Dr. Christoph Rung advises companies and public authorities on all matters relating to German and European public law. The focus of his work lies in environmental as well as building and planning law. In these areas, he assists with projects and negotiations and represents his clients in legal proceedings before the administrative courts. In the area of public economic law, Christoph Rung helps companies achieve compliance with the requirements set out in public procurement law, foreign trade law or state aid law. He assists public authorities and municipal companies in developing procurement plans and implementing procurement procedures. He represents them during public procurement review proceedings before public procurement chambers and Higher Regional Courts.
- Public economic law, particularly public procurement law, foreign trade law and state aid law
- German and European environmental and planning law
- Building law
- State liability law
- Litigation
- Impact Investing
- 2002 - 2007 Law studies at Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg
- 2007 - 2009 Research assistant at the Institute for German and European Administrative Law, Heidelberg University
- 2009 - 2010 Academic assistant at the Research Centre for Sustainable Development Law, Heidelberg University
- 2012 Admitted to the German bar
- 2013 PhD (Dr. iur.) at Heidelberg University
- 2018 Additional qualification as a certified specialist for administrative law
- 2019 Partner of RITTERSHAUS law firm
- Teaching appointment at Heidelberg University (Public Law)
- Member of the Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht (GfU) (Environmental Law Association)
- Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verwaltungsrecht Baden-Württemberg im Deutschen Anwaltverein (Baden-Wuerttemberg working group on administrative law of the German Bar Association)
- Member of the Deutsche Vergabenetzwerk (DVNW) (German network for public procurement law)
- Vergaberecht, in: Brüning/Spranger (Hrsg.), Handbuch Friedhofs- und Bestattungsrecht (i.E.)
- Kommentierung der §§ 14-24 LkSG (behördliche Befugnisse, Ausschluss von der Vergabe öffentlicher Aufträge, Bußgeldvorschriften) in Berg/Kramme, LkSG 2023, gemeinsam mit Dr. Michael Wenzel
- Strukturen und Rechtsfragen europäischer Verbundplanungen, Mohr Siebeck (EuDÖR) Tübingen, 2013 (Rezensionen: Gärditz, Verw 2014, 573 ff; Milstein, DVBl 2014, 1183)
- Teilhabe- und Zugangsansprüche gegenüber der öffentlichen Hand – Ein Fall für das Kartellrecht?, NZKart 2018, 185 ff. (gemeinsam mit Dr. Anno Haberer)
- Die Beeinträchtigung des Handels zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten in der neueren beihilferechtlichen Entscheidungspraxis der Kommission, NVwZ 2017, 1174 ff.
- Vergabestelle muss Zuschlagskriterien auch prüfen können! (VK Baden-Württemberg, Beschluss vom 13.03.2017 - 1 VK 6/17), VPR 2017, 147
- Die Überprüfung der Beschaffungsautonomie durch Nachprüfungsinstanzen - Vergaberecht 2017, 440 ff.
- Nach "Piepenbrock": EuGH konkretisiert Voraussetzungen für vergaberechtsfreie Aufgabenübertragung an Zweckverband! (EuGH, Urteil vom 21.12.2016 - Rs. C-51/15), VPR 2017, 4.
- Tagungsbericht 23. Baden-Württembergischer Verwaltungsrechtstag, VBlBW 2017, 59ff.
- Die Verwirkung nachbarlicher Abwehrrechte im Öffentlichen Baurecht – Teil 2, BauR 2016, 1406 ff. (gemeinsam mit Dr. Milena Charnitzky)
- Die Verwirkung nachbarlicher Abwehrrechte im Öffentlichen Baurecht – Teil 1, BauR 2016, 1254 ff. (gemeinsam mit Dr. Milena Charnitzky)
- Tagungsbericht 22. Baden-Württembergischer Verwaltungsrechtstag, VBlBW 2015, 510 ff.
- Tagungsbericht 21. Baden-Württembergischer Verwaltungsrechtstag, VBlBW 2014, 376 ff.
- Die UVP-Aktualisierungsprüfung, EurUP 2014, 279 ff.
- Practical significance of the Supply Chain Duty of Care Act for smaller companies, especially construction companies and project developers
- Exclusion due to previous poor performance (Section 124 (1) No. 7 GWB): The contracting authority must carefully document its exclusion decision (prognosis and discretion)
- BEG funding will be stopped with immediate effect! - Blog post by Julia Reumann and Dr Christoph Rung
- KfW 55 subsidy ends soon! - What property developers need to know now - blog post by Dr Christoph Rung
- Subsequent request for documents: Subsequent request despite clear bidder declaration? - Blog post by Dr Michael Wenzel and Dr Christoph Rung
- No blanket consideration of ancillary costs when estimating the value of a construction contract - Blog post by Dr Christoph Rung and Dr Michael Wenzel
- Requirements for award documentation in the case of product-focused tendering - Blog post by Dr Christoph Rung and Dr Michael Wenzel
- Concept evaluation as an award criterion: What information must the tender documents contain? - Blog post by Dr Christoph Rung and Dr Michael Wenzel
- Inter-municipal cooperation without tendering - What is a cooperative concept? Blog post by Dr Christoph Rung and Dr Michael Wenzel
- How should an emergency award be organised? Direct award in principle only with ‘competition light’ - blog post by Dr Christoph Rung and Dr Michael Wenzel
- Advising SRH Fachschulen on the takeover of Fobis Schulen in Stuttgart
- Advising ICL Group companies on the sale of properties in Ludwigshafen's Southern Industrial Park to TRIWO AG
- Advising Abacus alpha GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Jumag Dampferzeuger GmbH
- Advising BWK GmbH, a private equity company, on its involvement with Rasselstein Raumsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
- Advising the town of Hockenheim and Hockenheim-Ring GmbH concerning the further development of the Hockenheim Ring