{"id":3564,"date":"2026-04-25T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/team\/dr-torsten-mertins\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:48:59","slug":"dr-torsten-mertins","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/team\/dr-torsten-mertins\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Torsten Mertins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Profile<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dr. Torsten Mertins is salary partner at ZENK. He advises municipalities, companies, ad state and federal authorities on matters of public law. His areas of focus include municipal and municipal charges law, infrastructure and environmental law, and the support of public procurement procedures. In addition, he regularly lectures on municipal topics and conducts training for company waste management officers.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Public Law,\u00a0
Environmental Law,\u00a0
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Public Building Law,\u00a0
Public Procurement Law<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Dr Torsten Mertins, born in Hamburg in 1979, studied law in G\u00f6ttingen and Leiden (Netherlands) from 2000 to 2005. After working as a research assistant at the University of G\u00f6ttingen, he completed his legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, he received his doctorate with a dissertation on constitutional law (\u201cDer Spannungsfall\u201d).<\/p>\n

He already worked as a lawyer in public law at ZENK from 2012 to 2015. He then moved to the German County Association, where he was responsible for the areas of environment, climate protection, construction and recycling management until the end of 2022. He has been working as a lawyer at ZENK again since 2023.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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German, English<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Publications<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Innen- und Au\u00dfenentwicklung im Entwurf des Baulandmobilisierungsgesetzes, L\u00e4ndlicher Raum 1\/2021, 44 f.<\/a><\/p>

Die systemische Schw\u00e4che der Finanzierung des kommunalen Klimaschutzes, in: Junkernheinrich\/Lange (Hrsg.), \u00d6ffentliche Finanzen zwischen Corona und Klimakrise, 2. Loccumer Finanztage 2020, 2021, S. 137 ff.<\/p>

Neue Abfallvorschriften f\u00fcr Kommunen und Wirtschaft. Die Novelle des Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetzes ist in Kraft getreten, PUBLICUS 11\/2020<\/a><\/p>

Klimaschutz als kommunale Pflichtaufgabe?, Der Landkreis 2017, 330 f.<\/p>

Pers\u00f6nliche Haftungs- und Strafbarkeitsrisiken kommunaler Entscheidungstr\u00e4ger, Der Landkreis 2015, 672 f. (mit Markus Englerth)<\/p>

Der Spannungsfall. Eine Untersuchung zur Notstandsverfassung des Grundgesetzes unter besonderer Ber\u00fccksichtigung der Abwehr terroristischer Gefahren, 2013<\/p>

Die Rechtsquellen des Kommunalrechts, in: Mann\/P\u00fcttner (Hrsg.), Handbuch der kommunalen Wissenschaft und Praxis, Bd. 1, 3. Aufl. 2007, S. 169 ff. (mit Thomas Mann)<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Profile<\/h2>\n

Dr. Torsten Mertins is salary partner at ZENK. He advises municipalities, companies, ad state and federal authorities on matters of public law. His areas of focus include municipal and municipal charges law, infrastructure and environmental law, and the support of public procurement procedures. In addition, he regularly lectures on municipal topics and conducts training for company waste management officers.<\/p>\n

Skills<\/h2>\n

Public Law,\u00a0
Environmental Law,\u00a0
Local Law,\u00a0
Public Building Law,\u00a0
Public Procurement Law<\/p>\n

About<\/h2>\n

Dr Torsten Mertins, born in Hamburg in 1979, studied law in G\u00f6ttingen and Leiden (Netherlands) from 2000 to 2005. After working as a research assistant at the University of G\u00f6ttingen, he completed his legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, he received his doctorate with a dissertation on constitutional law (\u201cDer Spannungsfall\u201d).<\/p>

He already worked as a lawyer in public law at ZENK from 2012 to 2015. He then moved to the German County Association, where he was responsible for the areas of environment, climate protection, construction and recycling management until the end of 2022. He has been working as a lawyer at ZENK again since 2023.<\/p>\n\"Dr.\n

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German, English<\/p>\n

Publications<\/h2>\n

Innen- und Au\u00dfenentwicklung im Entwurf des Baulandmobilisierungsgesetzes, L\u00e4ndlicher Raum 1\/2021, 44 f.<\/a><\/p>

Die systemische Schw\u00e4che der Finanzierung des kommunalen Klimaschutzes, in: Junkernheinrich\/Lange (Hrsg.), \u00d6ffentliche Finanzen zwischen Corona und Klimakrise, 2. Loccumer Finanztage 2020, 2021, S. 137 ff.<\/p>

Neue Abfallvorschriften f\u00fcr Kommunen und Wirtschaft. Die Novelle des Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetzes ist in Kraft getreten, PUBLICUS 11\/2020<\/a><\/p>

Klimaschutz als kommunale Pflichtaufgabe?, Der Landkreis 2017, 330 f.<\/p>

Pers\u00f6nliche Haftungs- und Strafbarkeitsrisiken kommunaler Entscheidungstr\u00e4ger, Der Landkreis 2015, 672 f. (mit Markus Englerth)<\/p>

Der Spannungsfall. Eine Untersuchung zur Notstandsverfassung des Grundgesetzes unter besonderer Ber\u00fccksichtigung der Abwehr terroristischer Gefahren, 2013<\/p>

Die Rechtsquellen des Kommunalrechts, in: Mann\/P\u00fcttner (Hrsg.), Handbuch der kommunalen Wissenschaft und Praxis, Bd. 1, 3. Aufl. 2007, S. 169 ff. (mit Thomas Mann)<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/3564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zenk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}