Regulated Sectors

held jaguttis advises companies and associations which are active in regulated sectors, such as energy, transport, communications technology, healthcare, banking and capital markets. Our lawyers were involved, inter alia, in the following matters:

held jaguttis advises companies and associations which are active in regulated sectors, such as energy, healthcare, communications technology, transport, banking and capital markets. Our lawyers were involved, inter alia, in the following matters:

Health Care

  • Advising a major hospital operator on hospital law, subsidies and state aid
  • Advising a hospital operator on legal action against unlawful subsidization of a public hospital
  • Advising a health insurance association on the price regulation for pharmaceuticals
  • Advising a retailer on establishing an internet pharmacy

Energy

  • Advising an international energy company on a participation in a major gas grid project in Germany (establishment of a TSO, construction and operation of the gas pipeline)
  • Advising an operator of wind farms and solar parks on aspects of renewable energy law and on general energy law matters
  • Advising an international energy supplier regarding the purchase of an offshore-wind farm on the German continental shelf
  • Advising on the regulatory framework for the distribution and operation of photovoltaic systems in Germany
  • Advising an electricity transmission grid operator on issues relating to the connection to the grid and public procurement issues
  • Advising an energy supplier on the legal framework for green electricity certificates
  • Advising a German energy supplier on the restructuring of its energy production division
  • Advising an oil and gas company on the operation of a transmission grid for gas

Telecommunications

  • Advising a large telecommunications company with regard to European telecommunications law and German and European state liability
  • Advising a telecommunications company with regard to an amendment to the German Telecommunications Act

Banking and Capital Markets

  • Advising a federal state bank on state guarantees, acquisitions and the permissibility of certain financial operations
  • Advising a bank on the legal framework for imposing restructuring levies under financial market stabilization law
  • Advising a bank on supervisory matters in connection with a governmental investigation
  • Advising on the legal framework for derivative transactions by government institutions under municipal and budgetary law

Recycling and Disposal

  • Advising a recycling and waste management company on requirements under packaging law (German Packaging Ordinance), waste management law and recycling law (German Recycling Act)
  • Advising a strategic investor on waste management issues in connection with the acquisition of a participation in a waste management company