Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Prix à l'honneur

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for energy law

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.

CV

Since 2010 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2006 – 2010 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2005 – 2006 Doctoral degree, University of Hamburg

Carrière

Since 2010 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2006 – 2010 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2005 – 2006 Doctoral degree, University of Hamburg

Formation

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

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

Groupes & 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)

Langues étrangères

Prix et distinctions

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Experience

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.

CEE Group on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen

Comprehensive legal advice to the asset manager CEE Group, specialised in renewable energies, on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen as well as legal advice on complex construction agreements, various issues concerning the permitting and the zoning plan procedures as well as in connection with the sale of the electricity to be generated.

Carsten Bartholl

Jasmin Schlee

Dr. Angela Menges

Dr. Markus Böhme, LL.M. (Nottingham)

Hannes Tutt

Galya Stareva, LL.M. (Hamburg)

Dieter Lang, LL.M.Eur.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Dr. Philipp Behrendt, LL.M. (UNSW)

Kerstin Bär, LL.M. (Bristol, UK)

”MHI Vestas Offshore Wind on Project Agreements for Offshore Wind Park “Deutsche Bucht”

The Danish-Japanese wind turbine manufacturer, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (joint venture between Danish Vestas and Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) on the drafting and negotiation of project contracts for the German offshore wind farm “Deutsche Bucht”.

Press release

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Development and construction of various large-scale photovoltaic projects worldwide

Various investors, developers and operators of photovoltaic projects on the development and construction of various large scale photovoltaic projects worldwide. Our advice includes providing advice on plant construction/project contracts, EPC contracts, EEG, planning law, real estate and corporate law.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Dieter Lang, LL.M.Eur.

Dr. Markus Böhme, LL.M. (Nottingham)

A listed technology group on the construction of various satellite projects

A listed technology group on the construction of various satellite projects.

Dr. Michael Baumhauer

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

World leading supplier of integrated automated supply chain technology regarding engineering and construction of a Middle East distribution centre

A world leading supplier of integrated automated supply chain technology, on the engineering and construction of a fully automated distribution centre in the Middle East, and drafting and negotiating the respective EPC contract (FIDIC-based).

Timo Stellpflug

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Actualités et publications récentes

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Énergie et infrastructure

Speeding up the energy transition - the new German government’s plans for gas and steam power plants and its quest for the right technology for renewable energy

8 mai 2025

par plusieurs auteurs

Énergie et infrastructure

Update - Change of government opens the door to carbon capture and storage and carbon capture and utilisation

17 avril 2025

Briefing

par plusieurs auteurs

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Projets Internationaux, Énergie & Infrastructure

Coalition Agreement 2025: are the brakes still on for car toll charges?

16 avril 2025

Briefing

par plusieurs auteurs

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Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Legal 500 2025

Expertise

Services et Groupes

Secteurs

CV

Carrière

Formation

Publications

Groupes & Associations

Langues étrangères

Prix et distinctions

Legal 500 2025

Legal 500 2025

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Experience

Vestas Wind Systems on Project Agreements for the Offshore Wind Farm Baltic Eagle

CEE Group on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen

”MHI Vestas Offshore Wind on Project Agreements for Offshore Wind Park “Deutsche Bucht”

Development and construction of various large-scale photovoltaic projects worldwide

A listed technology group on the construction of various satellite projects

World leading supplier of integrated automated supply chain technology regarding engineering and construction of a Middle East distribution centre

Actualités et publications récentes

Speeding up the energy transition - the new German government’s plans for gas and steam power plants and its quest for the right technology for renewable energy

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Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Legal 500 2025

Expertise

Services et Groupes

Secteurs

CV

Carrière

Formation

Publications

Groupes & Associations

Langues étrangères

Prix et distinctions

Legal 500 2025

Legal 500 2025

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Experience

Vestas Wind Systems on Project Agreements for the Offshore Wind Farm Baltic Eagle

CEE Group on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen

”MHI Vestas Offshore Wind on Project Agreements for Offshore Wind Park “Deutsche Bucht”

Development and construction of various large-scale photovoltaic projects worldwide

A listed technology group on the construction of various satellite projects

World leading supplier of integrated automated supply chain technology regarding engineering and construction of a Middle East distribution centre

Actualités et publications récentes

Speeding up the energy transition - the new German government’s plans for gas and steam power plants and its quest for the right technology for renewable energy

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