State aid and liberalisation

In 2005 state aid was elected as one of the focus areas of the European Commission and the European Court of Justice has delivered a number of extremely important judgments on the subject.

Relevance of the rules of state aid

The rules on state aid are relevant to a large number of businesses; whether they are the subject of a complaint or able to improve their competition situation by raising the question of anti-competitive state aid.

Our expertise

The rules of state aid are also essential in connection with an acquisition and in particular in connection with a privatisation and we have often assessed these critical questions in relation to transactions in which Plesner has been involved. Our long experience in fundamental Community law is a ballast that makes integrated expertise in the interaction between sector specific regulation and Competition law possible to which many liberalised businesses are subject.