Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Germany
Gernot-Rüdiger Engel at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is a notable advisor to clients across the steel, chemical, metal, paper and building materials sectors on their innovative and impactful green transition strategies. Bringing expertise from environmental law, planning, and regulation, Engel demonstrates a particular focus on decarbonisation subsidy, environmental compliance, and circular economy mandates.
A key client is major global building materials player Holcim, whom Engel is assisting regarding its project to convert production to green hydrogen and utilise the waste CO2 from its Lägerdorf plant as a raw material for the production of green fuel and chemical base materials. Demonstrating his further leadership in industrial decarbonisation mandates, Engel is also assisting major domestic steel concern SHS on environmental, public, and energy law matters concerning its €3.6bn funding from the EU to construct a direct reduction plant and electric steel furnaces in order to decarbonise its production and create a green steel value chain.
Engel serves as deputy chair of the Greenhouse Gas Neutrality Foundation, which works to ensure the implementation of effective climate protection in Germany, and has published legal commentaries on topics including the emissions trading act.