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Wulf Clausen
Equity Partner, Lawyer, Specialised Lawyer for Administrative Law, Certified Mediator (DAA)
Business Sectors: Infrastructure, Real Estate
HFK Rechtsanwälte
Rathausmarkt 5
20095 Hamburg
T +49 40 2880 9538
F +49 40 2880 9540
E clausen@hfk.de
Profile
- Experienced in heading the legal management of major projects
- Strategic orientation; analytical and conceptual way of working
- Experienced advisor on infrastructure and building projects
Key Expertise
- Advising developer and authorities on preparation and implementation of approval procedures (particularly plan approval procedures for infrastructure projects) and the implementation of large transport and energy infrastructure projects
- Advising on complex public law approval procedures in the areas of environmental, construction, road, mining, waste, emission control, safety and infrastructure planning law
- Advising project developers and authorities on public participation in transport infrastructure projects
Career
- Equity Partner at HFK Rechtsanwälte Heiermann Franke Knipp & Partner mbB, since 2014; working for HFK Rechtsanwälte since 2011
- Lecturer (administrative law and legal project management) at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration, Police and Justice of the State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, since 2009
- Lecturer (administrative law and legal project management) at the University of Kassel, since 2007
- Founder and Equity Partner of CMKR Clausen Maaß Kautz Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, boutique law firm, from 2009 to 2011
- Manager/advisor at the international consortium of lawyers for advising the EU Commission / Directorate-General for Transport and Energy (DG TREN), from 2005 to 2011
- Equity and Management Partner, Lawyer at the Hamburg office of GSK Stockmann Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB, from 1999 to 2009
- Inhouse lawyer at the railway planning company Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit GmbH/DB Projekt Verkehrsbau GmbH, from 1993 to 2004
Memberships
- Deutscher Baugerichtstag (German Court Conference on Construction Law)
- Centrum für Deutsches und Internationales Baugrund- und Tiefbaurecht (Centre for German and International Building Site and Civil Engineering Law, registered association)
- Member of the EECH (Renewable Energies Cluster Hamburg)
- Member of the Open District Hub for the development of mobility solutions for central logistics facilities
- Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Lawyers‘ Association)
- ELTA – European Legal Technology Association
Lecturing Activities
- Lecturer for project management and planning approval at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration, Police and Justice of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lectures on planning law at the University of Kassel
- „Projektmanagement von Infrastrukturprojekten“ Hrsg. Prof. Konrad Spang, Universität Kassel, Beiträge zu Planrecht, Stakeholdermanagement und frühe Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, 2. Auflage 2022,
- „Erfolgsfaktoren für Verkehrsinfrastrukturprojekte“, Forschungsbericht Universität Kassel, 2021,
- „Partnerschaftliche Projektabwicklung bei Infrastrukturprojekten zwischen Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer“, Forschungsbericht Universität Kassel, 2015,
- Machbarkeitsstudie klimaneutrales Berlin 2050, erstellt im Auftrag des Berliner Senats, erschienen im März 2014, Mitautor und rechtlicher Gutachter,
- Söchtig/Clausen u.a., Dreifache Vernetzung der E-Mobilität: ÖPNV – IKT – Energie, Gutachten 2016 im Rahmen des Schaufensterprojekts, BodenseEmobil, gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur, Geschäftsmodelle für ÖPNV,
- Auswirkungen der TSI Infrastruktur im Bereich des Hochgeschwindigkeits-bahnverkehrs, Clausen u. a., BayVBl. 2005, S. 711 ff.;
- Clausen, Beschleunigung des Netzausbaus, Herausforderungen für Netzbetreiber, Behörden, Gerichte, EMW 6/2011, 48 ff.,
- Klima- und Grundwasserschutz durch oberflächennahe Wärmespeicherung, Hamburg, 2018/2020
Infrastructure
- The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link: Advising the developer FEMERN A/S on plan approval and land acquisition regarding the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt, Denmark´s largest infrastructure project - currently under construction, it will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. The Fehmarnbeltlink will cut travel time and will be part of Europe´s sustainable network of the future.
- Raillink to the Fehmarnbelt: Advising the developer on spatial planning and plan approval for new construction and expansion regarding the rail linking of the Fehmarnbelt vom the city of Lübeck to Puttgarden
- Railway Hamburg – Berlin: Advising the developer on plan approval and land acquisition, railway from Hamburg to Berlin
- Magnetic levitation train projects in Germany: Advising the developer on planning approval, allocation conception, and subsidy rights on magnetic levitation train projects between Hamburg and Berlin, Munich Central Station to Munich Airport and from Dortmund to Düsseldorf
- Neue Mitte Altona und relocation of station Hamburg – Altona: Advising the DB Netz AG and DB Station & Service AG for the purpose of one of the largest urban development projects in Hamburg as a prerequisite for the relocation of the station to the newly appointed city centre of Altona, Hamburg
- Advising the DB Netz AG and DB Station & Service AG as developer for the plan approval for relocating the station Hamburg Altona
- Advising developers on plan approvals of several offshore wind farms
- Advising developers on the plan approval and land acquisition for transmission network lines
- Advising developer entities for diverse projects on networking digitalisation, energy, and mobility
- Feasibility study on climate-neutral Berlin 2050, together with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and others, on behalf of the Berlin Senate
Real Estate
- Advising the investor at the head office of a public insurer on an urban development contract with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Advising an investor of a large-scale retail/inner-city shopping centre in Hamburg, regarding the neighbourhood agreement of an urban development contract, with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Advising a municipality for locating a large-scale retail trader in one of the largest commercial areas in Germany including court representation
- Providing comprehensive planning law advice to a business development agency on a model project/development of a sustainable commercial area
- Advising on financing models (including EU state aid law) and various real estate projects (traffic-infrastructure, hospitals, research institutions)