Schleifenbaum & Adler has extensive practical experience and specialised knowledge in the field of administrative law. If you have any dealings with the public authorities and in the broadest possible sense anything to do with observance of public-law regulations, you can rely on us in complete confidence. We will review whether it is necessary to collaborate with any authority, and how the authority should be encouraged to take action on your behalf. Our activity also covers representation in disputes concerning the effectiveness or legality of the public authorities’ administrative documents or legal regulations. We support our clients in procedures to obtain authorisations or approvals from the authorities. This is in particular the case when our commercial clients want to invest and wish to receive information on how to cooperate with public sector agencies. Along with laws and regulations on building and protection from emissions, other aspects involving environment law also frequently play a crucial role in this connection. In the recent past we have also been increasingly dealing with activities that may be collectively referred to as »Public Private Partnerships«. In our notarial work as well we are able to make good use of our experience and specialisation in administrative law – for example when dealing with the drafting or conclusion of town planning contracts (such as development contracts). The field of »Mergers and Acquisitions« is also gaining in importance, as are other restructuring processes governed by business law; this is more particularly because issues involving pollution of industrial property in the past and reviewing to determine whether conditions required for obtaining authorisations from the authorities are still being met in order to operate an undertaking are becoming increasingly important.

Dr. Florian Schell, Dr. Henrich Schleifenbaum