Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

Dr. Kornelius Kleinlein serves as the administrative partner of the Berlin office, working closely with the managing partner of the German offices on management responsibilities. Dr. Kleinlein’s professional experience ranges from telecommunications law, particularly in the areas of net access and tariff regulations, to advising public entities and bidders on large-scale infrastructure projects to the privatization of public companies. He advised the public authorities on one of the largest public-private partnership projects in Germany and was one of the advisors on the development of the PPP Acceleration Act in Germany.

Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Dr. Kleinlein was an attorney at a leading German law firm from 1990 to 1995 and as partner from 1996 to 2001. He was also at a UK-based international law firm from 2001 to 2005.

He has published numerous articles in the areas of telecommunications and administrative law, on public affair activities of law firms, and on the implementation of public responsibilities by private bodies. He is co-author of a commentary on the PPP Acceleration Act and of a commentary on the Investment Priority Act.

Dr. Kleinlein has also worked as a research associate at the Freie Universitat Berlin and at the Universitat Mannheim and is admitted as a notary in Germany.

Areas of Practice

• Infrastructure
• Financial Services
• Project and International Finance
• Public Finance
• Real Estate
• Corporate, Finance, and Tax
• Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment

Bar Admissions

• Berlin
• Germany

Professional Associations and Memberships

• German Association of Lawyers (Member)
• German-American Law Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• European Legal Experts, IT and Telecoms - Germany, 2010 - Present
• Best Lawyers, IT and Telecoms - Germany, 2009 - Present
• Chambers Europe, TMT: Telecommunications (Regulatory) - Germany, 2007 - 2009
• The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Telecoms - Germany, 2006 - 2007
• The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, Public Sector - Germany, 2009 - Present
• Chambers Global, TMT: Telecommunications (Regulatory) - Germany, 2008 - Present
• PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, Telecommunications - Germany, 2008 - Present

Education

• Freie Universitat Berlin Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Berlin, Germany, 1986
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Address

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