In addition to providing advice on state aid and procurement law in the infrastructure sector, which regularly concerns the privatisation and financing of airlines, airports and ports, Taylor Wessing is well versed in advising hospital operators and state and federal ministries on issues relating to the compliance of hospital financing with state aid law; the group is headed by antitrust expert Marco Hartmann-Rüppel. State aid advice in the public finance sector represents another mainstay. Procurement and state aid expert Michael Brüggemann is the key contact for numerous public sector and private company projects, where he advises on research and development aid, funding, grant decisions and grant contracts. He also represents clients before the EU Commission in state aid review, notifications and complaint proceedings, and before EU courts.
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'Very detailed state aid expertise.'
'Michael Brüggemann; very hands-on, comprehensive knowledge of state aid law, pragmatic application to the facts of a case.'
Key clients
- Berlin Energie
- Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn GmbH
- Marienhaus GmbH
Work highlights
State aid advice to Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn GmbH in an insolvency context. Conducting a bidding process in accordance with EU state aid law. In addition, advising the insolvency administrator of Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH on the conduct of numerous ongoing court proceedings (administrative and civil courts) from a state aid law perspective.
Procurement and state aid law advice to Marienhaus Group in accordance with the Hospital Future Act; implementation of numerous digitisation projects in more than ten hospitals.
State aid advice to Berlin Energie on financing the acquisition of the Berlin district heating network.
Lawyers
Practice head
Marco Hartmann-Rüppel
Other key lawyers
Michael Brüggemann