Dr. Sebastian Gräler
Partner
Dusseldorf

Biography
Sebastian Gräler handles compliance as well as
investigation issues. He regularly represents his clientsin regulatory and administrative litigation. Clients
praise him as "highly committed and competent."

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Sebastian is a member of the global ESG Core Team of
Hogan Lovells and regularly advises on ESG andenvironmental compliance issues. During a five-months
secondment, he worked for the legal department ofVolkswagen AG.

EmailSebastian studied at the Westfälische WilhelmsUniversität Münster and the University of Sheffield (UK)and also worked at the German Police University. He
was honored for his outstanding performance in thefirst and second state law examinations by the Friendsof Law at the University of Münster and the State
Government of North Rhine-Westphalia.

EnglishGermanIn addition to his professional activities, Sebastian is alecturer for European and International Business Law at
the University of Wuppertal.

Representative experience
Advice of world-leading automotive manufacturers on
environmental law.
Advice of a world-leading confectionary manufacturer
on environmental law.

+49 211 13 68 394

Fax+49 211 13 68 100

sebastian.graeler@hoganlovells.com

Languages

Practices
Administrative and Public Law
Government Relations and Public
Affairs
Immigration
Investigations, White Collar, andFraud
Climate Change
Business and Human Rights
Environment and Natural Resources
Corporate Governance and PublicCompany Representation

Defense counsel of a national company in a regulatory
proceeding regarding the violation of the European
Timber Regulation.
Advice of STEAG GmbH in a permitting procedure re agas and steam power plant.
Judicial representation of a leading manufacturer ofelectrical appliances in proceedings against Stiftung
EAR.
Advising a major company from the automotive
industry on compliance topics and large scale internal
investigations.

Awards and rankings
Recommend lawyer environmental law, Legal 500,EMEA, 2018
Law Firm of the Year for compliance (Team Award),
JUVE Handbook, 2022

Latest thinking and events
Insights and Analysis
Next level of Supply Chain Due Diligence –Mandatory EU standards entered into force!
Insights and Analysis
Roadmap to EUDR Compliance – Practical steps forthe implementation of measures to halt
deforestation
NewsNew ECHR judgments lead the way for futureclimate protection lawsuits
NewsThe EU's deforestation regulation: Why UK and US
companies should be paying attention?
NewsESG Compliance and Supply Chain due diligence inthe EU and Germany – What to expect in 2024
NewsEU Regulation on Deforestation Free Products –more of the same due diligence obligations?

Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Energy and Natural Resources
Manufacturing and Industrials
Automotive and Mobility

Areas of focus
Environmental Litigation
Governance
Government Investigations
International Regulatory
Compliance
Legislation
Political Law Compliance
Public International Law
Compliance Readiness
Regulated Industries and Utilities
Compliance EffectivenessEducation and admissions
EducationDr. iur., University of Münster, 2018
Second State Exam in Law, North
Rhine-Westphalia, 2016
First State Exam in Law, Universityof Münster, 2011

Accolades"Expertise in environmentalcompliance."

Legal 500 Germany, 2023

"Highly committed and competent."

Legal 500 Germany, 2018