Career

Studied law at the Humboldt University in Berlin. First state examination in 2016, second state examination in 2021. 2016 to 2017 research assistant in environmental and planning law as well as energy law at law firms in Berlin. 2020 Doctorate under Prof. Dr Thorsten Siegel with a thesis on environmental and planning law. 2019 to 2021 Traineeship at the Court of Appeal in Berlin with stations at Redeker Sellner Dahs and at the European Commission's Directorate‑​General for the Environment in Brussels.

Joined the firm in 2022.

Practice

Environmental law, Planning law, public building and planning law, expropriation and compensation law Compensation law, public commercial law.

Advice and representation on energy industry projects such as electricity transmission grids (e. g. SuedLink, Ultranet), offshore connection lines (e. g. OST‑6‑1), LNG terminals (Stade), energy storage and hydrogen electrolysis plants (e. g. Stade, Lingen), renewable energy plants (wind power, photovoltaics, biomass), power plants, industrial and chemical parks (e. g. Stade, Leverkusen, Krefeld‑​Uerdingen). E.g. Stade, Leverkusen, Krefeld‑​Uerdingen); advice and representation on development plan and building permit procedures (e. g. residential and commercial projects in Berlin and Hamburg), conservation statutes, design statutes; advice and representation on land readjustment measures (e. g. land consolidation for mining projects, reallocation for residential construction areas).

Publications

Kürschner, Alexandra. Legalplanung – Eine Studie am Beispiel des Standortauswahlgesetzes für ein atomares Endlager. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck 2020.

Languages

German, English, French