Practice Areas

  • Public building and planning law, planning permission, law relating to permits for industrial plants and environmental regulations
  • Energy law
Education and Professional Experience
  • Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2016
  • Certified lawyer for administrative law
  • Admitted to practise law in Germany (2008)
  • Doctorate from the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
  • Studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of Münster
Languages
  • English, German
Memberships
  • Member of the Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht e.V. (Society for Environmental Law)
  • Member of the legal board of the Bundesverband Windenergie e.V. (German Wind Energy Association)
Awards
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of  “Industry Focus Energy” (The Legal 500 2023-2024)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Public Law and Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2023)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2021-2022)
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of “Environmental and Planning Law” (The Legal 500 2021)
Publications
  • Geiger, Stefan / Wolkenhauer, Sören: Streit um Fernwärmenetze – worauf Kommunen achten sollten, in: Kommunal, 16.03.2021
  • Geiger, Stefan: Paradigmenwechsel bei der Förderung von Windenergieanlagen an Land, in: REE Recht der Erneuerbaren Energien, Ausgabe 04/2016, S. 197 ff.
  • Geiger, Stefan: Freiflächenausschreibung – Renaissance der Solarparks?, in: DVBL Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt, Jg. 130, Nr.18, 2015, S.1166-1172
  • Geiger, Stefan: Schadensersatz wegen Verletzung der Anschlussverpflichtung an den geographisch nächstgelegenen Verknüpfungspunkt – LG Kiel versus BGH, in: ZNER 2013, S. 245-249
  • Geiger, Stefan und Bauer, Philipp: Das Planerfordernis als Voraussetzung der Einspeisevergütung für Solarparks nach dem EEG 2012, in: ZNER 2/2012, S. 163
  • Aßmann, Jaron und Geiger, Stefan: Chancen und Grenzen der Expansionsmöglichkeiten kommunaler Energieversorgungsunternehmen, in: DVBl 2012, Heft 20, S. 1276 – 1283
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    29 June 2021

    Germany’s Best Lawyers 2021: Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers recommend 50 GSK Stockmann lawyers

    Once again, the renowned American publisher Best Lawyers has issued “Germany's Best Lawyers” of the year in cooperation with Handelsblatt. A total of 50 GSK Stockmann lawyers w...

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