Dr. Ralf Hüting
“Get to understand people. Knowledge lies between the lines.”
Profile
Born in Wesel in 1961, Dr. Ralf Hüting studied law in Bonn and has worked as a lawyer since 1992. In 1996, he received his doctorate with a thesis on “The Effect of Regulatory Tolerance in Environmental Criminal Law”.
Dr. Hüting advises and represents commercial enterprises, federal & state ministries, supervisory authorities, cities, municipalities and associations, particularly on cross-jurisdictional projects such as the construction or modernization of industrial plants and the design and construction of infrastructure measures. Dr. Hüting is partner with ZENK.
Please find the contracts and proceedings published in JUVE which Dr. Hüting has handled in recent years on the German page.
Skills
Subsidy Law, Public Law, Environmental Law, Nature Conservation Law, Energy Law, Public Building and Planning Law, Public Procurement Law, Municipal Law
Other Languages
German
Publications
- Hüting/Hopp: Article on the criminal liability of public officials in environmental monitoring authorities, LKV 8/2014, p. 337 ff. (German-language)
- Hüting/Hopp: Article on the toleration of power plant operation following the expiry of the permit, EnergieRecht 2014, p. 97 ff. (German-language)
- Hüting/Hopp: Rekommunalisierung der Energieversorgung – kein vergaberechtsfreier Raum! (Remunicipalisation of the energy supply: No space untouched by public procurement law!), RdE 2011, p. 255 ff.
- Hüting, Die Wirkung der behördlichen Duldung im Umweltstrafrecht [The Effects of Regulatory Tolerance in Environmental Criminal Law], Erich Schmidt Verlag 2006
- Hüting/Hopp: Article on the competences and duties of regional councils in regional development planning, Central Institute for Spatial Planning of the University of Münster, 2004 (German-language)
- Hüting/Hopp: Article on the sponsoring of public interests in light of criminal law – Tue Gutes – aber richtig (Do good – but do it right), Der Gemeindehaushalt, 2005, p. 130 ff.
- Hüting/Hopp: Article on the amendment of planning approval decisions, UPR 2003, p. 1 ff. (German-language)
- Hüting/Hopp: Article on securing the coexistence of conflicting development uses, Baurecht, 2004, p. 930 ff. (German-language)
Awards
JUVE 2020: “Consultant with a wealth of experience and an eye for the essentials” (client)
JUVE Guide for Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
“The public law practice is known in the market for its advisory services for complex and long-term infrastructure projects. Often recommended: Dr. Ralf Hüting (“Consultant with extensive experience and an eye for the essentials”, client)”, reports the current JUVE handbook in the category environmental and planning law.
Handelsblatt Ranking 2024/Best Lawyers Ranking 2025
“Germany’s Best Lawyers 2024”
in the sections “Environmental Law” and “Energy Law”
