Environmental Law & Governance

Friedhelm Keimeyer

Head of Division / Senior Researcher

Special Expertise

Research focus: National and European energy and environmental law

Professional Training and Career

Since 2012: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Environmental Law & Governance Division, since 2015 deputy head of division, since 2023 head of division
2010 – 2012: Lawyer at Becker Büttner Held, Berlin, Main activities and responsibilities: energy law, emissions trading law, contract design and policy advisory work
2009: Member of election campaign staff, Headquarter of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD–Parteivorstand); Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
2006 – 2008: Postgraduate civil service training, Heidelberg Regional Court; passed the Second State Examination for the legal profession after completing stations at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Division “Legal Issues, Environment and Energy, Climate Protection, Emissions Trading”) and the corporate law firm Gleiss Lutz
2006 – 2007: Research assistant at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Teaching students in administrative and constitutional law, Evaluating written examinations
2001 – 2006: Undergraduate studies in Jurisprudence in Heidelberg and in Saint Petersburg (Russia); passed the First State Examination for entry to the legal profession, optional subject international and European law

Language Skills

English, Russian

Contact

Friedhelm Keimeyer