Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing has a well-established state aid and procurement practice with particular strength in infrastructure, healthcare and public finance. The team advises on the financing and privatisation of airlines, airports and ports, and regularly supports hospital operators and public authorities on the state aid compliance of hospital funding structures. Antitrust specialist Marco Hartmann-Rüppel heads the group, in which Michael Brüggemann is also a central contact, advising public sector bodies and private entities on R&D aid, grants and funding instruments, and representing clients before the European Commission and EU courts in state aid investigations, notifications and complaints.