Practice Experience
Christian Kahles' principal areas of practice include environmental law, particularly pollution control law, waste law, energy law and nature protection law. Furthermore, he advises clients in other fields of public law. Mr. Kahle has also special expertise in the field of energy law.

Mr. Kahle joined White & Case in Hamburg in June 2007. Between April 2004 and May 2007 he worked as a scientific assistant at the University of Hamburg in several research projects concerning environmental law, particularly pollution control law.

Mr. Kahle is experienced in managing complex licensing procedures for industrial plants, gasholders, pipelines and landfills. Moreover, he provides advice in M&A transactions with regard to environmental and public law issues.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, Regional Court of Hamburg, 2007

Education
First State Exam, University of Hamburg, 2000
LL.M., University of Lüneburg, 2001

Publications
Law Review Articles
Co-author, "Commentary on the Ordinance on Plants Seaborne the German Territorial Sea (Kommentar zur Verordnung über Anlagen seewärts der Begrenzung des deutschen Küstenmeeres (Seeanlagenverordnung – SeeAnlV))", Das Deutsche Bundesrecht, 1037, Delivery, Pages 7-105, April 2008 (with Thomas Schomerus and Ulrike Tolkmitt)
"Implementing European guidelines in the German pollution control law (Das deutsche Immissionsschutzrecht im Zeichen der Umsetzung europarechtlicher Vorgaben)," Ed. Verein Deutscher Verwaltungsrichter, Dokumentation 15. Deutscher Verwaltungsrichtertag, Page 267 et seqq., 2008
"Ownership Unbundling of the energy supply network under european and constitutional law (Die Eigentumsrechtliche Entflechtung (Ownership Unbundling) der Energieversorgungsnetze aus europarechtlicher und verfassungsrechtlicher Sicht)," RdE, Page 293 et seqq., 2007
Co-author, "Aspects of pollution control law concerning noise from child playgrounds and kindergartens (Immissionsschutz-rechtliche Beurteilung von Lärm von Kinderspielplätzen und Kindergärten)," DVBl. Page 18 et seqq., 2007 (with Jan Hendrik Dietrich)
Co-author, "New jurisdiction of the pollution control law (Aktuelle Rechtsprechung zum Immissionsschutzrecht)," NVwZ, Page 1124 et seqq., 2006 (with Hans-Joachim Koch)
Co-author, "New developments in pollution control law (Aktuelle Entwicklungen des Immissionsschutzrechts)," NVwZ, Page 1006 et seqq., 2006
Co-author, "Installation of base transceiver stations under public pollution control law and construction law (Mobilfunkanlagen im öffentlichen Immissionsschutz- und Baurecht)," ZUR, Page 72 et seqq., 2006 (with Jan Gehrken and Friederike Mechel)
Co-author, "Developments of the energy law 2003 - 2004, (Entwicklungen des Energierechts 2003 bis 2004)," NVwZ, Page 642 et seqq., 2005 (with Boris Brattig)
"National (environmental-)jurisdiction in the german exclusive economic zone – Offshore-windfarms as an example" (Nationale (Umwelt-)Gesetzgebung in der deutschen ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone am Beispiel der Offshore-Windparks)," ZUR, Page 80 et seqq., 2004

Languages
German, English

Citizenship
Germany