Associate

Marlene Kottmann

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

German
English
French
Spanish

Marlene Kottmann advises companies and the public sector on all matters of public law, public law compliance and sustainability (ESG). Her focus is in the Energy & Climate Change sector group, where she advises clients on compliance with German and European regulations and on government funding programmes for decarbonisation and the green transformation of the economy. Marlene Kottmann has wide-ranging expertise in administrative law, environmental and climate change law, public construction law and public funding law.

Marlene Kottmann joined CMS in 2024.

Memberships & Roles

Deutscher Juristinnenbund
Freiburger Rechtshistorische Gesellschaft e.V.
sdw Alumni e.V.

Lectures list

Emissionsrechtehandel und Zertifikate, Grüner wird's nicht, Online, 14.10.2025

Education

2023: Second state examination in law
2021 - 2023: Legal traineeship at Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court, including placements at the European Commission, the Council of Europe and a law firm specialising in administrative and constitutional law
From 2018: Doctoral studies on the history of international criminal law at the University of Freiburg with research stays in Paris, funded by the Foundation of German Business (sdw)
2018: First state examination in law
2017 - 2021: Graduate research assistant at the Institute for Legal History and Comparative Legal History of the University of Freiburg
2011 - 2017: Studied law in Freiburg (University of Freiburg) and Santiago de Chile (University of Chile) with additional training in "European, International and Foreign Law", with a scholarship from the Foundation of German Business (sdw)

Practice Areas

Climate Change, EEG and the Environment ESG Sustainability Law and ESG Compliance Real Estate & Public Public Commercial Law & Procurement Environmental Law Subsidies and State Aid Foreign Trade and Sanctions Infrastructure, Project Developments and Public Construction Law Public Litigation Administrative and Constitutional Law

sectors

Energy & Climate Change

Insights

Global Reach

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