Fieldfisher

Public & Regulatory

Dennis Hillemann is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises companies and public bodies on Administrative Law, in particular Administrative Procedural Law, Subsidy Law - especially Corona bridging grants - and Licensing Law, and represents them before the administrative courts.

As a specialist lawyer for Administrative Law, the focus of his work lies in advising and representing his clients in proceedings before the administrative courts and supervisory authorities.

Furthermore, he advises on legislative procedures and on the design of cooperation projects in a public context, especially in the Energy sector and Science. Many of the mandates he handles touch on issues of state, federal and European Union law and are therefore highly complex.

As part of his consulting services, he supports his clients with a deep understanding of processes in public authorities and ministries, develops the strategy in complex procedures with them and supports the digitalisation of the administration.

In addition, we are currently intensively advising on the energy crisis as well as on the Corona bridging aid, in particular on the recovery of aid as well as the preparation of final invoices.

He has represented clients in several hundred administrative (summary) proceedings before the German administrative courts and accompanied numerous cooperation projects and legislative procedures. He has also assisted clients in obtaining funding in the tens of millions.

He is recommended as an expert in Public Commercial Law.

Quotes from his clients:

"Dennis Hillemann provided excellent public law advice on the implementation of a sustainable hydrogen infrastructure project, which will also be used on an interim basis for energy security through LNG imports.", Dr Jens Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Tree Energy Solutions (TES-H2) "Dennis Hillemann has been advising us on Public Law on an ongoing basis for years. We appreciate his fast, pragmatic and always client-interest oriented advice and are happy to recommend him.", Joachim Hoffmeyer, Managing Director Handwerkskammer Hannover Projekt- und Servicegesellschaft mbH

Before joining Fieldfisher, he worked for various other law firms, including as a Partner at KPMG Law, specialising in Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law, EU law, Constitutional law, EU state Aid Law, Subsidy Law, Science Law, Public Building Law and Environmental Law, and Planning Law.

He advises his clients in German, English and French.

He is the founder of various networks and a member of various associations:

Founder of the funding network www.foerdermittelnetzwerk.de Founder of the Science and Law Network www.wissenschaftundrecht.de Founder of the Blockchain Lawyers Network www.blockchainlawyersnetwork.com Own podcast "Law in the Ear" and "Law of the Future Member of the Hanseatic Blockchain Institute e.V. Member of the Hamburg Bar Association e.V.

He completed his law studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Hamburg in the First State Examination with a focus on Public Law/Media Law and in the Second State Examination with a focus on Public Law.

He has published the following articles and columns, among others:

Tagesspiegel, 6.9.2022: Why administrative digitisation is essential for the rule of law, Why administrative digitisation is indispensable for the rule of law - Tagesspiegel Background Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16.8.2022: After rationing, a wave of lawsuits looms, After rationing, the wave of lawsuits looms (faz.net) Legal Tribune Online, 16.6.2021: Is the Federal Network Agency allowed to inform about fines?, Is the Federal Network Agency allowed to inform about fines? (lto.de) 3.3.2022, stb-web: Corona aid - suspected subsidy fraud?, Corona aid: Suspicion of subsidy fraud? (stb-web.de) Dennis Hillemann, Tanja Ehls, Ordnung der Wissenschaft 2019 The EU state aid law separation calculation in science - overview and current legal issues 22_2019_03_hillemann_wittig_separation_accounting_in_science_odw.pdf (ordnungderwissenschaft.de) (only in German) LSK 2013, 240704, Consequences of a lack of legal basis in the allocation of study places LTZ 2022, 88 Government Technology (GovTech) - Framework Conditions for Cooperation between the Public and Private Sectors in the Area of Digitalisation (with Michael Kolain) NVwZ 2012, 801 Consequences of a lack of legal basis in the allocation of study places , Essay by Dennis Hillemann, Dirk Naumann on Grünberg LSK 2019, 51816548 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies - property iSd Art. 14 GG?, Reference to the essay by Dennis Hillemann in CR 2019, 830 CB 2020, 455 CB contribution: Possible applications of blockchain technology in product safety law, Essay by Hillemann/Wiebe