Career

Studied law at the Ruprecht‑​Karls‑​University of Heidelberg and the University of Uppsala.

2018 first state examination in law. 2019 research assistant in a Berlin law firm (foreign trade and competition law), 2019–2023 research assistant in the DFG Research Training Group “Dynamic Integration Order” at the Humboldt University of Berlin with stays abroad in Brussels and at King's College London. 2023 Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Matthias Ruffert on a topic of state aid and union constitutional law 2023–2025 Legal clerkship in Berlin and Brussels, including at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (State Aid Control Policy Unit) and the European Commission's Directorate‑​General for Competition (Environmental and Innovation Aid Unit) 2025 Second state examination in law.

Joined the firm in 2025.

Practice

Subsidy law, European law, public commercial law (in particular national and European subsidy law), administrative organization law including municipal law.

Publications

Gau, L. Kompetenzbegrenzung in der EU‑​Beihilfenkontrolle: Ein Prozess dynamischer Integration. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck 2024.

Gau, L. Limitation of Competences in EU State Aid Control: A Process of Dynamic Integration. In: German Yearbook of International Law 2024, p. 537 ff.

Gau, L. and Gutmann, F. Im Interesse der Union? Drittstaatliche Subventionen und ihre positiven Auswirkungen. In: Heger, Alexander und Sascha Gourdet (Hrsg.). Fairen Wettbewerb in der Europäischen Union sichern. Baden‑​Baden, Nomos 2022, p. 39 ff.

Languages

German, English, French, Swedish