Dr. Sonja Röder, M.B.S.

Location: Cologne

Practice Areas: Environmental Law, in particular Waste Management and Industrial Facilities Law, Chemical Law, Public Commercial Law, European Law

Practice Groups:
Public Commercial Law

Memberships:

Languages: German, English

Phone: +49 [0]221 39071100
Fax: +49 [0]221 3907129

Sonja studied law at the universities of Munster, Cologne and Liverpool. In addition, she obtained a postgraduate master´s degree in “British Studies” from the Humboldt University Berlin.

After her second state exam Sonja worked for two years as a research assistant at the professorial chair of Prof. Dr. Thomas von Danwitz, now judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities. She earned her doctorate under his supervision by submitting her doctoral thesis on European fundamental rights.

Sonja has been admitted to the bar in 2006 and worked two years in a large international law firm in Cologne before she joined the Cologne office of avocado in 2008.

Her practice includes the provision of legal advice to and representation of waste management enterprises as well as enterprises from the manufacturing industry regarding all aspects of environmental law, in particular waste management and pollution control law. In addition, Sonja advises public and private clients concerning the remediation of brownfields and landfills.