Prof. Dr. Gerald Süchting

Dr Gerald Süchting's practice focuses on private construction law, real estate law and corporate law.

He advises domestic and foreign clients in private construction law as well as in architectural and engineering law on all issues arising in the context of planning and construction projects. The spectrum of his work ranges from advising on applications for contracts to legal support in negotiations and the conclusion of contracts and the enforcement of claims for remuneration and fees. Dr Gerald Süchting has many years of experience, including forensic experience, in supporting and handling construction projects, some of which are extremely complex.

In the area of real estate law, Dr Gerald Süchting advises on the structuring and handling of project developments and other property transactions. This includes the structuring and formation of project or property companies, the drafting and negotiation of share or property purchase agreements.

• Studied in Hamburg, Passau and Bonn
• Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court
• Research assistant at the University of Hamburg
• Doctorate at the University of Hamburg (constitutional law/philosophy of law)
• Master of European and International Business-Law at the University of St. Gallen / Switzerland
• Until 1997: Judge in the judicial service of the Federal State of Brandenburg
• Specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law
• until 2012: Partner in a supra-local law firm in Berlin
• Professor of construction law and construction planning law at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences
• until 2016: Part-time member and examiner of the Joint Legal Examination Office (GJPA) of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg
• until 2016: Presiding judge of the Motorcycle Sport Appeal Court (on-road and off-road) of the German Motorsport Federation DMSB (until 2016)
• Member of the ARGE Baurecht des Deutschen Anwaltsvereins
• Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht e. V.
• Member of IVR (International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy)
• Member of the Deutsche Kant-Gesellschaft e. V.