Public Procurement and Regulations

We advise our clients on the impact of evolving EU Law and Regulations on their business, taking into account our strong focus on the energy, air transport, gambling / gaming, media / IT / telecommunications, shipping, pharmaceuticals,  sports, textiles, chemicals and metals sectors. We also advise on EU Public Procurement law and all aspects of EU Internal Market rules. We represent clients in complaints procedures before the European Commission and the EU Courts in these areas. 
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Our recent experience includes:

• Advising a major multinational corporation on public procurement procedures in the gambling and gaming sectors.
• Advising on compliance under EU media and State aids  laws of the operation of a public service broadcaster in an EU Member State.
• Advising Governments in drafting legislation in compliance with the EU rules to protect companies of major importance in strategic sectors of national economies.
• Advising on all aspects of regulation in the electronic communications sector.
• Advising various companies, including potential investors, on all aspects of gaming legislation to ensure compliance with EU internal market legislation- monitoring key developments in the EU and EU litigation cases in relation to the regulation of games of chance at EU/national level.
• Advising a major Greek corporate entity on aspects of the privatization of a major Casino in Greece. The advice included a further analysis of the EU State aid, public procurement and EU internal market rules.
• Advising a major corporate on the tax treatment of online gambling in Greece.
• Successfully advising a major EU telecoms operator on the disposal of a  majority interest on a telecoms satelite under EU public procurement rules.
• ​Successfully advising a major EU airport operator on the application of EU public procurement rues to proposed amendments of its concession arrangements.