Specialised

Public Law

Our law firm is known for its wide-ranging expertise in public law. We cover not only an unusually wide range of subjects in administrative law but can also offer excellent capacity in even such specialised areas as constitutional law and European law as well as all public law litigation and procedural questions.

Our emphasis is on environment and planning law, the support of regulated industries and the legal questions of the public sector and its companies.

JUVE honors OPPENLÄNDER as Law Firm of the Year 2024 for its expertise in public commercial law.

Others about us

“The team at Oppenländer is quickly accessible, takes very structured approaches to our matters and provides us with extremely regular information on their statuses.”

Chambers Germany 2025

“Oppenländer’s levels of service and responsiveness are super. We always receive very good advice from it.”

Chambers Germany 2025

“The team at Oppenländer is flexible, pragmatic and kind, and it provides us with practical solutions.”

Chambers Germany 2025

“The team at Oppenländer provides us with excellent advice that is very understandable, even for legal laypersons.”

Chambers Germany 2025

“The capabilities and knowledge of the team at Oppenländer is outstanding.”

Chambers Germany 2025

“High level of expertise, very good availability, timely processing, pleasant interaction.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“Quick familiarisation with the subject matter; in-depth knowledge of administrative law; complicated administrative law contexts are summarised simply and comprehensibly, even for non-lawyers.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“The entire team is always very well prepared and quickly comes up with very good suggestions during the appointment. The implemented suggestions lead to a solution to the problem and are then implemented. Appointments can be arranged very quickly; if urgent, callbacks are made within a very short time, otherwise callbacks are made on the same day.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“First-class advice.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“”Advice tailored to our needs – and our understanding; empathy in dealing with problematic project partners; excellent expertise in the areas of advice relevant to us; mediation and pragmatic solution finding, even in complex legal problems.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“First-class expertise, reliability and friendliness are practised here and not just advertised. A special relationship of trust develops between the client and the law firm, which gives the client the security of being 100% well represented by the law firm. The involvement of partners in areas of law outside of state aid and public law immediately clarified issues and helped a great deal.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“Expertise, cooperation.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“The cooperation with the law firm was goal-oriented and effective. The team’s knowledge of EU funding guidelines and the guidelines in Germany is unrivalled.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“Outstanding expertise in the field of constitutional law.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“Very personalised advice – pleasant dealings with clients – very good knowledge of public administration and business processes in ministries.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“The law firm is characterised in particular by the fact that it not only identifies the legal problems at hand, but also presents solutions that meet the client’s formulated objectives. This is characterised by a high degree of creativity and not only by the use of traditional solutions. Meetings are conducted in a streamlined and solution-orientated manner.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“The team is young and dynamic at the same time. Everything fits. They are always up to date.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

“Very reliable, profound advice, timely preparation.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

JUVE Law Firm of the Year for Public Law in Germany 2024.

JUVE-Handbuch 2024/2025

“Many years of experience in practice and teaching, good mix of partners and associates, very well educated and continuously trained lawyers”.

Legal 500 2023

“Very friendly, they listen very carefully and coordinate the next steps closely with their colleagues and the client. Regular reporting on progress is a matter of course.”

Legal 500 2023

“Compared to other law firms, very fast, stringent and efficient. Complex issues are dealt with as a team, which leads to good solutions”.

Legal 500 2023

“Very strong team in public transport, procurement and state aid law”.

Legal 500 2023

“Oppenländer brings such a wealth of practical knowledge to the practice area of state aid law that a quick understanding of the client’s problem situation is immediately effective and that, as a result, guidance on the right way to deal with state aid law is already brought to bear in the basic conversation. This quality speaks for itself. Time, nerves and budgets are saved and help is given wisely”.

Legal 500 2023

“Outstanding legal knowledge, quick turnaround and always a suitable solution at hand”.

Legal 500 2023

“The lawyers at the Oppenländer law firm have outstanding legal expertise and have a suitable solution ready in every situation, no matter how difficult. They work transparently and are always available, even under the greatest pressure. They are close to their clients and their needs; pragmatic, fast and precise; legally absolutely sound”.

Legal 500 2023

“Exemplary accessibility – in terms of quick callbacks, availability outside normal working hours and commitment. The interests of the client are always paramount. Actions without success, but which would bring remuneration for the firm, are referred to as such”.

Legal 500 2023

“Very client and goal oriented. Good internal networking.“

Legal 500 2022, Environment and Corporate Law

“Highly competent, quick, reliable and solution-oriented team.“

Legal 500 2022, Environment and Planning Law

“Good structure of the law firm, relationship partners to associates well-balanced, good task distribution, clear jurisdiction and responsibilities in dealing with the case.“

Legal 500 2022, Commercial Administrative Law

Focuses

Construction & Planning Law

We have special experience in representing companies and public bodies in connection with major retail projects and the location or expansion of businesses. We represent the participants in planning approval proceedings.

State Aid Law

We have built up special expertise in European subvention law and act to a considerable extent for various state levels and companies.

Constitutional Law

Our constitutional law work for companies, associations, politicians and the public sector is known nationwide.

Regulated Industries

We have systematically built-up public law know-how for dealing with important regulated industries – transport, energy, health, media, water supply and the financial market.

The Public Sector

We advise the public sector and its companies comprehensively. Most frequent are restructuring, cooperation, merger, privatisation and reinstatement projects.

Environmental Law

We support production and distribution companies in environmental law relating to plants and products including raw material extraction and energy generation.

Political Party Law

Because of our long and successful work for parliaments, governments, ministers, members of parliament, parliamentary parties (Fraktionen) and political parties, we are well-informed about legal issues in politics.

Freedom of Information Law

We have conducted many proceedings on general freedom of information law and specifically the right of access to environmental information up to the European Court of Justice and our know-how is appreciated both by the public sector and private companies.

European Law

We represent our clients before the European Commission and in European law proceedings before the European Court of Justice.

Human Rights Complaints

We are one of the few law firms representing clients in the enforcement of commercial and procedural rights before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.