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JUVE 2020: “High quality and first-class support in specialist planning law processes” (client)<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Assistance: Madelaine Ka\u00dfburg<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Profile<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

In addition, he provides advice on planning requirements at the supra-local level\u2014for example, in regional plans\u2014including 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Public Law,\u00a0
Environmental and Energy Law,\u00a0
Nature and Water Protection,\u00a0
Public Building and Planning Law,
Special Urban Planning Law<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Dr. Wolfgang Hopp completed his undergraduate studies in biology and English, as well as a degree in law, in G\u00f6ttingen, 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 M\u00fcnster. In 1999, he earned his doctorate in regional planning law with a dissertation titled \u201cLegal and Enforcement Issues in the Regional Planning Process.\u201d Dr. Wolfgang Hopp has been an attorney at ZENK since 2000.<\/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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Awards<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Recognized by Best Lawyers 2027 \/ Handelsblatt Ranking 2026 \u201eDeutschlands beste Anw\u00e4lte\u201c in den Bereichen \u00d6ffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht und Umweltrecht<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Strafbarkeit von Amtstr\u00e4gern in Umwelt\u00fcberwachung-sbeh\u00f6rden, LKV 8\/2014, S. 337 ff.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Die Duldung des Betriebs von Kraftwerken nach Wegfall der Genehmigung, EnergieRecht 2014, S. 97 ff.<\/a><\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Rekommunalisierung der Energieversorgung \u2013 kein vergaberechtsfreier Raum! RdE 2011, S. 255 ff.<\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Kompetenzen und Pflichten der Regionalr\u00e4te in der Gebietsentwicklungsplanung, Zentralinstitut f\u00fcr Raumplanung der Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster, 2004<\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Das Sponsoring \u00f6ffentlicher Interessen im Lichte des Strafrechts \u2013 \u201eTue Gutes \u2013 aber richtig\u201c, der Gemeindehaushalt 2005, S. 130 ff.<\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Die \u00c4nderung von Planfeststellungsbeschl\u00fcssen, UPR 2003, S. 1 ff.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Mitgliedschaften<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dr. Wolfgang Hopp repr\u00e4sentiert ZENK Rechtsanw\u00e4lte als Mitglied der Bundesfachkommission \u201eUmweltpolitik des Wirtschaftsrates\u201c im Cluster\u00a0\u201eErneuerbare Energien Hamburg\u201c\u00a0mit der Absicht, die ausgewiesene fachliche Kompetenz der Kanzlei\u00a0im Bereich erneuerbare Energien im Gesetzgebungsverfahren einzubringen.<\/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. 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.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

In addition, he provides advice on planning requirements at the supra-local level\u2014for example, in regional plans\u2014including 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.<\/p>

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.<\/p>\n

Skills<\/h2>\n

Public Law,\u00a0
Environmental and Energy Law,\u00a0
Nature and Water Protection,\u00a0
Public Building and Planning Law,
Special Urban Planning Law<\/p>\n

About<\/h2>\n

Dr. Wolfgang Hopp completed his undergraduate studies in biology and English, as well as a degree in law, in G\u00f6ttingen, 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 M\u00fcnster. In 1999, he earned his doctorate in regional planning law with a dissertation titled \u201cLegal and Enforcement Issues in the Regional Planning Process.\u201d Dr. Wolfgang Hopp has been an attorney at ZENK since 2000.<\/p>\n\"Dr.\n

Languages<\/h2>\n

German, English<\/p>\n

Awards<\/h2>\n

Recognized by Best Lawyers 2027 \/ Handelsblatt Ranking 2026 \u201eDeutschlands beste Anw\u00e4lte\u201c in den Bereichen \u00d6ffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht und Umweltrecht<\/p>\n

Ver\u00f6ffentlichungen<\/h2>\n

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Strafbarkeit von Amtstr\u00e4gern in Umwelt\u00fcberwachung-sbeh\u00f6rden, LKV 8\/2014, S. 337 ff.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Die Duldung des Betriebs von Kraftwerken nach Wegfall der Genehmigung, EnergieRecht 2014, S. 97 ff.<\/a><\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Rekommunalisierung der Energieversorgung \u2013 kein vergaberechtsfreier Raum! RdE 2011, S. 255 ff.<\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Kompetenzen und Pflichten der Regionalr\u00e4te in der Gebietsentwicklungsplanung, Zentralinstitut f\u00fcr Raumplanung der Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster, 2004<\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Das Sponsoring \u00f6ffentlicher Interessen im Lichte des Strafrechts \u2013 \u201eTue Gutes \u2013 aber richtig\u201c, der Gemeindehaushalt 2005, S. 130 ff.<\/p>

H\u00fcting\/Hopp, Die \u00c4nderung von Planfeststellungsbeschl\u00fcssen, UPR 2003, S. 1 ff.<\/p>\n

Mitgliedschaften<\/h2>\n

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