Gleiss Lutz's EU competition practice is spread between Stuttgart (the bulk of its merger team), Brussels (where the main state aid experts sit), Munich, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. The firm has an especially strong track record with German clients, which has involved it in some of the highest profile state aid cases resulting from the financial crisis....
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Gleiss Lutz's EU competition practice is spread between Stuttgart (the bulk of its merger team), Brussels (where the main state aid experts sit), Munich, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. The firm has an especially strong track record with German clients, which has involved it in some of the highest profile state aid cases resulting from the financial crisis.
The firm also has an alliance with Herbert Smith and Stibbe, which is able to work jointly on certain cases.
According to one client, Gleiss Lutz was "very proactive and result orientated". Ulrich Soltész is recommended by one client who says: "He can see the legal case as well as the academic legal problem; he was very thorough in a much specialised complex area of law."
Both the Austrian and German governments have recently turned to Gleiss Lutz on state aid cases.
In recent work, the firm acted for Infineon Technologies in a Commission investigation into DRAM chips, resulting in on of the first settlements under the new settlement procedures, and also helped the company get clearance on the $1.1 billion sale of its wireless solutions business.
In on-going work, the firm was advising Duravit in an appeal against fines resulting from investigations into the bathroom fittings business, and Commerzbank on state aid matters regarding an €11 billion capital increase.
In three separate cases the firm was also mandated by German news agencies ddp and DAPD, WestLB and Deutsche Solar on state aid matters.
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