Act with assurance where the conditions are set by regulations.
Whoever wants to be successful in public and regulated markets needs more than legal certainty. A forward-looking strategy, a profound understanding of economic relationships and a precise instinct for political and regulatory decision-making are crucial.
We advise companies and the public sector at this demanding interface. Together, we’ll develop reliable solutions, enable projects and business models and ensure you are compliant with authorities and the courts. We combine legal excellence with many years of experience in the political process.
That’s why we don’t just answer today’s regulatory questions but also keep an eye on what is going to be crucial tomorrow – particularly in the dynamic ESG environment. Practical, forward-looking and assertive.
From plans to proceedings
We assist with projects, local government restructuring and political decision-making – including all issues of EU state aid and public funding.
We ensure the compliance of market access and business models – from product and service requirements to transport and ESG regulation all the way to state aid and public funding.
We’ll support you with investigations by public bodies and represent your interests consistently before the administrative and ordinary courts.
More expertise. A clear solution.
Our close cooperation with Advisory and Audit means we combine legal expertise with extensive industry knowledge and tax and business know-how. This is how we create viable solutions that can be quickly implemented from a single source.
Together, let’s find the right approach to advisory for your business.
State aid shapes European and German economic policy – from funding and innovation all the way to transformation and ensuring the competitiveness of energy costs. This means state aid and public funding law are gaining in importance for public bodies and companies.
We provide advice on the entire life-cycle of funded projects, from making applications and the legal use of funds all the way to their conclusion. We also assist with restructuring, municipal transactions and financing and make sure they are drafted in compliance with state aid legislation.
In audits and legal action, we represent our clients to public authorities, the EU Commission and in court.
Overview of services:
- Advice on drafting state aid-compliant public funding, financing and compensation (incl. GBER, de minimis rules, SGEI), particularly for municipal projects.
- Assistance with notification procedures and EU Commission pre-notice discussions and national authorising bodies.
- Drafting and checking of grant award notices under public funding law, proof of the use of funds and the grant recovery and revocation process.
- Defence in state aid and grant compliance reviews – including proceedings before administrative courts and EU courts.
- Particular expertise with municipal funding for renewables projects, the hospital sector, subsidies in all sectors and, in collaboration with other GT subservice lines, drafting private investor tests.
Product compliance decides whether products have been developed, marketed and distributed legally. We advise all the economic actors along the value added and distribution chains and ensure regulatory requirements are met across the product life cycle.
Our advisory extends from standards on trading, materials and product safety to licensing, advertising and labelling issues all the way to setting up a compliant supply chain.
We assist with corrections, withdrawals and recalls where there are objections, and communicate with the responsible market surveillance authorities.
Overview of services:
- Advisory on placing products and providing services on the market in a legally compliant way (incl. product safety, labelling, sector-specific provisions).
- Compliance along the entire value chain.
- Assistance with market surveillance proceedings, recalls and reporting to authorities
- Defence in administrative offence, enforcement and prohibition proceedings and conducting of strategic litigation.
- Particular expertise in the areas of packaging, food, cosmetics, batteries, REACH and electronics.
The transport and logistics sector is subject to complex national, European and international legal requirements. We advise companies along the entire supply chain and develop practical solutions for legally compliant transport and logistics processes.
We have a focus on regulatory standards in national and cross-border road haulage and in combined transport. We assist freight companies, shippers, consignors and other service providers with permit issues, compliance requirements and official proceedings. We also have particular expertise in the law governing dangerous goods.
Furthermore, we draft and negotiate contracts of carriage and logistics services agreements and represent our clients in pursuing and defending themselves against claims.
Overview of services:
- Advice for shippers, freight forwarders, carriers and logistics service providers with all issues in the law governing transporting, freight and forwarding, including under the German Civil Code and the CMR.
- Regulatory advice on mobility, infrastructure and transport services – nationally and Europe-wide.
- Negotiation and drafting of framework agreements and logistics and cooperation agreements as well as conducting law suits regarding liability and damages.
- Assistance with political processes and administrative proceedings, particularly in commercial road haulage and cross-border transport under EU law.
Administrative issues affect companies and public institutions alike – from permits, supervision and funding to contesting burdensome administrative acts.
We advise companies in dealing with authorities and represent your interests in appeals, actions and interim proceedings. We support ministries, municipalities, public authorities and public enterprises with preparing, drafting and implementing your decisions in a legally compliant way.
We have particular experience in regulated markets, particularly in the energy and telecommunications sector. We assist our clients from strategic preparation to administrative proceedings to enforcement through the courts or defending their position.
Overview of services:
- Objection and contesting official decisions and representation in legal actions and interim proceedings.
- Assistance with municipal supervision proceedings.
- Advice on regulatory determinations, particularly in the energy and telecommunications sector.
- Support and defence in administrative proceedings.
European and constitutional law are the framework for nearly all areas of public economic law. We examine the compatibility of national and European rules, official decisions and business models with higher-ranking law.
Our advisory extends to applicable EU law, its national implementation, the fundamental freedoms of the internal market and constitutional requirements. We also provide clarity on the key legal conditions for cross-border projects.
Furthermore, we assist with political and legislative processes in the early draft stages and represent our clients’ interests before European institutions and national authorities.
Overview of services:
- Checks of the compatibility of statute, administrative acts and business models with higher-ranking law.
- Assistance in political and legislative processes with opinions, hearings and representation of interests to authorities and institutions.
- Legal classification and structuring of cross-border business models in a European context.
We advise the public sector and its enterprises in structuring its economic activities in a legally compliant way. We particularly check permissibility, restriction to public purposes, subsidiarity and competition law requirements under local government law.
We assist with the founding of enterprises, with holdings and restructuring, check business models, by-laws and committee responsibilities, and develop viable cooperation, concession and holdings models.
We combine municipal, company, state aid and public procurement law viewpoints into economically meaningful and politically executable solutions.
Overview of services:
- Assistance with the founding and restructuring of public enterprises.
- Legally compliant implementation of corporate actions, particularly equity and debt financing, collateral and structuring securities and interest rates.
- Develop and implement strategic collaborations.
- Advice in recovering municipal companies under economic pressure.
