Focus

CONSTRUCTION +
REAL ESTATE

Public Construction Law

The fields of advice in the area of public building law include in particular

  • regional planning law;
  • building planning law
  • building regulations law;
  • urban development contracts.

Dr. Sascha Schleich Specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law / Mediator / Partner

Career trajectory

  • 1990 - 1994 Studied law at the University of Saarland
  • 1995 - 1997 Legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Saarbrücken
  • 1997 - 2016 Independent lawyer in Saarlouis and Saarbrücken
  • 2006 Admitted as a specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law
  • 2007 Admission as a mediator
  • Since 2011 Lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Saarland University
  • 2013 Doctorate (Dr. iur.) at the University of Saarland
  • Since 2014 Partner and lecturer at the Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference
  • 2017 Joined the law firm Kropp Haag Hübinger
  • 2019 Joined the law firm KHH LEGAL Kropp Haag Hübinger Rechtsanwälte

References

  • "often recommended lawyer" (JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024);
  • "very good and reliable advisor, fair billing, client" (JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022)

  • Member of the "Specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law" committee of the Saarland Bar Association;
  • Deputy Chairman of the Registration Committee of the Saarland Chamber of Engineers;
  • Chairman of the Honorary Committee of the Saarland Chamber of Architects

  • Working group on construction and real estate law in the German Bar Association
  • Saarland Bar Association

  • Value added tax in construction and architectural/engineering law (8th Saarbrücker Baurechtstagung, 2022);  
  • Latest case law of the BGH and the higher regional courts on construction and architectural/engineering law (8th Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2022);
  • Basics of invoicing architects and engineers according to HOAI 2021 with calculation example (7th Saarbrücken Building Law Conference, 2021);
  • Individual questions on invoicing according to HOAI 2021 (7th Saarbrücken Building Law Conference, 2021);
  • The settlement of the terminated construction contract with special consideration of terminated lump-sum price contracts, Part 1: Termination variants according to BGB and VOB/B and their financial consequences, Part 2: Settlement principles according to BGH and higher court case law (6th Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2019);
  • Current issues in expert witness law - bias; reduction/forfeiture of remuneration claims; opening of building components (5th Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2018);
  • Compensation claims among the parties involved in construction I - substantive law aspects; contractors and architects as joint and several debtors; quotas; cost sharing of the client; disturbed joint and several debtor compensation (5th Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2018);
  • Changes in construction contract law as of 01.01.2018, in-house training courses 2018;
  • Legally compliant handling of correspondence at the tender stage, in-house training courses 2018;
  • Gaps in bills of quantities - building contract or addendum?, Part 1: Interpretation of construction contracts in the light of BGH case law, Part 2: Selected interpretation problems in practice (4th Saarbrücker Baurechtstagung, 2017);
  • Extension of construction time: Basis for claims according to BGB and VOB/B; Methodical possibilities of calculating the amount of the supplement in the event of disrupted construction processes (3rd Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2016);
  • Issues from architectural law: limits of acquisition, undercutting the minimum rates of the HOAI, exceeding the construction sum (2nd Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2015)
  • Defect rights before acceptance in the BGB works contract (1st Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2014)
  • Contract for work and services and purchase contract with assembly obligation - differences and similarities (1st Saarbrücken Construction Law Conference, 2014)
  • Forms of scalping and their legal classification, 2013
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