Kristina Hunger Rechtsanwältin
Partner in the firm
Expertise
- Energy contract law (electricity, gas, and heat) and energy trading
- Product development for variable electricity tariffs and energy services
- Sales partnerships and commercial law
- Business model development with energy startups
- LegalTech solutions and Legal Design consulting
- Data protection law and competition law in energy sales
Contact
Gladbacher Str. 44
50672 Köln
Telefon: +49 0221 94 99 55 53
hunger@bhw-energie.de
Main focus
Kristina Hunger provides comprehensive legal advice on energy law to municipal utilities, energy retailers, and energy startups. Her core focus lies in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating energy contracts (including electricity, PPAs, gas, and heat) as well as providing legal support for the development of variable electricity tariffs, energy services, and decentralized energy generation models. She also assists companies in implementing sales partnerships and innovative business models. Additionally, XXX advises on data protection and competition law issues in energy sales.
A particular focus is on integrating LegalTech solutions to standardize legal processes, as well as on Legal Design to make complex contracts more comprehensible and user-friendly.
Personal background
Kristina Hunger has been a partner at BH&W since 2025, advising companies in the energy sector comprehensively on energy law, data protection, and the structuring and implementation of sales partnerships. She is the co-founder and managing director of the LegalTech startup zerio° (since 2023) and previously founded the law firm LUMOS Legal (2022). Before becoming self-employed, she worked for twelve years in the legal department of rhenag Rheinische Energie AG, where she advised energy suppliers on regulatory and sales law matters. She began her legal career in 2008 as a member of the energy law team at DLA Piper in Cologne. She completed her legal traineeship (Referendariat) at, among others, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). She studied law at the University of Mannheim and the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer.
Correspondence Languages: German, English
Publications & Podcasts
Paragraphen-Rodeo – Dynamische Tarife im Labyrinth der Regulierung– Podcast interview with A. Gruner and M. Mett in the Bright Sides Podcast, published on July 11, 2024
Legal Design in der Wärmewende: Ein Schlüssel zu mehr Akzeptanz – Published in issue 24/02 of Contracting und Recht (CuR), p. 65
Wie LegalTech einen Beitrag zur Energiewende leisten kann – Talking LegalTech podcast by LegalTech Lab Cologne, hosted by F. Molina Gaviria, published on November 17, 2022
Energierechtlerin Kristina Hunger: Wir haben Brennholz angeschafft – Podcast interview in Ekonomy mit K-Podcast by Kölner Stadtanzeiger, published on September 30, 2022
2025 – Stromvertrieb im Wandel – zerio° GmbH, Online Seminar, March 26, 2025
Dynamische Tarife: Mit LegalTech und Blueprints die Time-to-Market beschleunigen – Breakout session at the online conference epilot world, January 29, 2025
Vertragliche Regelungen (B2B) zur Eigenerzeugung – zerio GmbH, Energieforen Leipzig, Leipzig, November 27, 2024
Dynamische Tarife rechtssicher gestalten II – zerio GmbH, Online Webinar at ASEW, October 24, 2024
Energylaw-as-a-Service – zerio GmbH, Pitch at the PwC Women’s Network Meeting in the BRYCK-Tower, Essen, October 10, 2024
Dynamische Tarife rechtssicher umsetzen – zerio GmbH, Webinar in collaboration with Get AG, November 12, 2024
Dynamische Tarife aus rechtlicher Sicht – Paragraphenrodeo mit zerio°“ – zerio GmbH, Webinar at ASEW, June 13, 2024
Legal Tech und Legal AI in der praktischen Anwendung – LUMOS Legal, Online lecture as part of the Verismo GmbH Expert Round, May 22, 2024
Einsatz von KI im Energievertriebsrecht. Update zum Thema und wie LegalTech hier helfen kann“ – zerio GmbH, Online lecture at the Digital Lab Day by Trianel, February 27, 2024
Update: Preisanpassungsklauseln und Preisgarantien – zerio GmbH, Webinar at ASEW, February 1, 2024
LegalTech in der Wärmewende – LUMOS Legal, Online lecture as part of the Espresso Talk by Forum Contracting e.V., December 6, 2023
Preisanpassungen im Energievertrieb – LUMOS Legal, Lecture at the Annual General Meeting of the Bundesverband der Energiemakler und Energieberater (BDEB) e.V., Leipzig, November 9, 2023
LegalTech als Booster für die Energiewende – zerio GmbH, Lecture at the Digital Lab Day by Trianel, together with A. Barth (SMARTWERK), Cologne, May 11, 2023
LegalTech – der Booster für klimapositive Energieprodukte – zerio GmbH, Lecture at Stadtwerke Impact Day, Lübeck, January 26, 2023
Vollmachten im Energievertrieb. Vollmachten bei Energiemakleraufträgen rechtssicher einsetzen – LUMOS Legal, Lecture at the Annual General Meeting of the Bundesverband der Energiemakler und Energieberater (BDEB) e.V. at Mainova, Frankfurt, September 8, 2022
Das Geschäftsgeheimnisgesetz – Praxiserfahrungen – rhenag, Online lecture as part of the rhenag Expert Events, September 2021
Update Vertriebsrecht – rhenag, Online lecture as part of the rhenag Expert Events, June 2021
Neue Förderbedingungen für Mieterstrom – rhenag, Online lecture as part of the rhenag Expert Event „EEG-Förderregime – Update 2021“, May 2021
