11. February 2025

OPPENLÄNDER wins organ dispute for parliament

OPPENLÄNDER Rechtsanwälte, represented by Prof. Dr Christofer Lenz and Dr Henrike Schulte, has defended a CDU member of the Saarland state parliament against a petition for a dispute between organs. The Constitutional Court of the Saarland has determined that the President of the State Parliament, Heike Winzent (SPD), did not violate any constitutional rights when she authorized searches of the member of parliament suspected of a criminal offence. The Constitutional Court expressly stated this, although the applications were already inadmissible due to the time limit and lack of authority to apply – which it also stated. In doing so, it followed Prof. Lenz’s and Dr Schulte’s arguments across the board and also in the details of the reasoning.

Prof. Dr Christofer Lenz and Dr Henrike Schulte are a well-rehearsed team and regularly represent parliaments and other state bodies in constitutional court proceedings.

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29. September 2026

Rhineland-Palatinate State Government wins case with OPPENLÄNDER at the Administrative Court in dispute over municipal financial equalisation

The Administrative Court in Neustadt an der Weinstraße has dismissed the test case brought by the city of Pirmasens and the district of Südwestpfalz against the municipal financial equalisation scheme in Rhineland-Palatinate. The court of first instance has thus confirmed the state’s position: according to the ruling, the State Financial Equalisation Act (LFAG), as amended at the end of 2022, is not unconstitutional.

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10. September 2026

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens its corporate law practice with Simon Wawatschek

Simon Wawatschek joined our corporate law team in September 2026.

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04. September 2026

NTT DATA Business Solutions AG advised on the acquisition of Swedish ServiceNow specialist Netgain by OPPENLÄNDER

With the acquisition of Netgain AB, NTT DATA Business Solutions AG is further strengthening its position in the European ServiceNow market.

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27. August 2026

JUVE has nominated OPPENLÄNDER 2026 as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust

JUVE has nominated us for the 2026 awards, alongside Geradin Partners, Glade Michel Wirtz and Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. We are delighted by this recognition of our antitrust practice and look forward to the awards ceremony on 29 October 2026.

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