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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14. January 2026

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens its labor law and M&A practice with the addition of attorney Karoline Korff

Karoline Korff joined our team in labor law and M&A on January 1, 2026.

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09. January 2026

State Parliament President wins tunnel dispute against AfD with OPPENLÄNDER

OPPENLÄNDER Rechtsanwälte, represented by Prof. Dr. Christofer Lenz and Dr. Henrike Schulte, has once again won a case for State Parliament President Muhterem Aras at the Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg. The AfD members of the state parliament and their parliamentary group had challenged decisions made by the president within the scope of her domiciliary rights regarding the arrangement of access to state parliament premises. This also concerned the use of a connecting tunnel beneath Konrad-Adenauer-Straße between the plenary building and the building housing the offices of the members of the major parliamentary groups of the Greens and the CDU.

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19. December 2025

OPPENLÄNDER advises NTT DATA Business Solutions AG on the acquisition of The Cloud People Group AS

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17. December 2025

State government and state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate win dispute with OPPENLÄNDER over financial equalization

Prof. Dr. Christofer Lenz and Dr. Henrike Schulte have successfully defended the state of Rhineland-Palatinate against attacks on the Local Government Financial Equalization Act, which was amended at the end of 2022.

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