“Recognizing what the clients need, not just what they want, is the mark of a good lawyer.”
Profile
Dr. Kostja von Keitz is partner with ZENK. His practice focuses on real estate development, construction planning and sectoral planning. He advises and supports residential and commercial entities and assists project sponsors and local authorities in drawing up development plans. He also provides comprehensive advice to both private clients and public authorities on environmental law matters, including nature conservation, immission control, and plant protection law.
Skills
Öffentliches Recht,
Umweltrecht,
Öffentliches Baurecht,
Mediation
About
Born in Duisburg in 1974, Dr. Kostja von Keitz studied law in Düsseldorf. He received his doctorate in European nature conservation and national administrative procedural law in 2005, with a thesis on the subject of “The Legal Protection of Private Individuals against Special Areas of Conservation”.
He began his career as a lawyer in 2005, working initially for a major international law firm. Dr. Kostja von Keitz became a specialist in administrative law 2008 and joined ZENK in 2009. Furthermore he has been a trained mediator since 2014.
Dr. Kostja von Keitz is a member of the German Society for Environmental Law (GfU), the German Bar Association’s working group on administrative law and speaker for the Berlin Bar Association’s working group on administrative law. He is deputy chairman of the Federal Court of the German Football Association (DFB).
Languages
German, English
Awards
Recognized by Best Lawyers 2027 / Handelsblatt Ranking 2026 “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the field of Public Commercial Law
Publications
von Keitz, Fehlende Rechtsgrundlage für die Festsetzung einer Walderhaltungsabgabe in Berlin, LKV 12/2013, S. 542ff.
Zeißig/von Keitz, Anspruch auf Abgeltung nicht genommenen Erholungsurlaubs für in den Ruhestand versetzte Beamte, Zeitschrift für Beamtenrecht (ZBR) 2011, S. 119-123