What a technical world.

Find out more about our environmental & public law attorney Christoph Jirak

Christoph started at Schoenherr as an associate and is now advising clients in environmental
and public law as an attorney at law. This means he supports them in plant and construction
approval proceedings, environmental impact assessments and much more, dealing with many
external technicians and technical experts. From wind power, photovoltaics and particle
accelerators (like at CERN) to aviation matters, he always has interesting did-you-know-thats to share.

Who are you and what do you do?
Hi, I'm Christoph.
I am an attorney at law in our regulatory practice group, specialised in public and environmental law.
My standard day consists of meetings with clients or authorities and courts, preparing expert reports
and briefs, reviewing and inputting technical and submission documents, and due diligence work in
public law as support in M&A or real estate matters.

What do you like most about your job?
The term public or administrative law sounds rather dry, I know. But it's actually a cross-section of so
many legal and non-legal specialities that I learn something interesting every day. At this point I would
rock any pub quiz on how flight paths for airplanes are established or on the physical principles of
particle accelerators (at least in broad outline).

What were your career milestones so far?
I started at Schoenherr as an associate, so one major milestone was pre-defined: passing my bar
exam and being registered as a lawyer. Of course, the best thing is when we finally get the final
permit for a big project after countless hours of hard work,  even more so if the mandates have
been acquired personally.

What advice would you give the younger Christoph today?
Have more confidence in yourself. Everybody is figuring it out step by step, and you are not the
only one with more questions than answers.

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What a technical world.

Find out more about our environmental & public
law attorney Christoph Jirak

Christoph started at Schoenherr as an associate
and is now advising clients in environ-mental and
public law as an attorney at law. This means he
supports them in plant and construction approval
proceedings, environmental impact assessments
and much more, dealing with many external
technicians and technical experts. From wind power,
photovoltaics and particle accelerators
(like at CERN) to aviation matters, he always has
interesting did-you-know-thats to share.

Who are you and what do you do?
Hi, I'm Christoph.
I am an attorney at law in our regulatory practice
group, specialised in public and environmental
law. My standard day consists of meetings with
clients or authorities and courts, preparing expert
reports and briefs, reviewing and inputting technical
and submission documents, and due diligence work
in public law as support in M&A or real estate matters.

What do you like most about your job?
The term public or administrative law sounds rather
dry, I know. But it's actually a cross-section of so
many legal and non-legal specialities that I learn
something interesting every day. At this point I would
rock any pub quiz on how flight paths for airplanes
are established or on the physical principles of
particle accelerators (at least in broad outline).

What were your career milestones so far?
I started at Schoenherr as an associate, so one
major milestone was pre-defined: passing my bar
exam and being registered as a lawyer. Of course,
the best thing is when we finally get the final
permit for a big project after countless hours of
hard work,  even more so if the mandates have
been acquired personally.

What advice would you give the younger
Christoph today?
Have more confidence in yourself. Everybody is
figuring it out step by step, and you are not the only
one with more questions than answers.

explore more stories.