“For me, my work means helping companies to reconcile ecological responsibility and economic reality. This involves identifying environmental risks, realizing projects in a legally compliant manner and implementing sustainable strategies.”
Tim Uschkereit advises national and international clients on public and regulatory law, in particular on environmental, planning and aviation law, compliance issues, compliance and ESG audits and investigations.
One focus of his work is advising on issues relating to the implementation of regulatory requirements in companies and environmental compliance, including ESG/EHS issues and compliance in the supply chain. He has particular experience in advising companies on legally and politically complex issues in licensing, environmental and public commercial law.
“Tim Uschkereit is a reliable advisor who we have often consulted on complex issues.”, Legal 500
Languages:
German, English and French.
Expertise: Environmental compliance, ESG consulting, Monitorships, CO2 emissions trading, Climate lawsuits, Air traffic law
Short vita.
- Studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and at the Université de Poitiers (France)
- Doctorate at the Central Institute for Spatial Planning at the University of Münster (Prof. Hans D. Jarass)
- Traineeship at a major international law firm (public commercial law) and in the legal department of Europe’s largest aerospace and defense group
- 2008 Admitted to the bar
- Secondment at the US aviation association “Airlines for America” in Washington D.C.
- 2008-2020 Lawyer and Counsel at Noerr LLP
- Counsel at Pohlmann & Company since 2020
Selected mandates.
- Member of the Independent Monitor Team (for the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) at Telefonaktiebolegat L.M. Ericsson
- Advising a leading international company on environmental, health and safety compliance at German sites
- Comprehensive environmental and planning law and environmental compliance advice to a US chemical company
- Representing Airlines for America (A4A) and US-Airways, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in an internationally recognized test case against the German aviation tax
Publications.
Articles
- Greenwashing and Green Claims Compliance – Regulatory Background and Consequences for Companies, in KlimaRZ 2024, 86 – 92 (together with Uwe M. Erling, Fabienne Gehring, Dr. Martin Schorn)
- “Umwelt-Compliance” in, Koch/Hofman/Reese (eds.): Handbuch Umweltrecht, 6th edition 2024, pp. 1525-1584 (together with Uwe M. Erling)
- Climate protection as a business risk – avoidance and defense, KlimaRZ 2022, 135 (together with Uwe M. Erling, Anke C. Sessler, Max D. Stein)
- Risk & Compliance Management for Germany 2021 (Update 2023), Lexology
- Commentary on §§ 72 – 78 VwVfG, Pautsch/Hoffmann (ed.), Administrative Procedure Act – Commentary, 2nd edition, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2021
- The constitutionality of municipal packaging taxes, in: GewArch 2020, 438-442
- The socially adequate noise, in: NJW-Spezial 2020, p. 172-173
- Chapter Germany: Environment & Climate Change Law 2019, in: International Comparative Law Guide (ICLG), (together with Uwe Erling)
- Requirements for the introduction of land consumption limits, in: NJW-Spezial 2018, pp. 748-749
- Building planning law requirements for temporary forms of housing, in: NJW-Spezial 2018, p. 556-557
- (Missed) opportunities of the urban area, in: NJW-Spezial 2017, pp. 748-749
- Traffic planning through a development plan, in: NJW-Spezial 2017, p. 172-173
- Update on the concept of retail space, in: NJW-Spezial 2016, p. 556-557
- Legal framework for the operation of civilian drones (with Konrad Zdanowiecki), NJW 2016, pp. 444-449
- Commentary on §§ 72 – 78 VwVfG, Pautsch/Hoffmann (ed.), Administrative Procedure Act – Commentary, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2016
- Preclusion provisions put to the test, in: NJW-Spezial 2015, pp. 748-749
- Comment on the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court of November 5, 2014 (Ref. 1 BvF 3/11) on the constitutionality of the Air Traffic Tax Act, ZLW 2015, pp. 526-531 (with Uwe Erling)
- Permissibility of heat pumps on residential properties, in: NJW Spezial 2015, pp. 172-173
- Protection of existing commercial enterprises from encroaching residential development, in: NJW-Spezial 2014, pp. 172-173
- Planning permission or immission control approval? (with Dr. Martin Schröder), in: BIOGAS Journal 2011, p. 118 ff.
- Specialized planning projects and procedural law, in: Ziekow, Aktuelle Probleme des Luftverkehrs, Planfeststellungs- und Umweltrechts 2010, Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Speyer, Vol. 209, Berlin 2011
- Protection of the status quo or rather the validity of the building permit in the event of longer interruptions of use, in: BauR, 2010, p. 718 ff.
- The protection of existing buildings in building and immission control law, dissertation, Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft, 2007
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