For many years, Horst Schlemminger was regarded nationally (JUVE, Best Lawyers Germany, Who’s Who Legal) and Europe-wide (Chambers) as one of the leading advisors in the field of environmental and planning law. His practical experience also extended to all areas of the real estate industry. His clients have included industrial companies, real estate investors and public sector companies. His expertise included in particular risk management and best practice in the areas of environmental claims management, environmental management systems, environmental compliance and remediation contracts. He specialized in the value-enhancing separation of environmental liability risks and developed new contractual constructions around “green building”.
Horst Schlemminger has worked on numerous major projects and in crisis situations – in some cases in a leading role and in addition to providing legal advice – as an advisor on compliance health checks and internal investigations. Following his retirement as a partner and the end of his work as a lawyer, he continues to support Pohlmann & Company as a senior advisor.
Languages:
German and English.
Expertise: Environmental compliance
Short vita.
- Studied law in Frankfurt (Dr. iur.)
- 1989-2023 Admitted to the bar
- 1993-2023 Specialist lawyer for administrative law
- 1995-2014 Partner at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt/Munich
- 1996-1998 Managing Director of the waste disposal company of the Main-Taunus and Hochtaunus districts
- 2014-2023 Partner at Pohlmann & Company
Selected mandates.
- Comprehensive environmental compliance consulting and numerous remediation projects for the Celanese chemical group
- Environmental compliance of port operations at the City of Frankfurt am Main
- Contract law advice/project development for various geriatric care companies
- Compliance health check for large German housing association
- Internal investigations for leading German service company
Publications.
Manuals
- Green Building – Certificates, law, taxes, financing (publisher), 2013
- German Environmental Law for Practitioners (co-editor), 2nd edition 2004
- Tailor-made environmental management systems (co-editor), 1998
- Real Property in Germany (co-author, chapter Public Law), 7th edition 2009
- Real Estate – Law and Taxes (co-author, chapter on sustainability certification and “green” real estate contracts as well as chapter on contaminated sites), 4th edition 2014
- Beck’sches Handbuch der Unternehmensübernahmen (co-author, chapter Unternehmensübernahmen im Umweltrecht), Volume 1, 2001
- German Environmental Law in Practice (co-editor), 1996
- The legal form of long-term leases of land and premises, 1995
Essays/Articles
- Environmental management as an integral part of compliance management in industrial companies, in: Compliance Berater 1-2, 2016, 25-28
- Sustainability certificates in real estate contracts – New types of contracts and tasks relating to “green building”, in: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, 2014, 3185
- Spin-off/spin-off of environmental liability risks under soil protection law, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht, 2013, 1389 ff.
- “Green Building” – from fad to trend, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 53, 04.03.2011
- Maximum limitation of the amount of the restructuring obligation in restructuring agreements (co-author), in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht, 2010, 354 ff.
- Financially relevant: Is energy-optimized construction just a passing fad?, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 175, 31.07.2009
- Written form risks when concluding public law contracts, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht, 20009, 223 ff.
- The waiver of defense claims under neighboring law in industrial and chemical parks, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht, 2004, 129 ff.
- The responsibility of the former owner under soil protection law – the “thin line” between de-liability and perpetual liability (co-author), in: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, 2002, 2133 ff.
- Everything under “roof and shelf”? – On the distribution of maintenance and repair obligations in commercial leases, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 2001, 416 ff.
- Erkenntnis- und Informationsquellen für die umweltrechtliche Due Diligence (co-author), in: Der Syndikus, September/October 2000, 8 ff.
- The burden of proof in the case of deterioration of the leased property due to soil contamination (co-author), in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 1999, 163 ff.
- The Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance, in: Der Syndikus, September/October 1999, 22 ff.
- Legal requirements for the conversion of existing real estate, in: Der Syndikus, November/December 1999, 23 ff./January/February 2000, 27
- Review of Emmerich/Sonnenschein, Handkommentar zum Mietrecht, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 1999, 545 ff.
- Risks associated with pre-emption right clauses in rental and lease agreements, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 1999, 890 ff.
- Does the short limitation period under tenancy law override competing compensation claims under § 24 II BBodSchG?, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 1999, 97 ff.
- Hazard prevention and precautionary duties under the Soil Protection Act (co-author), in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 1998, 949 ff.
- The short limitation period under tenancy law for the return of contaminated rental properties, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Mietrecht, 1998, 703 ff.
- Review: Lars Westpfahl, Umweltschutz und Insolvenz, in: Neue Zeitschrift für das Recht der Insolvenz und Sanierung, 1998, 33 ff.
- European Environmental Markets: Environmental Regulation in Eight Western European Countries (co-author), in: London DTI Export Publications, 1995, 112 ff.
- The written form requirement for the conclusion of long-term tenancy agreements, in: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, 1992, 2251 ff.
- The drafting of property purchase agreements in the case of identified contaminated sites or suspected contaminated sites, in: Betriebs-Berater, 1991, 1433 ff.
- Comment on BGH, judgment of June 23, 1989 – V ZR 40/68, Acquisition of a condominium: fraudulent concealment of defects, in: Baurecht, 1990, 224 ff.
- Building planning law instruments for controlling the establishment of amusement arcades (co-author), in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht, 1988, 224 ff.
