Publications and Talks of Mandus Fahje

Key Areas of Legal Advice for Renewable Energy
Projects: A presentation delivered at the general meeting of the Familienbetriebe Land und Forst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V. on 3 November 2025

Structuring options in relation to inheritance and gift tax for wind energy and ground-mounted PV installations
– joint article with solicitor Constanze von Plessen in AgrB 11/2025, pp. 189–196

Agri-PV installations: experiences from legal practice
– presentation delivered at the HLBS-Nordost conference on 8 April 2025

Agri-PV from a legal perspective – agriculture and the energy transition –
presentation at the LMS Day on 27 February 2025

Agri-PV from a legal perspective – Part 2: Contract drafting
– Presentation for the Energy Association of Agriculture in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 28 January 2025

Agri-PV from a legal perspective – Part 1: Introduction
– Lecture for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Agricultural Energy Association, 10 December 2024

Agriculture and the Energy Transition: Agri-PV from a legal perspective
– Seminar as part of the Young Farmers Convention 2.0 on 20 November 2024

Dealing with inheritance and gift tax in relation to wind energy and ground-mounted PV installations – taking into account the decrees of 6 March 2024 when providing advice and structuring
arrangements. Lecture as part of the 70th HLBS Experts’ and Consultants’ Symposium on 13 November 2024

‘Solar parks: What are the implications for hunting?’
Interview for top agrar 9/2024, p. 30; Less hunting ground due to ground-mounted PV? (topagrar.com)

“Forests and wildlife together – on the amendment to the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Hunting Act”
Article in *Bauernzeitung* 23/2024, p. 46 ff.

Photovoltaic systems on agricultural land
: Panel discussion and lecture (presentation here) as part of the general meeting of the North Vorpommern Farmers’ Association on 24 March 2023 

Granting of a licence for the construction of a wind turbine – application of Section 2 of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) as a mandatory provision
; commentary on the judgment of the Higher Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, judgment of 7 February 2023 – 5 K 171/22 OVG in *Agrarbetrieb* 5/2023, p. 318 ff. 

Interview for top agrar: Lease agreements for ground-mounted photovoltaic systems – what to look out for! | top agrar online

Photovoltaic systems on agricultural land – legal framework and contract drafting
Joint presentation with Dr Hänsch, solicitor, on 26 April 2022 as part of the 11th Agricultural Law Symposium in Rostock

The new (digital) law of sale – an overview of the legislative changes effective from 1 January 2022
Webinar for the Schwerin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and its members as part of the “Recht KOMPAKT” series on 8 March 2022

Electrified pastures – Direct payments despite solar PV systems
: Article in *Bauernzeitung* 34/2021

Too many red deer in the
neighbouring hunting ground – Article in *top agrar* 4/2021, p. 26

Default and litigation interest on claims
for compensation for damage caused by game: commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 28 May 2020 – III ZR 138/19 in AgrB 1/2021, p. 50 ff.

Slurry and digestate: Are the supply contracts still fit for purpose?
*top agrar* 12/2020, p. 32 ff.

Impact of fertiliser legislation on the civil law structuring of purchase contracts for organic farm manure
Article in AgrB 5-2020, p. 295

Digestate and slurry purchase contracts – changes to the legal framework and their implications
10th Symposium on Agricultural Law – presentation on 4 March 2020 

Privatisation principles under the BVVG – legal classification and external effects
Commentary on the judgement of the Berlin Higher Regional Court, judgement of 26 April 2019 – 5 U 59/18 in AgrB 5/2019, p. 307 ff.