Christoph Schnoor
Areas of practice
Christoph Schnoor advises on all matters pertaining to environmental law, with a particular emphasis on immission control, water and waste law. He also advises companies on matters regarding extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the German Packaging Act, the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act and the German Battery Act. His further services include advising on access to information law and the German Combined Heat and Power Act.
In addition to the above, Christoph Schnoor also provides advice on future topics. For example, he deals with current hydrogen issues and the legalisation of cannabis.
Vita
Christoph Schnoor studied law at the University of Kiel (Germany) until 2014 and carried out his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany). Christoph Schnoor currently works on his doctoral thesis in environmental criminal law, on the topic of “Confiscation of assets under the German Federal Immission Control Act for operating plants without authorisation”. Christoph Schnoor started working at Luther in 2017 and was admitted to the German Bar in 2018.
Christoph Schnoor is a co-author of the legal commentary on the German Fuel Emissions Trading Act published by Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel.
Publications
- Kommentierung zu §§ 20, 22, 26, 27, 28 und 30 ElektroG, in: Recht der Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaft - Band 2, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Heinrich Freiherr von Lersner, Dr. jur. Helge Wendenburg, Dr. Olaf Kropp & Jörg Rüdiger, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2025
- Der neue Herstellerbegriff des Einwegkunststofffondsgesetzes – oder: Wer zahlt für den „Ayran-Becher“?, in: Zeitschrift für das Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft, Heft 4/2024, S. 172-180
- Ordnungswidrigkeiten im ElektroG – Bußgelder nur bei gutem Gedächtnis?, in: Zeitschrift für das Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft, Heft 3/2023, S. 134-138
- Kommentierung des § 22 BEHG, in: BEHG Kommentar, herausgegeben von Gernot-Rüdiger Engel, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1. Aufl. 2022
Lectures
- 05.03.2025: 14. Leipziger Klimatage - Fachvortrag zu verfügbaren Fördermittelprogrammen auf EU- und nationaler Ebene ( Klimaschutzverträge, Innovation Fund, BIK und EEW )
- 05.09.2024: Praxis und Recht – Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung, Verpackungs-, Entwaldungs- und Batterieverordnung sowie Lieferketten EU-Vorschriften – Was ist zu beachten? | Arbeitgeberverband Lüneburg-Nordostniedersachsen e.V.)
- 05.06.2024: Praxis und Recht – Überblick über wesentliche (umwelt-)produktrechtliche Vorschriften | Arbeitgeberverband Lüneburg-Nordostniedersachsen e.V.
- 22.05.2024: 13. Leipziger Klima-Tag – Environmental Compliance (Greenwashing-Richtlinie, Lieferketten-Richtlinie) | Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Leipzig
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anja Wechsler
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf