Litigation and Administrative Proceedings

We represent our clients before courts and other authorities on national, European and international levels. Our lawyers were involved, inter alia, in the following matters:

  • Representing entertainment industrial companies in a constitutional complaint procedure before the Federal Constitutional Court
  • Representing financial institutions in their litigation against information access to Federal Financial Supervisory Authority documents (Federal Administrative Court)
  • Representing a public company in its litigation against extraordinary ex-post contributions for a guarantee fund (Federal Administrative Court)
  • Defending a publicly listed pharmaceutical company against requirements by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Regional Administrative Court of Hessen and Higher regional Court of Frankfurt)
  • Representing a chemical company in its litigation against ex-post emission control orders (Federal Administrative Court)
  • Representing a manufacturer of construction products in its litigation against authorization requirements by a national authority (Higher Administrative Court of Münster)
  • Litigation in connection with the refusal of a building permit for a retail project (Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony)
  • Representing a bank in its litigation against the application of restructuring levies under financial market stabilization law (Higher Regional Court of Hessen)
  • Pursuing a claim to state liability in connection with a negative regulatory decision of a governmental authority (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf)
  • Initiating a SOLVIT-procedure against product-related requirements contravening European law before the European Commission for an industrial company
  • Representing an entertainment industry company in a complaint procedure before the European Commission against national requirements
  • Submission of a reasoned opinion in an infringement proceeding by the European Commission against an EU-Member State on behalf of a manufacturer of construction products
  • Advising on public subsidies and public grants for infrastructure projects and investments projects (investment subsidies, investment grants) and on subsidies for research and development projects (R&D-subsidies)