Josef Peer gives clear, sharp advice and is very reliable.
Josef Peer
Partner
Contact
Core areas of competence
- Public Business Law
- Planning Law, Environmental Law and Public Procurement Law
- Real Estate Law and Construction Law
- ESG & Sustainability
Sectors
Languages
- German
- English
Publications
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2025: Austrian Chapter January 2025
erneuerbare energie: Burgenlands Energierevolution: Spannend, aber ambitioniert (Nachdruck des Gastkommentars in der Presse) November 2024 (Josef Peer and Armin Gamsjäger)
Die Presse: Burgenlands Energierevolution: Spannend, aber ambitioniert November 2024 (Josef Peer and Armin Gamsjäger)
Der Standard: Public Viewing ohne rechtliche Probleme? So geht's! June 2024 (Co-Autor)
Der Standard: Wenn sich Naturschutz und Städtebau in die Quere kommen March 2024
Der Standard: Gewidmet, aber nicht bebaubar: Vorsicht beim Liegenschaftskauf! May 2021
Planung von Straßen, in Planung im Infrastrukturrecht, Herausgeber: Hecht/Potacs/Scholz, Jan Schramek Verlag August 2019
Directories
Legal 500: Renewable Energy Comparative Guide, Lighthouse laws on renewable energies in Austria June 2025
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2025: Austria January 2025
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2024 - Austria January 2024
News & Insights
Blog 07/01/2025
News from Aarhus: The Administrative Court sets new standards for environmental organizations
Blog 02/17/2025
How do the Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 and nature conservation fit together?
Blog 02/07/2025
Spatial planning agreements - What is and what is (not) allowed?
News 01/23/2025
News 06/03/2024
fwp again achieves top positions in the current JUVE Ranking: Public Law & Procurement Law
News 02/29/2024
Blog 02/23/2024
Blog 01/09/2024
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2024 - Austria
Blog 11/10/2023
No nationwide ban on gas heating for existing buildings – is this the hour of climate federalism?
Blog 02/04/2022
Triage: New input from Germany for „positive obligation to act“ on the part of legislators
News 01/10/2022
fwp advises ÖBB: Green light for a new ÖBB high-speed line in the Tyrolean Unterinntal
Blog 10/19/2021
Blog 09/24/2021
Blog 05/26/2021
Blog 04/30/2021
Blog 02/02/2019
Lectures
Renaturalisation and soil protection 11/19/2025 - Online or ARS Seminarzentrum · Schallautzerstraße 4, 1010 Vienna Josef Peer, Partner
Rankings
The Legal 500 EMEA: Recommended: Construction, Project Energy, Administrative Law and Public Sector
2025
Winner of the John Kerr Memorial Fund
2020
trend’s lawyer ranking: top 3 Austrian allrounders
2020
Lecturer
- Writing Workshop Public Law - Submissions and Appeals, Sigmund Freud University Vienna (since March 2021)
Education
- LL.M., Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2012
- Term abroad at Jönköping International Business School, SE, 2011
- LL.B., Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2010
Professional background
- Partner with Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner since January 2025
- Attorney at Law with Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners since November 2019
- Associate with Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners (December 2015-October 2019)
- Paralegal with highly reputed Austrian law firm (2014-2015)