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Dr. Timo Hohmuth, LL.M.

•  Admitted to practice since 2008
•  Previously employed in public administration at the German Environment Agency in Berlin
•  Associate attorney at an international law firm in Hamburg
•  From 2011, partner at two specialized law firms in Hamburg-Mitte and Hamburg-Altona
•  Since early 2017, in a cooperative office partnership in Hamburg-Mitte
•  Since 2020, part of the office partnership at Jungfernstieg 50 with attorney Dr. Christian P. Zimmermann, and since 2023 also with attorney Dr. Niklas Mirbach and attorney Darren McVeigh
Studies & Doctorate
•  Studies in Göttingen, Kiel, and Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
•  First State Examination in Göttingen/Lower Saxony
•  Doctoral scholarship from the Schleswig-Holstein Energy Foundation
•  Doctoral work alongside employment at the Federal Ministry for the Environment in Berlin
•  Doctorate in law (Dr iur) in Göttingen
•  Legal traineeship in Hamburg with seats in Berlin and Pretoria, South Africa
•  Second State Examination in Hamburg
•  Master of Laws (LL.M.), completed alongside full-time employment
•  Completed specialist lawyer course in administrative law (did not apply for the title)
•  Regular continuing legal education with annual DAV certificates
Recommendations and honors
•  Recommended by Handelsblatt in the category "Germany's Best Lawyers" for environmental law, energy law, and public law, based on a peer-to-peer survey of practitioners (listed continuously since 2021).
•  JUVE Award for White & Case "Law Firm of the Year for Environmental and Planning Law 2010" (associate, member of the practice group).
•  JUVE Award for White & Case 'Law Firm of the Year for Environmental and Planning Law 2009' (associate, member of the practice group).
•  1st place in Jusline.de's commentary competition for annotations on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Act (TEHG) 2006.
•  Nomination for best legal dissertation at the University of Göttingen 2005.
•  „Internationaler Fensterpreis“ of the Initiative Klimaschutz & Marktwirtschaft 2004 for a paper on "emissions trading in the building sector".
Teaching & Publications
• Many years of teaching appointments at Leuphana University Lüneburg and the University of Hamburg
•  Appointed Professor of Law at a private University of Applied Sciences on a part-time basis
•  Module lead for Business Law (Sustainability I, Sustainability II, Master’s colloquium) at a private University of Applied Sciences
•  Editor of a practical reference work with commentary on energy law (WEKA-Verlag)
•  Author of numerous specialist publications and commentaries
•  Extensive lecturing and speaking engagements


Ius est ars boni et aequi.

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•  Monographs
•  Editorial work
•  Articles / course contributions
•  Commentaries
•  Numerous case notes, articles and reviews
Memberships
Bundesverband Windenergie (BWE), Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht (GfU), Verein Internationaler Umweltrechtstag Hamburg,  Deutscher Anwaltverein, Hamburgischer Anwaltverein, Chinesisch-Deutscher Anwaltverein, ehrenamtliche Rechtsausschusstätigkeit in einem Dachverband im Vereinswesen auf Bundesebene, Alumni-Netzwerk Robert-Bosch-Stiftung, Alumni-Verein Universität Göttingen, Alumni Association University of Newcastle, Ehemaligenverein Gymnasium Marne, et al., Verein für Dithmarscher Landeskunde, Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer (BDB

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