Baker McKenzie advises companies on state aid, grant and funding law, with a particular focus on issues relating to the research and development of new technologies, including projects in the telecommunications sector, as well as in connection with industrial settlement projects. Key contacts include counsel Janet Butler (in addition to subsidy and EU state aid law, also environmental and planning law) and Katharina Weiner, who made partner in July 2024 and is experienced in public transaction law; she advises both internationally active companies and public sector clients on reorganisations, project developments and M&A transactions. State aid and antitrust law expert Andrés Martin-Ehlers left the team in December 2023 and has been self-employed since then. Practice head Marc Gabriel retired at the end of 2024.