International and European Law, Constitutional Law

Today, many significant regulatory frameworks rely on a combination of international, European and national legislation. held jaguttis supports its clients on these different regulatory levels and assists them in assessing regulatory and public law requirements in the light of the standards of national constitutional law, European law and international law. The lawyers of held jaguttis were involved in various proceedings and matters in which the legality of regulatory and public law requirements was contested, including the following:

  • Filing of constitutional complaint proceedings challenging legal requirements for the entertainment industry
  • Representing a construction products company in its litigation against national technical approval requirements which contravene European law
  • Representing a bank in its litigation against the application of restructuring levies under financial market stabilization law
  • Advising on the European and constitutional framework for the financial market stabilization legislation
  • Representing an industrial company in a SOLVIT-procedure against product-related requirements contravening European law before the European Commission
  • Representing an entertainment industry company in a complaint procedure against national requirements before the European Commission
  • Submission of a reasoned opinion on behalf of a manufacturer of construction products in an infringement proceeding by the European Commission against an EU-Member State
  • Defending a state and an international organization against creditors in connection with assets subject to diplomatic immunity
  • Assessment of the scope of the concept of state immunity in connection with commercial activities of a sovereign wealth fund
  • Advising on the scope of a bilateral investment agreement and the relevance of national regulatory requirements for this agreement