Environment – Products – Circular economy
Shaping a sustainable future together
The interests and success of our clients are at the heart of our advice. With precision and passion, we create legally compliant, forward-looking and innovative solutions.
We are experts in our fields. We advise with foresight and responsibility. Shaping the legal framework to promote product safety, sustainability, resource efficiency and the circular economy is also a personal concern of ours.
Environment
The economy affects the environment, and the environment forms the basis for the economy. We enable economic activity and ensure compliance with environmental law.
Products
Product law is a complex, primarily European cross-sectoral area of law. Responsible economic operators must ensure compliance with the extensive legal requirements in their respective target markets.
Circular economy
The economy is transforming from a linear economy to a circular economy. We are here to support you. We are involved in the development of new circular business models, ensure legal compliance and are committed to shaping a legal framework that is conducive to the circular economy.
Compliance & ESG
Establishing and maintaining a compliance system is increasingly becoming standard practice for businesses. Sustainability is becoming the guiding principle of economic activity. Due to the growing complexity of the legal framework, there is an increasing need for highly specialised compliance advice.
Urgent Need for Action for Battery Producers: Registration Requirements Are Changing – Sales Bans for Producers and Distributors May Apply
7th Amendment to the LPlG NRW – Draft Bill Published by the State Government of NRW
The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia is planning to revise the State Planning Act (Landesplanungsgesetz NRW, LPlG NRW) in order to streamline procedures of spatial planning to reduce their duration while increasing reliability. To this end, it published a draft bill for the 7th amendment to the LPlG NRW on 18 November 2025. In the following, we provide an overview over the most important intended changes.
Lawyer and Associate
Vanessa Homann, LL.M.
Vanessa Homann, LL.M., joined the Düsseldorf office of FRANSSEN NUSSER as a lawyer in October 2022. She specialises in environmental law, particularly waste, soil protection and water management law, as well as mining and nuclear law. In these areas, her legal work includes advising private and municipal companies as well as government agencies.
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Lawyer | Partner, Düsseldorf
Dr. Henning Blatt
Dr. Henning Blatt is a partner at FRANSSEN NUSSER. His practice focuses on environmental law, in particular waste law, emission control law and water law, as well as mining law and information law.
Lawyer | Partner, Berlin
Dr. Marthe-Louise Fehse
Dr. Marthe-Louise Fehse is a partner at FRANSSEN NUSSER. She specialises in product law, particularly construction product law, corporate organisation and compliance, accreditation law and contract law.
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Lawyer | Partner, Düsseldorf
Gregor Franßen, EMLE
Gregor Franßen, EMLE (Madrid) joined FRANSSEN NUSSER as a partner in 2022. He has been practising environmental law since 2002, specialising in waste management and recycling, water management, mining, nuclear energy, municipal services and public procurement.
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Lawyer | Counsel | Former Ministerial Director, Düsseldorf
Michael Halstenberg
Michael Halstenberg has worked in ministries at state and federal level for over 20 years, most recently as head of department at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development. He has been a lawyer since 2009 and joined FRANSSEN NUSSER in 2022.
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Lawyer | Partner, Berlin
Dr. Jens Nusser, LL.M.
Dr. Jens Nusser, LL.M. is a partner at FRANSSEN NUSSER. His practice focuses on product safety and environmental product law, contaminated site management, public real estate law, and corporate organisation and compliance.
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Lawyer | Associate, Berlin
Suhayl Ungerer
Suhayl Ungerer has been a lawyer since February 2021 and joined the Berlin office of FRANSSEN NUSSER in 2022. His practice focuses on product safety and environmental product law as well as contaminated sites law.
Lawyer | Counsel, Berlin
Monika Menz
Monika Menz joined FRANSSEN NUSSER as counsel in 2023. She has been practising law in the field of information technology law since 2007.
Lawyer | Associate, Berlin
Dr. Felix Holländer
Dr. Felix Holländer is a lawyer at the Berlin office of FRANSSEN NUSSER. His practice focuses on the European Green Deal, including issues of (material) compliance, product law and environmental law (including contaminated sites).
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Lawyer | Associate, Düsseldorf
Mirjam Büsch, lic. en droit
Mirjam Büsch has been working as a lawyer at the Düsseldorf office of FRANSSEN NUSSER since March 2024. She specialises in environmental law, particularly waste, emissions and climate protection law.
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Lawyer | Associate, Düsseldorf
Marvin Kniebaum, LL.M.
Marvin Kniebaum, LL.M. (Dublin), joined the Düsseldorf office of FRANSSEN NUSSER as an attorney in August 2024. His practice focuses on environmental law, in particular waste law, soil protection law, immission control law and water law.
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Lawyer | Associate, Berlin
David Klusmeyer, LL.M..
David Klusmeyer LL.M. is a lawyer at the Berlin office of FRANSSEN NUSSER. His practice focuses on ESG (including the Supply Chain Act and the Deforestation Regulation), (IT-)product compliance and environmental law.
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