Dentons

Lawyer – Public Construction & Planning Law, Environmental Law

Dentons

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: BerlinGermany

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About the role

  • Advising clients on public law and regulatory matters
  • Transactional advisory support in construction, planning, environmental and other public law matters
  • Handling construction and emissions-protection permitting procedures for development projects, participation in zoning plan (local development plan) procedures, and related issues
  • Advising companies and investors on property- and facility-related environmental law issues
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration across offices and countries

Requirements

  • Excellent legal expertise, evidenced by two top-graded state law examinations (Prädikatsexamina)
  • Ideally 2 years of professional experience in the described field
  • Demonstrated strong interest in public law, e.g., through previous internships, an academic focus, a public-law emphasis during the Referendariat (legal traineeship), or similar
  • Business-fluent English, written and spoken
  • Commercial and creative mindset
  • Passion, commitment and team spirit
Benefits
  • Exciting international mandates
  • Cross-office collaboration with colleagues from a wide range of practice areas
  • Dentons Legal Academy for professional development and soft-skills training
  • Training in and use of cutting-edge legal-tech software (Noxtua and Legora) as well as an in-house AI tool
  • Transparent performance review process
  • Option for mobile/remote work
  • 30 days of vacation (based on a five-day work week) plus additional days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
  • Corporate benefits
  • Stay fit on the move: bike leasing for cycling enthusiasts
  • Regular employee events, professional language courses, and a variety of fitness and sports offerings (Urban Sports or Fitness First membership, sports groups, digital yoga classes, and more)
  • Dedicated occupational health team and additional health-management offerings such as workstation glasses, mindfulness sessions, and a Europe-wide Healthy Challenge
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
public lawregulatory matterstransactional advisoryconstruction permittingemissions-protection permittingzoning plan proceduresenvironmental lawproperty lawfacility-related environmental issueslegal expertise
Soft Skills
excellent legal expertisestrong interest in public lawbusiness-fluent Englishcommercial mindsetcreative mindsetpassioncommitmentteam spirit
Certifications
Prädikatsexamina