Dr Michael Körner LL.M.

Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer) and Partner

  • Master of Laws (Cape Town)
  • Legal advisor to the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (BDVI)
  • Regular lecturer in public law

Dr Michael Körner has been working as a lawyer in our Cologne office since 2018 and was appointed partner on January 1, 2026. He primarily advises clients in the areas of environmental law, public procurement law, public commercial law, surveying and cadastral law, and the law governing publicly appointed surveyors, in particular partnership law. He also advises on liability law, state liability and compensation law, and litigation.

Languages

  • German
  • English

Practices

Awards

Publications

Books / book contributions

 

  • Konzak/Körner, in: Landmann/Rohmer, Umweltrecht, Kommentierung des VerpackG (Environmental Law, Commentary on the Packaging Act), since February 2020
  • Laschet/Körner, Harter Brexit – und jetzt? Was ich als Geschäftsführer im Fall eines harten Brexit beachten sollte (Hard Brexit – and now? What I should consider as Managing Director in case of a hard Brexit), in: E-Book “GmbH Managing Director 2019” Euroforum March 2019
  • Haftung und Versicherung bei Unfällen mit Leasingfahrzeugen (Liability and insurance in case of accidents with leased vehicles), Logos Verlag, 2015

Essays and contributions

 

  • Die Gebäudeeinmessungspflicht in Deutschland – Was lange währt, bleibt weiter gut?! (The building survey obligation in Germany – What lasts long stays good?!), NotBZ 12/2021
  • Das Baulandmobilisierungsgesetz 2021: Antwort auf die Wohnungsnot? (The Building Land Mobilization Act 2021: Answer to the Housing Shortage?), Forum – Journal of the Federation of Publicly Certified Surveyors – 4/2021
  • Die Gebäudeeinmessungspflicht in Deutschland – Was lange währt, bleibt weiter gut?! (The building survey obligation in Germany – What lasts long, stays good?!), Forum – Zeitschrift des Bundes der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V. – 3/2021
  • Condominium Act Reform 2020: Summary of changes relevant to practice, Forum – Journal of the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (Bund der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V.) – 2/2021
  • Fee Regulation for Architects and Engineers (HOAI) 2021 – Part 1: Legal changes in the main part of the HOAI and their effects in relation to engineering surveys, Forum – Journal of the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (Bund der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V.) – 1/2021
  • Awarding of surveying services, STÄDTE- UND GEMEINDERAT – Association body of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia – 5/2020
  • Applicant Special Surcharge – The competition for applicants, Forum – Journal of the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (Bund der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V.) – 4/2020
  • Review: Pilarski (Ed.) – Public Procurement Law for Grants, Forum – Journal of the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (Bund der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V.) – 3/2020
  • Legal framework of home office in times of Corona, Forum – Journal of the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (Bund der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V.) – 3/2020
  • System relevance of publicly appointed surveyors, Forum – Zeitschrift des Bundes der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V. – 2/2020
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Which legal aspects have to be considered when replacing or disposing of a printer, copier or scanner, Forum – Zeitschrift des Bundes der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V. – 1/2020
  • Quo vadis – Inadmissibility of the invitation to tender under public procurement law for sovereign surveying tasks, Forum – Zeitschrift des Bundes der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V. – 4/2019
  • Announcement of decisions of publicly appointed surveying engineers through the so-called E-POSTBRIEF procedure of Deutsche Post AG – using the example of North Rhine-Westphalia, Forum – Zeitschrift des Bundes der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V. – 3/2019
  • Protection against hacker attacks for surveying offices and publicly appointed surveying engineers, Forum – Zeitschrift des Bundes der Öffentlich bestellten Vermessungsingenieure e.V. – 2/2019
  • Are land parcel identifiers personal data? Geodata and Data Protection, Forum – Journal of the Association of Publicly Appointed Surveying Engineers – 1/2019

 

Judgment annotations

 

  • Juris Practice Report Insurance Law 11/2021: Scope of insurance coverage of a business closure insurance in connection with the Corona pandemic, comment on OLG Bremen 3rd Civil Senate, judgment of 16.09.2021 – 3 U 9/21
  • Juris Practice Report Insurance Law 11/2020: Franken shock not insured in fidelity insurance, comment on OLG Düsseldorf 4th Civil Senate, judgment of 28.08.2020 – 4 U 57/19
  • Juris Practice Report Insurance Law 08/2019: Scale and terminology with regard to the existence of destruction in comprehensive motor vehicle insurance, comment on OLG Hamm 6th Civil Senate, judgment of 29.11.2018 – 6 U 42/18
  • Juris Practice Report Insurance Law 07/2019: Temporal component and attribution in the context of Section 7 (1) of the German Road Traffic Act (StVG) – realization of the operational risk even days after the accident, comment on BGH 6th Civil Senate, judgment of 26.03.2019 – VI ZR 236/18
  • Questions of motor vehicle partial coverage insurance protection in the area of conflict between trick theft and fraud or embezzlement, comment on the Berlin Appellate Court, 6th Civil Senate, decision of 24.07.2018 – 6 U 24/18, Juris Praxisreport Versicherungsrecht 02/2019
  • Requirements for informing the policyholder about his right of withdrawal within the terms of the application model, comment on Federal Court of Justice, 4th Civil Senate, ruling of 17.10.2018, IV ZR 106/17, Juris Praxisreport Versicherungsrecht 12/2018
  • Security certificate, contractual breach of obligation and anticipation of evidence in the light of legal aid proceedings, comment on Dresden Higher Regional Court, 4th Civil Senate, decision of 20.08.2018, 4 W 600/18, Juris Praxisreport Versicherungsrecht 10/2018
  • Significance of marginal events for the credibility of core events according to the three-step model of the Federal Court of Justice, comment on Hamm Higher Regional Court, 10th Civil Senate, judgment of 14.03.2018, I-20 U 120/17, Juris Praxisreport Versicherungsrecht 06/2018