State Aid

State Aid

State Aid law

The firm has many years of comprehensive experience advising on State aid law. We advise undertakings and public authorities in the run-up to State aid cases and providing support in the context of ongoing EU investiga­tions by the Directorate-General for Competition.

Our areas of expertise

  • Advice on State aid law
  • Sector-specific State aid law
  • Assistance in the context of funded projects
  • Law governing subsidies
  • Representa­tion of clients before the Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion and the Eu­ro­pean Courts
  • Main practice areas: media and tran­sport, infrastructure provision.

Experience

Court proceedings involving the legality and claw-back of State aid before the Eu­ro­pean and German Courts, for example in connection with energy and environmental law (in the “PreussenElektra” and “Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall” cases).

Court proceedings involving the privatisa­tion of publicly-owned undertakings (“Warnow Werft” and “Berliner Bankge­sell­schaft”).

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