Europe - Germany • Public sector
Hogan Lovells International LLP
The Global Regulatory practice of Hogan Lovells International LLP around public commercial lawyer Thomas Dünchheim focuses on municipal law and transaction-related compliance advice and counts large German and international companies as well as various municipalities among its client base. As a former local politician, Dünchheim has extensive expertise in budget law and is regularly instructed by large cities and municipal utilities to examine local economic and corporate law aspects of transactions and public projects as well as to assist with privatisation and re-municipalisation projects; he further possesses in-depth expertise in gambling law, which comes particularly to the fore in his regulatory advice to international clients on marketing strategies. The team is also active in dispute resolution and represents companies from the transport and TMT sectors in administrative complaint proceedings, among other matters.
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'Very competent team that deals with all questions and cases incredibly quickly.'
'Thomas Dünchheim: Competence, speed, sovereignty, calm and structure.'
'High understanding of local economic contexts and very good expertise in state municipal regulations.'
'Thomas Dünchheim: His expertise in the municipal world makes him extremely authentic and he recognises relevant requirements for individual advice to a high degree.'
'Immediate understanding of the complex project task and different interests of various project parties, very good control of the overall project, very goal-oriented.'
'The team is optimally put together by experts in all important legal areas. By focusing appropriately on these, the advisory team always maintains an overall overview of other legal areas that may only be touched on in passing.'
'Very strong synchronisation within the team. The team appears together and it is clear that people work together across the hierarchy.'
'Thomas Dünchheim: With his pragmatic approach, his practical experience in the public sector and the unconditional will to find a solution, he is a great help to us.'
Key clients
- Air Canada
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Autobahn Tank & Rast GmbH
- Bandai Spirits Co., Ltd.
- BASF SE
- Bundesstadt Bonn
- Center Parcs Leisure Deutschland GmbH
- Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, Kinderkrankenpflege Nördliches Rheinland, GmbH
- Duisburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- EAM Beteiligungen GmbH
- enwor – energie & wasser vor ort GmbH
- DIF Core-plus Infrastructure Fund III Coöperatief U.A.
- Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
- NRW.BANK
- PROSOZ Herten Softwareentwicklungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft für Gemeinden, Städte und Kreise mbH
- Verein für Bauforschung und Berufsbildung des Bayerischen Bauindustrieverbandes e.V
- Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt der Norddeutschen Landesbank
- Stadt Mülheim (Ruhr)
Work highlights
- Advising NRW Bank on various options for transferring the WestLotto Group from NRW.BANK to the state of NRW or a company of the state of NRW.
- Advising EAM Beteiligungen GmbH on state aid, funding and municipal law in connection with the privatisation of BNG and NetCom.
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Thomas Dünchheim