Redeker Sellner Dahs' expertise in funding and state aid law is routinely applied to advise numerous companies in the energy sector as well as federal and state ministries, municipalities and public bodies. It focuses on major restructurings, crisis cases and future topics such as the green transformation, renewable energies and sustainability. Alongside practice head Andreas Rosenfeld, who specialises in EU state aid procedures for the rescue and restructuring of banks and counts aid providers and aid recipients among his clients, Clemens Holtmann (state aid law, European law, ESG), who made partner in January 2024, is another key contact.

Chatham Partners LLP's state aid expertise is regularly called upon in state aid review proceedings before the EU Commission and the European Court of Justice, as well as in the private enforcement of state aid law before German courts. The practice regularly advises clients from the infrastructure, real estate, telecommunications and energy sectors; led by founding partner Marco Núñez Müller, the team recently advised numerous airport and seaport operators as well as housing associations on complex state aid issues. Renewable energy projects represent another focus; Christos Paraschiakos is one of the key contacts for this. He is also well versed in advising internationally active companies on European energy and climate law issues.

Hengeler Mueller's state aid practice advises on major EU subsidy programs for innovative and security-relevant technologies, in particular in connection with the EU Chips Act and Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs). It also focuses on assisting large companies that received support from the German government's Economic Stabilisation Fund in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic or the war in Ukraine. Practice head Jan Bonhage advises both companies and the public sector in procurement, review, EU financial control and state aid proceedings and regularly represents them before the courts of the European Union and in proceedings before the European Commission.

In addition to companies in the energy, sports and aviation sectors, Kapellmann und Partner's state aid practice also advises associations and public institutions across all EU law issues. This includes in particular state aid and grant law matters pertaining to transformation and decarbonisation funding, refinancing measures and regulatory issues. The team is led by practice head Robin van der Hout, who specialises in proceedings before the EU courts as well as the European Commission and EU legislative procedures, and also includes EU state aid and funding law expert Christian Wagner and Valentine Lemonnier (in addition to EU state aid law, also antitrust law), who made associate partner in January 2024.

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.

BLOMSTEIN Rechtsanwälte frequently advises numerous clients from the industrial, postal and transport services sectors, on state aid issues entailing antitrust, procurement and foreign trade elements. Led by Max Klasse, who is the key contact for the whole array of German and European antitrust law, merger control and EU state aid law, the team demonstrates particular expertise in state aid proceedings in connection with financing, stabilisation and restructuring measures, while also placing a focus on the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation.

Under the leadership of environmental law expert Ilka Mehdorn, Dentons' state aid practice serves numerous clients from the transport, telecommunications, industry and financial services sectors and represents them in proceedings before national authorities, in notification proceedings before the EU Commission and in court proceedings before the ECJ. In addition, the practice regularly assists with funding agreements, M&A transactions and aid recovery disputes with the public sector. EU state aid expert Matthias Nordmann is considered the key contact for companies and public institutions that require support in proceedings before the EU Commission, national courts and the European Court of Justice.

In close cooperation with the antitrust, procurement and public law teams, Hogan Lovells International LLP's state aid practice covers a broad spectrum with particular expertise in state aid law issues concerning stabilisation, financing and funding measures. The team around state aid, antitrust and procurement law expert Marc Schweda is equally experienced in state aid matters relating to future projects in the context of the EU climate protection goals and the Green Deal. Thomas Dünchheim, whose broad expertise covers public commercial law, municipal law, environmental law and construction law, is another key contact.

With the addition of a three-strong team from Dentons in January 2024, Pinsent Masons Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB was able to expand its state aid offering: in addition to assisting universities and research institutions with state-aid financed large-scale research projects, in particular concerning climate-neutral industrial transformations - with Anke Empting being the key contact for this - the practice now also handles matters in the infrastructure sector that concern digitalisation and sustainability . Empting jointly heads the practice with EU, procurement and state aid expert Andreas Haak, who joined the team together with Lars Hettich (procurement law) and Barbara Thiemann (EU state aid law). Due to this expansion of expertise, the team now advises not only federal, state and local authorities, but also high-profile national and international companies on the entire spectrum of state aid issues.

WilmerHale advises companies and government institutions on the receipt and granting of state aid and accompanies them in examination procedures of the European Commission as well as in national and European court proceedings. The group is also experienced in representing clients from the public sector as well as the transport, infrastructure and tourism industries in disputes, including complaints proceedings and competitor actions before national and European courts. The team is led by Hans-Georg Kamann, who assists clients with the full spectrum of antitrust, state aid and procurement matters as well as European administrative and constitutional issues.

Under the leadership of Thomas Voland, Clifford Chance advises national and international clients on constitutional, state aid and regulatory issues as well as on compliance matters at German and European level. The team has particular expertise in the mobility, infrastructure, healthcare and technology sectors. State aid issues pertaining to the energy transition, such as investments in net zero projects, grid expansion and battery storage, as well as those in the automotive sector represent another mainstay; the latter frequently concerns the construction of battery factories.

GSK Stockmann handles various transformation issues related to the energy transition and the turning-point. These include issues relating to the construction of LNG terminals and offshore and onshore wind turbines, as well as electromobility, charging station infrastructure, photovoltaics and digitalisation in the healthcare sector administration. Clients include international industrial companies, hospital groups and investors. The team is jointly led by Arne Gniechwitz, whose expertise is frequently applied to advise German sea and inland port infrastructure companies and who also assists with ​​public partial financing of airports, and Wolfgang Würfel, a proven expert in financing and admissibility of public, mostly municipal projects under EU state aid law.