
2005 – 2006 | Member of the state parliaments (Landtag) of Wuppertal–West and Solingen–Gräfrath, North Rhine–Westphalia |
2003 – 2006 | Secretary General, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of North Rhine–Westphalia, Düsseldorf |
1996 – 2003 | Head of the central division executive management and personnel, followed by being head of the central division group management and sales contacts, Deutsche Telekom AG |
1993 – 1996 | Federal Director of the CDU Germany |
1981 – 1993 | Local political career, including Chief Administrative Officer of the Rhine–Bergisch administrative district |
2002 | Seminar on 'Finance for Senior Executives', Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA |
1999 | Seminar on 'Marketing and Telecommunication', INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France |
1998 | Admitted as a lawyer, Regional Court of Cologne |
1988 | Eisenhower exchange fellowship, Visiting Fellow of the Federal Republic of Germany, Philadelphia, USA |
1979 | Second state examination |
1976 | Legal trainee solicitor, Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg |
1974 – 1976 | Student scholarship, School of Spatial Planning and Public Law (Prof. Dr. Hoppe), Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster |
1971 – 1976 | First state examination/law degree and political science studies, Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster |
Various publications in the subject areas of media, economics and business administration law Textbook on municipal enterprises, Dr. Otto Schmidt publishing house, Hoppe/Uechtritz/Reck, 2012 |
German Association of Industrialists and Merchants, Berlin German Parliamentary Society European Union German Red Cross Berlinische Galerie (museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin) Eisenhower Fellowships |
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Actualités et publications récentes
Medical devices & the EU draft regulation on AI – new challenges for my business?
par plusieurs auteurs
Corporate social responsibility ESG: equal pay for men and women
par Maxime van Dort
Spotlight on sustainability: the European directive for consumer empowerment in the green transition
par Nick Strous et Emma Kranendonk
Updating the National Hydrogen Strategy
par Dr. Niels L. Lange, LL.M. (Stellenbosch) et Dr. Janina Pochhammer