Economic administrative law governs the actions of public authorities in economic life and public–private partnerships

Maritime and transport law fulfils a vital role in the global economy

Areas of Practice

is a niche law firm specialising in two areas of practice: economic administrative law and transport law.

Economic administrative law

Economic administrative law encompasses all legal regulations governing the actions of public authorities in economic life.

In this field, the law office provides inter alia the following services:

• comparative study of legal forms for creating autonomous public enterprises at all levels
• drafting of legislation for the establishment of autonomous public enterprises
• drafting of decisions on the establishment, memoranda of association, articles of association, and management and cooperation agreements for local public companies, such as autonomous provincial and municipal enterprises and inter–municipal cooperation agreements
• advice on public procurements for works, supply and service contracts
• advice on long lease, building and leasing arrangements
• drafting of public service concessions and public domain concessions
• comparative study of public–private partnerships (PPPs)
• drafting of terms of reference, specifications, tender documents etc as well as management and cooperation agreements for PPPs
• advice on issues in competition law
• advice on personnel policy at public enterprises, including trade union status
• advice on funding mechanisms for public enterprises (taxation, dues and charges)
• supervision of consultation and negotiation processes involving other authorities and parties
• treatment of claims and other disputes relating to the above areas

Transport law

Transport law in the broad sense encompasses all legal stipulations regarding the transport industry, including the international regime of marine areas, inland waterways and other transport infrastructure, and all rules governing shipping and inland navigation, as well as rail, road and air transport.

The law office provides the following services in this field:

• the drafting of transport legislation at all levels
• policy–oriented analysis of existing regulations and the desirability of new regulations in the transport domain
• supervision of the establishment of public transport companies and port undertakings
• advice on all international, European and local aspects of port management law (port concessions, harbour masters, port dues, monopolies etc)
• advice on legal provisions with regard to waterways, pilotage, towage, search and rescue services, salvage services, ship registration, ship safety, marine environmental pollution, dues and taxes, rules of the road, vessel traffic services, the division of competencies between federal and regional public authorities, etc
• advice on all transport–related issues in competition law
• advice on the international legal status of transport links, esp. the international regime of rivers and canals
• advice on all aspects of transport law (maritime shipping, inland navigation, and road, rail and air transport)
• assistance in negotiations on international conventions and commercial contracts
• advice on investment projects in the shipping and transport sector
• treatment of claims and other disputes relating to the above areas