DR. JÖRG WACKER
Director
Lawyer
+49 211 955 869 74
+49 152 582 641 38
joerg.wacker@orthpartners.com
.vita
.expertise
.focal points
➔ Commercial law advice for municipalities and municipal enterprises
➔ Municipal constitutional law and municipal financial equalization
➔ Crisis management consulting for municipal bodies and executives
➔ Compliance in public administration
➔ Real estate law / commercial lease law
➔ Art law, art, and taxes
.about
For approximately 25 years, Dr. Jörg Wacker has been advising local governments and municipal enterprises in particular on all matters of commercial law and municipal constitutional law. He possesses particular expertise in crisis consulting for municipal executives and in issues related to municipal financial equalization. In addition, he has extensive experience advising on real estate law matters, particularly commercial lease law.
Jörg Wacker is married and has two daughters.
.awards
➔ Doctoral Fellowship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
➔ 2000 Difu Prize (German Institute for Urban Studies) for outstanding work in the field of municipal studies
PUBLICATIONS
Constitutional Issues Regarding the Amendment to the Civil Service Pension Act, DVBl. 1999, p. 426 ff (with Janbernd Oebbecke)
Expert Citizens and Residents on Municipal Committees, 2000
Art: Law & Taxes, Key Topics for the Art Collector, AXA Art Art Series 2006 (with Felix Ganteführer)
The Assignment of Municipal Civil Servants to Municipal Corporations – Civil Service Pay Versus Employment Contract Compensation, DVBl. 2015, p. 1023 ff.
Legal News
Dr. Jörg Wacker new at ORTHPARTNERS
Dr. Jörg Wacker Joins ORTHPARTNERS ORTHPARTNERS is delighted to welcome Dr. Jörg Wacker, a renowned Lawyer former partner at Dr. Ganteführer, Marquardt & Partner mbB, to the team. Dr. Wacker brings outstanding and wide-ranging expertise, particularly in municipal law and in providing commercial legal advice to municipalities and municipal…
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