Dr Florian Dressel

Specialist lawyer for construction and architects’ law

Office Mönchengladbach

+49 2161 811-629

florian.dressel[@]kapellmann.de

Practice groups

Construction and architects’ law

Sector groups

Expertise

Construction contracts
Law of architects and engineers
Plant engineering law

Dr Dressel advises principals and contractors in all areas of private construction law. This includes, in particular, advice during the construction of major infrastructure projects. In addition, Dr Dressel also advises architects and their clients on all questions of contract drafting, contract execution and liability. The focus of his consulting practice is on the health care sector, in particular hospital construction.

Finally, one focus of Dr Dressel's practice is on sustainable design and construction (Kapellmann | green contracts). Whether it is the implementation of ESG criteria in practice or the achievement of certifications for specific projects - Dr Dressel advises principals and contractors throughout all phases: from planning, through construction and use, to deconstruction. Dr Dressel is also a member of the legal committee of the DGNB.

Recent work

City of Cologne: Collapse of the Historical City Archive
City of Cologne: Total rehabilitation and partial renewal of the Mülheim Bridge
Heilbronn Clinic: Consulting for the general planner

Curriculum vitae

Studied law at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg and at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn
Research assistant at the University of Bonn, Institute for German and Rhenish Legal History, 2008 until 2012
PhD on the history of intellectual property law in the 19th century
Legal Clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Bonn, including stages at the German Consulate General in Scotland and the Federation of German Industries, 2012 until 2014
Lawyer at Kapellmann since 2015

Further qualifications and memberships

Member of the Legal Committee of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Member of Institute für Baurecht Freiburg im Breisgau e.V. (IfBF)
Member of Deutscher Baugerichtstag e.V.
Participation in the advanced training course "Fundamentals of Sustainable Building" of the German Sustainable Building Council

Publications

Books and book contributions

Kommentar zum Bauvertragsrecht

Bauvertragsrecht

Neue Strukturen für den Schutz geistigen Eigentums im 19. Jahrhundert, Der Beitrag Rudolf Klostermanns

Articles

Dressel, Nachhaltiges Bauen – Herausforderungen in Planerverträgen, NZBau 2021, 224

Dressel, BauR 2019, Die Reichweite der Haftung des bauüberwachenden Architekten, 398

Annotations on court decisions

Dressel, Risse wegen Planungs- und Ausführungsfehlern: Zur Haftung in Fällen der Doppelkausalität, Anm. zu OLG Stuttgart, Urteil vom 26.10.2021 – 10 U 336/20, IBR 2022, 180

Dressel, Anerkannte Regeln der Technik beachtet: Leistung kann trotzdem mangelhaft sein!; Anm. zu OLG München, Beschluss vom 27.03.2020 – 20 U 4425/19 Bau, IBR 2021, 510

Dressel, Kündigung lässt Prüf- und Hinweispflichten nicht entfallen!, Anm. zu LG Rostock, Urteil vom 22.11.2019 – 1 S 177/18, IBRRS 2020, 0920 (online)

Miscellaneous

Dressel, §§ 644, 645 BGB, in: BeckOK Bauvertragsrecht, Leupertz/Preussner/Sienz, 8. Online-Edition, 2020