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Dr. Insa Nutzhorn, LL.M. (University of the West of England Bristol)

Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Verwaltungsrecht (Certified lawyer for administrative law)

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Dr. Insa Nutzhorn, LL.M. (University of the West of England Bristol)

Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Verwaltungsrecht (Certified lawyer for administrative law)

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stadthausbrücke 1-3
20355 Hamburg
Germany
Languages German, English, French

Insa Nutzhorn advises German and international companies on all aspects of environmental, planning, mining and energy law. She is specialised in complex approval and planning procedures, e.g., for infrastructure projects, power and industrial plants as well as projects that require water permits. Her clients mainly include primary sector businesses, energy and industrial companies as well as public bodies. Insa represents her clients either out-of-court or before administrative and constitutional courts.

Insa joined CMS in 2013 and has been a principal counsel since 2023. In 2016, she was seconded to an international energy group where she worked in the environmental law department, focussing on water law matters.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht (German association for environmental law)
  • German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste
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Publications

  • Rechtsstaatliche Defizite der wasserwirtschaftlichen Planung, W+B 2020, 68, gemeinsam mit Dr. Fritz von Hammerstein
  • Räumliche Anforderungen an die Festsetzung von Wasserschutzgebieten, Update Real Estate & Public, April 2019
  • Rechtsschutz gegen Bewirtschaftungspläne und Maßnahmenprogramme im Wege der Normerlassklage, ZfW 2018, 125, gemeinsam mit Dr. Fritz von Hammerstein
  • Höchstrichterliche Klarheit im Wasserrecht: Analyse des BVerwG-Urteils zur Elbvertiefung, Infobrief Umweltrecht, Juli 2017
  • Frühzeitige Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung nach § 3 Abs. 1 BauGB und Planänderung, Update Real Estate & Public, September 2016
  • Spielräume bei der Prüfung des Verschlechterungsverbots, W + B 2016, p. 56 ff.
  • Verwirkung von Umweltrechtsbehelfen auch für Umweltvereinigungen, Update Real Estate & Public, March 2015
  • EuGH-Urteil zur Kostendeckung von Wasserdienstleistungen, Infobrief Umweltrecht, September 2014
  • Nachbarklage gegen Verlängerung immissionsschutzrechtlicher Betriebserlaubnis, Update Real Estate & Public, September 2014
  • Common institutions of German federal states, Peter Lang 2012
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Lectures list

  • "Auswirkungen der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie auf den Bergbau", Festsymposium 70/30 Jahre Ercosplan, Erfurt, 07.10.2022
  • "Praktische Anforderungen an wasserrechtliche Fachbeiträge“, Forum Bergrecht 2019, Berlin, 28.11.2019
  • "Praxisfragen des wasserrechtlichen Fachbeitrages in der Vorhabenzulassung", CMS Umwelt- und Planungsrechtstag, Frankfurt a.M., 28.03.2019
  • „Auswirkungen der Bewirtschaftungsplanung auf den Bergbau“, Forum Bergrecht 2017, Berlin, 01.12.2017
  • „Vorhabenzulassung und wasserwirtschaftliche Planung“, 38. Wasserwirtschaftsrechtlicher Gesprächskreis des Instituts für Deutsches und Europäisches Wasserwirtschaftsrechts (IDEW) der Universität Trier, Prof. Dr. Reinhardt, LL.M., Duesseldorf, 26.10.2017
  • Die gemeinsame Trägerschaft von Einrichtungen durch mehrere Bundesländer, Symposium Glücksspiel 2016, Universität Hohenheim, 09.03.2016
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Education

  • 2018: Qualified as a certified lawyer for administrativ law
  • 2013: Second state examination in law
  • 2012: PhD at the University of Muenster; thesis on administrative law
  • 2009: First state examination in law
  • 2007: LL.M. in European Business Law, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol
  • 2005: Special French-language training for lawyers
  • Law studies at the University of Muenster
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Expertise

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22/06/2023
CMS wins case for Open Grid Europe before Federal Administrative Court:
Hamburg – On 22 June 2023, the Federal Administrative Court dismissed the action brought by environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe against the planning resolution of the Department of Mining, Energy...
Deals
06/07/2022
All clear for natural gas extraction in North Sea – CMS advises GEMS consortium
Hamburg – Following several months of negotiations, ONE-Dyas, Neptune Energy and Hansa Hydrocarbons reached an agreement with the regional government of Lower Saxony on 30 June 2022 on a joint declaration...
Deals
20/04/2020
CMS advises Partners Group on successful completion of acquiring majority...
Hamburg – Partners Group, a global manager of private market investments, has successfully completed the majority acquisition of shares in the VSB Group on behalf of its clients. VSB is a full-service...
Deals
22/01/2020
CMS advises Partners Group on acquisition of majority stake in VSB Group,...
Hamburg – Swiss investment manager Partners Group has acquired a majority of the shares in the VSB Group, a full-service provider in the renewable energy sector. Details of the transaction were not...
Deals
07/04/2017
CMS wins case for TenneT before Federal Administrative Court: Green light...
Hamburg – On 6 April 2017, the Federal Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuits brought against the planning approval for construction and operation of the extra-high voltage link between the Ganderkesee...
Press releases
27/08/2014
CMS secures victory for transport grid operators
Düsseldorf – The Competition Senate of Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has partly overturned notices issued by the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in five landmark rulings. These notices had...
Press releases