Elisabeth Fischer has been a lawyer at Oppenhoff since 2023. She studied law at the University of Bayreuth. During her legal internship at the Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg, Elisabeth Fischer also worked at the Ministry of the Interior and Sport of Lower Saxony, in a boutique law firm for labour law and in Portland (Oregon). Before transferring to Oppenhoff, she was a research assistant at the Research Centre for European Environmental Law (FEU) at the University of Bremen and completed a period of research at the University of Cape Town at the Institute for Marine and Environmental Law (IMEL). In 2023, Elisabeth Fischer received her PhD in law with a thesis in the field of climate change litigation.
Dr. Elisabeth Fischer
Dispute Resolution – Litigation – Arbitration Proceedings
Experience
Elisabeth Fischer advises and represents companies in commercial law disputes both in and out of court. Her work includes in particular the defence and enforcement of all types of damage claims, with a focus on general contract law and advisors‘ liability.
Elisabeth Fischer also has expertise in climate change litigation.
Education
Dr. Elisabeth Fischer
AssociateAttorney
Languages
German, English
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4
60306 Frankfurt am Main
- Lehrbeauftragung an der Universität Bremen: Blockseminar „Climate Change Responsibility – Das Spannungsfeld zwischen unternehmerischer Freiheit und Verantwortung“ ["Climate Change Responsibility - The area of conflict between entrepreneurial freedom and responsibility", January 19/20, 2024, in the focus area of public commercial law and environmental law, together with attorney at law Sandra Gerdes, LLM.]
- Vortrag mit anschließender Diskussionsrunde zum Thema „Klimaklagen gegen Unternehmen“ im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe „Female Future Docs“ [Lecture with subsequent discussion round on the topic “Climate law suits against companies” during the “Female Future Docs”] event held by the German Women Lawyers Association (Deutschen Juristinnen Bund - DJB) on 25 April 2023
- Vortrag „Horizontale Klimaklagen“ im Rahmen eines Online-Workshops „Klagen zum Klimaschutz“ [Lecture “Horizonal climate law suits” in the context of an online workshop “Law suits on climate protection“] held by the German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH - GIZ) on 25 February 2022