Marcus Dannecker studied at the universities of Tübingen und München. He was a partner at Gleiss Lutz for more than 20 years. Marcus Dannecker is professor for the area "law of the energy industry" at the University of Biberach. He is specialist lawyer for administrative law and a member of the Baden-Württemberg Lawyers' Disciplinary Court. Further, he is a member of the Society for Environmental Law (Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht, GfU) and of the Working Group Administrative Law within the German Lawyers' Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verwaltungsrecht im DAV). Marcus Dannecker speaks German and English.