Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina

Vorsitzender Richter am Verwaltungsgericht a. D., Lawyer, Lehrbeauftragter Partner
Dr Gerd-Ulrich  Kapteina

Areas of practice

Dr Kapteina specialises in matters pertaining to public construction and planning law and any related issues that need to be resolved, including immission control. A further specialist area is advising project developers and municipalities on the laws relating to listed buildings and the laws relating to the protection of the countryside. His clients include well-known and dedicated project development companies as well as cities and municipalities, industrial companies and commercial enterprises, clinics, large-scale retail traders and landowners.  

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Vita

After studying law at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) and completing his legal training, Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina began his professional career as a lawyer in Essen (Germany) in mid-1979. In April 1980, he completed his doctorate on the antitrust law topic "Sec. 5 GWB (Act against Restraints on Competition) – mid-sized business co-operations", which was also published as a book. In May 1982, Dr Kapteina started working in the area of administrative jurisdiction in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. As the presiding judge he was responsible for a department for construction matters at the Administrative Court of Dusseldorf, which amongst other things was responsible for public construction and planning law, listed buildings law and the laws relating to the protection of the countryside as well as immission control law during the process of the granting of building permits. In addition, he was the PR officer and spokesman for the court and also head of the department of judicial mediation and a judge for architects and city planners. Dr Kapteina is a full member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht (German Society for Construction Law), and a part-time lecturer at Akademie der Architektenkammer (Academy of the Association of Architects) in North Rhine-Westphalia and at the International Real Estate Business School (IREBS), as well as at various municipal training institutes. In addition to being a teacher and an author, he is also a co-editor of Entscheidungssammlung zum Denkmalrecht (EzD - law reports relating to listed buildings law). Furthermore, for 15 years Dr Kapteina has acted as the honorary spokesman for the non-partisan working group Essen 2030, Architektur und Stadtkultur (Architecture and urban culture). Dr Kapteina joined Luther as a partner in 2016.

Honors and distinctions

  • JUVE Guide 2016/2017: Listed in "Real Estate - Private Construction Law"
  • The Legal 500 Germany 2017: Recommended in "Construction Law" (first recommended in 2016)
  • Best Lawyers 2026: Recommended in "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2021)
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Clients

  • Providing planning advice on the extension of clinics at various locations
  • Providing planning advice on drawing up a zoning plan for the extension of a metal working industry company with a focus on immission control law
  • Providing planning advice on drawing up a zoning plan to realise a high-rise building, including PR work.
  • Providing planning advice on drawing up a zoning plan for the construction of an administrative centre for a federal authority.
  • Providing planning advice on neighbourhood development projects in various large cities
  • Providing planning advice and providing advice on a case-by-case basis in connection with the creation of large-scale retail properties with a minimum retail space of 3,000 m2 in various locations.
  • Providing fire safety law advice on the renovation of clinics and other large-scale construction projects
  • Advising and guiding individual cities in listed building law issues relating to municipal reference objects.
  • Criminal defence in the “Love Parade” criminal proceedings with a focus on special building regulations and event law.
  • Legal advice on the sale of a high-rise building at Kruppstrasse in Essen
  • Legal support in the preparation of a development plan for a high-rise building of 120 metres height with a vertiport for air taxis at Kennedydamm in Dusseldorf
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Dr Gerd-Ulrich  Kapteina

Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina

Lawyer, Vorsitzender Richter am Verwaltungsgericht a. D., Lehrbeauftragter, Partner
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