JUVE 2020: “High quality and first-class support in specialist planning law processes” (client)
Profile
Dr. Wolfgang Hopp is a partner at ZENK. He specializes in public construction law, advising on and supporting construction projects, particularly in advancing the interests of building owners and project developers in building permit and preliminary decision proceedings, as well as in appeals, lawsuits, and emergency proceedings concerning building permits, preliminary decisions, and deferral notices.
This includes drafting and negotiating urban planning and other public-law contracts, as well as neighborhood agreements. He also represents clients in zoning plan proceedings and in cases involving moratoriums on changes, redevelopment areas, preservation ordinances, or historic preservation.
In addition, he provides advice on planning requirements at the supra-local level—for example, in regional plans—including for retail and wind energy projects, and represents clients in related court proceedings. Furthermore, he reviews public law aspects in due diligence processes, particularly in connection with real estate transactions. Another key area of practice is specialized planning law, such as representation in planning approval proceedings and legal disputes regarding infrastructure projects.
In addition, he advises and represents, in particular, companies and property owners in matters of environmental law, especially in proceedings under the Law on the Control of Air Pollution, in the remediation of contaminated sites, and in complying with the often complex requirements of nature conservation law.
Skills
Public Law,
Environmental and Energy Law,
Nature and Water Protection,
Public Building and Planning Law,
Special Urban Planning Law
About
Dr. Wolfgang Hopp completed his undergraduate studies in biology and English, as well as a degree in law, in Göttingen, and served his legal clerkship in Lower Saxony. From 1997 to 2000, he served as a research associate at the Central Institute for Spatial Planning at the University of Münster. In 1999, he earned his doctorate in regional planning law with a dissertation titled “Legal and Enforcement Issues in the Regional Planning Process.” Dr. Wolfgang Hopp has been an attorney at ZENK since 2000.
Languages
German, English
Awards
Recognized by Best Lawyers 2027 / Handelsblatt Ranking 2026 „Deutschlands beste Anwälte“ in den Bereichen Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht und Umweltrecht
Veröffentlichungen
Hüting/Hopp, Strafbarkeit von Amtsträgern in Umweltüberwachung-sbehörden, LKV 8/2014, S. 337 ff.
Hüting/Hopp, Rekommunalisierung der Energieversorgung – kein vergaberechtsfreier Raum! RdE 2011, S. 255 ff.
Hüting/Hopp, Kompetenzen und Pflichten der Regionalräte in der Gebietsentwicklungsplanung, Zentralinstitut für Raumplanung der Universität Münster, 2004
Hüting/Hopp, Das Sponsoring öffentlicher Interessen im Lichte des Strafrechts – „Tue Gutes – aber richtig“, der Gemeindehaushalt 2005, S. 130 ff.
Hüting/Hopp, Die Änderung von Planfeststellungsbeschlüssen, UPR 2003, S. 1 ff.
Mitgliedschaften
Dr. Wolfgang Hopp repräsentiert ZENK Rechtsanwälte als Mitglied der Bundesfachkommission „Umweltpolitik des Wirtschaftsrates“ im Cluster „Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg“ mit der Absicht, die ausgewiesene fachliche Kompetenz der Kanzlei im Bereich erneuerbare Energien im Gesetzgebungsverfahren einzubringen.