BLOMSTEIN Rechtsanwälte offers clients advice on state aid matters related to antitrust, public procurement and foreign trade law and focuses on complex state aid proceedings in the aviation and energy sectors. The team is particularly often instructed to assist with stabilisation financing to counteract economic consequences of the Ukraine and Covid-19 crises: as a member of various monitoring trustee teams of the EU Commission, practice head Max Klasse oversees commitments related to large recapitalisation and restructuring aid; he also represents clients in several state aid proceedings and further advises on grant issues and foreign subsidies regulation.
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'Top lawyers, very pragmatic and efficient.'
'Max Klasse: A top-class state aid lawyer. A figure of light.'
Key clients
- Air France
- CRRC
Work highlights
- Advising Air France as part of the Monitoring Trustee team to monitor structural and behavioral commitments arising from the aid decision on France's recapitalisation measures to support Air France in the context of the Covid-19 crisis.
- Advising TAP Air Portugal as part of the Monitoring Trustee Team to monitor structural commitments from the aid decision on the restructuring aid from Portugal in favour of TAP Air Portugal.