Dr Dirk Boehler, LLM, Attorney-at-law
Dear Client,
Trust matters. To help you understand who I am and how I can help you, let me tell you a few words about my professional life.
Legal education and international experience
My academic education was in Würzburg and Newcastle upon Tyne. I completed my practical training in two law firms in Münster and Montreal, as well as in the German Embassy in New Delhi, and the European Commission in Brussels. During this time I laid the foundation for a Europe-wide network of lawyers in companies, associations and authorities that has been growing steadily since then.
Professional background
Since called to the bar in 2015, I have been working in the field of environmental law in Berlin, starting this law firm in 2018.
First, I was a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. As part of a particularly demanding and extensive mandate, I accompanied the sale of Vattenfall’s lignite division there. Other main areas of activity were immission and soil protection, water and mining law and administrative procedural law issues as well as European emissions trading.
I then continued my environmental law work at Andrea Versteyl Rechtsanwälte mbB, preparing building and immission control approval procedures for medium-sized companies and representing them in court. In addition, I advised clients on soil protection, water management and waste law issues.
Since 2023 I have been advising a manufacturer of electrolysers (machines that produce green hydrogen) as an in-house lawyer. In addition to general company-related issues, I work on contract along the entire, world-spanning value chain.
Teaching
As a guest lecturer for the international MBL programme on European and International Energy Law at Technische Universität in Berlin, I am teaching international students on emissions trading systems and hydrogen regulation. Previous teaching assignments at the Berlin School of Economics and Law include graduate-level courses in environmental criminal law and post-graduate courses in planning and environmental law at the Berlin University of Technology.