Dr. Johannes Schulte, Partner
Lawyer

Environmental and planning law • Public commercial law and regulation
Kümmerlein –

Contact

Assistant: Jaana ter Steeg

T.+49 (0)201 1756-657
F.+49 (0)201 1756-77927

Precise. Efficient. Environmental permits that pave the way.

Challenging the complexity of environmental issues and simplifying them more efficiently than anyone else. Since 2016, Johannes Schulte has been confidently navigating authorities and project developers through complex approval procedures – from the initial review to final approval. With clear, direct solutions to success.

Dear Johannes, what does our promise “To make it simple, but significant” mean to you?

“The desk is full, the project schedule is pressing and there are lots of complex questions? I know all about that. With experience, a hands-on mentality and a clear plan, I make sure that processes don’t stall but lead to the goal. Let’s find solutions together.”

Efficient and sustainable solutions for the approval of projects

With precise advice, a clear strategy and pragmatic solutions, Johannes Schulte supports infrastructure projects from the planning phase to the legal defense of granted permits.

Project management

Approval of infrastructure projects

Consulting

Procedural and substantive law

Legal representation

Judicial defense of granted permits

Publications

All publications

Mitherausgeber des juristischen Fachblogs www.jurop.org zum Umwelt-, Bau- und Energierecht zwischen 2014 bis 2020

Die Rolle der BVT-Schlussfolgerungen unter dem Regime der Industrieemissionsrichtlinie, in: I+E 2014, 105 – 112

Aktuelle Verfahren des Europäischen Gerichtshofs in Umweltsachen – Weiterer Handlungsbedarf für den Gesetzgeber?, in: I+E 2015, 119-124 (zusammen mit RAin Prof. Dr. Andrea Versteyl und RA Dr. Peter Kersandt)

Die hoheitliche Einbindung sachverständiger Stellen in naturwissenschaftlich-technisch komplexen Zulassungsverfahren; Dissertation, 2020

Digitalisierung der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung in bergrechtlichen Betriebsplanverfahren – Chancen und Hemmnisse des Planungssicherstellungsgesetzes (PlanSiG), ZfB 2022, 87 – 93

Mitkommentator des Kommentars Theobald/Kühling, Energierecht (Kommentierung der §§ 43 m, 113c EnWG)

Solarpflicht für Stellplätze in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Neue Vorgaben und praktische Herausforderungen der „Solaranlagen-Verordnung Nordrhein-Westfalen“ (SAN-VO NRW), UWP 2024, S. 189 – 196 (zusammen mit Karen Grote)

Mastering complex approval procedures – structured, comprehensible, legally compliant.

With Johannes Schulte, complex environmental projects are transformed into clear, practical concepts for success – for strategic advice that enables authorities and companies to master every approval procedure efficiently.

Mining law

Raw materials for the energy transition

Specialist planning law

Planning approval for infrastructure projects

Nature conservation law

Area protection, species protection and impact mitigation regulation

Water law

Permits and authorizations

Deterioration ban and improvement requirement

Immission control law

Formal and simplified approval procedures

Building law

Urban planning law and building regulations law

Vita

Lawyer BBG and partner 2016 – 2019

Attorney Kümmerlein since 2019, partner since 2023

Doctorate in administrative law at the Leibniz University of Hanover

Studies and legal clerkship in Hanover

Languages

German

English