The German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO) has set up a legal advisory board with nine founding members. This advisory board will advise the association on a wide range of legal issues - from tender design to the approval regime to the immigration of skilled workers.
"Legal issues play a major role in the expansion of offshore wind energy. I am therefore delighted that our high-caliber legal advisory board has started its work. My heartfelt thanks go to all members who are involved here! I look forward to a successful collaboration," says BWO Managing Director Stefan Thimm.
Composition:
The legal advisory board is an exclusive circle of leading law firms in the field of offshore wind energy and is unique in its form. The BWO's legal advisory board includes representatives from the following law firms: GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mdB, Watson Farley & Williams LLP, Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mdB, Chatham Partners, Posser Spieht Wolfers & Partners, CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB., Prof. Dr. Winfried Huck from the law faculty of the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Bernhard W. Wegener from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen and Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg.
