Janet Butler

Dr. Janet Butler is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Transactional / Projects practice in Berlin. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2001 and meanwhile has more than 20 years of experience advising domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, financial investors and public authorities in a broad range of public law matters, with a focus on regulated industries (chemicals, life sciences, (renewable) energy and infrastructure). Janet is a member of the European Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Industry Group and the Global Environment & Climate Change Practice Group. She has worked in the Firm's Berlin, Frankfurt and London offices. Janet regularly advises clients on the management of environmental liability and regulatory risks in the context of M&A transactions and project developments, covering all stages of project development. She has extensive experience advising on environmental, planning and permitting issues as well as subsidy and EU state aid law. She also advises on the implementation of projects in the broadband infrastructure and future mobility sector. · Baker McKenzie

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Dr. Janet Butler is a Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Transactional / Projects practice in Berlin, with over 20 years of experience advising domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, financial investors, and public authorities on public law matters. She focuses on regulated industries including chemicals, life sciences, (renewable) energy, and infrastructure. She is a member of the European Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Industry Group and the Global Environment & Climate Change Practice Group. She regularly advises clients on environmental liability and regulatory risks in M&A transactions and project developments, covering planning, permitting, subsidy, and EU state aid law, as well as broadband infrastructure and future mobility projects.

Practice areas

Environmental LawRegulatory LawPublic LawEnergyInfrastructureRenewable EnergyLife SciencesChemicalsMergers and AcquisitionsProject DevelopmentEU State AidPlanning and PermittingBroadband InfrastructureFuture Mobility

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Baker McKenzie · Dr. Janet Butler is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Transactional / Projects practice in Berlin. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2001 and meanwhile has more than 20 years of experience advising domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, financial investors and public authorities in a broad range of public law matters, with a focus on regulated industries (chemicals, life sciences, (renewable) energy and infrastructure). Janet is a member of the European Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Industry Group and the Global Environment & Climate Change Practice Group. She has worked in the Firm's Berlin, Frankfurt and London offices. Janet regularly advises clients on the management of environmental liability and regulatory risks in the context of M&A transactions and project developments, covering all stages of project development. She has extensive experience advising on environmental, planning and permitting issues as well as subsidy and EU state aid law. She also advises on the implementation of projects in the broadband infrastructure and future mobility sector.

Germany

Expertise

Environmental liability and regulatory risk management in M&A and project developmentsEnvironmental, planning and permitting issuesSubsidy and EU state aid lawBroadband infrastructure projectsFuture mobility projectsRegulated industries (chemicals, life sciences, energy, infrastructure)

Education

University of Würzburg (Dr. iur., summa cum laude) (2002)
Würzburg Regional Court (Assessor Exam) (1998)
University of Würzburg (Referendar Exam) (1996)

Languages

EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish