Attorney Dr. Vera Dörrfuß is team member of the public law team awarded by JUVE.

Vera Dörrfuß studied law at the University of Heidelberg, specializing in German and European administrative law. She completed her legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Stuttgart and worked at OPPENLÄNDER, a state parliamentary group in the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg and the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Dublin. Dr. Vera Dörrfuß joined OPPENLÄNDER as a lawyer in 2023. While working, she completed her doctorate at the University of Jena with a thesis on climate protection and sustainability in passenger transportation law.

Vera Dörrfuß is a member of the International Commission of Jurists and the German Women Lawyers Association (djb).

Languages: English, French

Expertise

Vera Dörrfuß advises as a lawyer on various issues of public commercial law, in particular on German and European administrative law as well as on sector-specific public procurement law in the transport sector. A particular focus is legal advice on the subject of mobility and local public transport.

News

02. September 2025

OPPENLÄNDER successfully advises the Hermann Hesse Railway Association in the planning approval process for the reactivation of the railway line from Weil der Stadt to Calw

On behalf of the special-purpose association, Prof. Dr Christofer Lenz, Dr Thorsten Gerhard, Dr Maximilian Stützel, Dr Vera Dörrfuß and Dr Maximilian Gerhold have been providing support over the past few months with environmental and construction law issues relating to the reactivation of the remaining tunnel facilities in Forst and Hirsau.

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25. October 2024

JUVE honors OPPENLÄNDER as Law Firm of the Year 2024 for Public Commercial Law

JUVE Verlag has recognized OPPENLÄNDER's public commercial law practice for its expertise and development.

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18. December 2023

Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt a. M. (VGF) once again commissioned to provide public transport rail services

On 15 December 2023, the municipal council of the City of Frankfurt am Main decided to commission its municipal transport company, Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF), to provide public rail transport services for the City of Frankfurt am Main for a further 22.5 years.

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25. January 2023

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens mobility team with new lawyer

Since 16 January 2023, lawyer Vera Dörrfuß has strengthened OPPENLÄNDER's mobility team around partners Dr. Corina Jürschik and Prof. Dr. Lenz.

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Vita

  • Doctorate

    2024
  • Admitted as lawyer since

    2023
  • Legal traineeship in Stuttgart

    2020-2022
  • Academic assistant in a major law firm in Mannheim

    2017-2021
  • Studies in Heidelberg

    2015-2020