White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Dr. Timo Hohmuth

Practice Experience

Timo Hohmuth's principal areas of practice include environmental and planning law, particularly immission control law, energy law and nature conservation law. Mr. Hohmuth has also special expertise in the field of emissions trading and climate change law. Furthermore, Mr. Hohmuth advises clients on public procurement and municipal law issues and public law.

Before he joined White & Case in Hamburg in August 2008, Mr. Hohmuth worked with the German Emissions Trading Authority at the Federal Environment Agency.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, 2008

Education
Second State Exam, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 2007
Dr. jur., Georg-August-University Goettingen, 2006
First State Exam, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships
Society for Environmental Law
German-Nordic Lawyer's Association
Hamburg Lawyer's Association

Awards and Recognition
International Window Award 2004", University Award: Market Economy and Climate Protection

Publications
Co-Author: "Additional Emission Reductions as Precondition for the Approval to Joint Implemenation (JI) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Climate Protection Projects according to the Project Mechanisms Act (Zusätzliche Emissionsminderungen als Voraussetzung für die Anerkennung als Joint Implementation (JI) und Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Klimaschutzprojekt nach dem Projekt-Mechanismen-Gesetz (ProMechG))", Natur und Recht, Issue 7, Pages 470-476, 2009 (with Matthias Wolf)
Co-author, "Legal provisions for CCS – the Act on carbon dioxide storage (Rechtliche Vorgaben für CCS – das Kohlendioxid-Speicherungsgesetz)", Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen (et), Issue 6, Pages 59-62, 2009 (with Christian Kahle and Malte Kohls)
Co-author, "Crediting CO2 Sequestration – An Alternative Approach to Integrating CCS into the EU ETS", Carbon and Climate Law Review, Issue 4, Pages 387-393, 2008 (with Inga Guddas and Lutz Schäfer)
"CCS and Emissions Trading from a German, European, and international perspective (CCS und der Emissionshandel in deutscher, europäischer und internationaler Perspektive)", CO2-Abscheidung und Speicherung im Meeresgrund – Meeresökologische und geologische Anforderungen für deren langfristige Sicherheit sowie Ausgestaltung des Rechtsrahmens, Text 24/08 (Forschungsbericht 206 25 200). Ed. Umweltbundesamt. Dessau, Pages 197-260, 2008
"Emissions Trading and CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage Technology under the Law of Emissions Trading (Emissionshandel und CCS – Technologie zur Abscheidung und Ablagerung von Kohlendioxid im Recht des Emissionshandels )", Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht, Issue 6, Pages 295-300, 2008
Hohmuth, Timo: Emissions Trading and German Industrial Installations Law (Emissionshandel und deutsches Anlagenrecht). Cologne, 2006 (Dissertation, Goettingen, 2005)
"Emissions Trading as an incentive for refurbishment of buildings (Emissionshandel als Sanierungsanreiz im Gebäudesektor)", TGA Fachplaner, Issue 7, Page 30-32, 2005
Book review: Schweer, Carl-Stephan and Christian von Hammerstein, "German Emissions Trading Act (Treibhausgas-Emissionshandelsgesetz)", Cologne 2004. Natur und Recht, Issue 11, Page 651, 2005
Book review: Maslaton, Martin: "German Emissions Trading Act (Treibhausgas-Emissionshandelsgesetz)", Baden-Baden 2005. Natur und Recht, Issue 11, Page 651, 2005
Book review: Frenz, Walter: "Emissions Trading Law (Emissionshandelsrecht)", Heidelberg, New York, 2004. Natur und Recht, Issue 9, Page 581, 2005

Languages
German
English

Citizenship
Germany