DR. JÖRG WACKER
Lawyer
Director
+49 211 955 869 74
+49 152 582 641 38
joerg.wacker@orthpartners.com
.vita
2000-2001
Grooterhorst Law Firm
2001–2025
Ganteführer Attorneys, Tax Advisors, and Certified Public Accountants
.focal points
➔ Business law consulting for municipalities and municipal enterprises
➔ Municipal constitutional law and municipal financial equalization
➔ Crisis consulting for municipal bodies and executives
➔ Compliance in public administration
➔ Real estate law / commercial lease law
➔ Art law, art, and taxes
.awards
➔ Doctoral Fellowship from the German National Academic Foundation
➔ 2000 Difu Prize (German Institute for Urban Studies) for outstanding work in the field of municipal studies
.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.
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.
