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Philipp Fernis, the former justice minister of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, has joined the law firm neusselKPA as a lawyer and senior counsel as of 2 November 2026, the firm announced. He will support companies on complex projects and negotiations and strengthen the firm’s advisory and representation work for public institutions.

According to the firm, Fernis served as Rhineland-Palatinate’s minister of justice from April 2025 to May 2026 and, before that, as state secretary in the justice ministry from 2016 to 2021. From 2021 to 2025 he led the FDP parliamentary group in the state parliament, of which he was a member until 2026. Earlier, he worked at the Federal Statistical Office, most recently as head of its legal department, where he was responsible, among other things, for representing the authority in court. He began his career as a lawyer in 2010 and was readmitted to the bar in June 2026.

One focus of his work will be advising companies on larger investment projects, planning and approval procedures and demanding negotiations, in close cooperation with the firm’s commercial and public law specialists. A second focus is advising and representing ministries, authorities, municipalities and parliaments, including in administrative court proceedings.

Jörn Hildner, partner and, together with Dr Thomas Schmitt, head of the firm’s administrative law team, said that with Fernis the firm gains a colleague who combines many years of legal experience with an exceptionally broad understanding of governmental decision-making processes, and called his arrival a considerable gain for the firm and its clients.

For detailed information, as well as the picture copyright, please see the law firm’s original article here: https://www.neusselkpa.de/aktuelles/ehemaliger-justizminister-philipp-fernis-verstrkt-neusselkpa