Focus
CONSTRUCTION +
REAL ESTATE
Architectural and Engineering Law
In the field of architectural and engineering law, our clients include public and private clients, architectural and engineering firms, project managers and other parties involved in construction projects. Our expertise in this area extends to numerous construction projects, including various large-scale projects.
Our work includes in particular
- Advising and representing clients and contractors in connection with the award of contracts;
- the drafting and negotiation of contracts;
- Support in performance and remuneration issues;
- counselling and representation in liability issues;
- advising on possible copyrights of architects and their effects on construction projects.
Dr. Sascha Schleich Specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law / Mediator / Partner
Focus areas
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