In addition to the state aid practice's traditionally strong presence in energy transition matters, where the team assists numerous large energy companies with infrastructure and industrial projects, including pertaining to the coal phase-out, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is also increasingly being instructed by clients from the healthcare sector, particularly to advise on hospital financing. Led by EU state aid lawyer Helmut Janssen, the has additional experience in the transport and logistics sector as well as expertise in advising public sector clients on privatisation procedures, which represent the main focus of Ulf-Dieter Pape's work.
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Key clients
- Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG
- SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co.KGaA
- INEOS Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH
- Wepa Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG und |Wepa Papierfabrik Sachsen GmbH
- Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen-NBank
- Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen
- Industrie- und Handelskammer für München und Oberbayern
- Landkreis Mittelsachsen
- Landkreis Nordsachsen
- Stadt Köln
- Bochumer Veranstaltungs-GmbH
- Zoo Hannover GmbH
- Land Berlin – Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen
- Land Berlin - Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit und Pflege
- Kliniken Frankfurt-Main-Taunus GmbH
- Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Work highlights
- Advising the State of Berlin on all state aid aspects concerning the acquisition of GASAG AG and Vattenfall Fernwärme Berlin, the largest district heating network in Western Europe.
- Advice and representation of the State of Berlin in legal proceedings before the Berlin Administrative Court concerning the legality of hospital financing.
- Advising SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co.KGaA on its transformation to CO2 neutrality, the largest net-zero project in the European steel industry.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Helmut Janssen