Infrastructure projects, as well as industrial and commercial investment plans, are subject to enormous cost and time pressures by reason of their economic importance and volume. At the same time, comprehensive legal precedent, as well as the continuous development of regulatory processes – on the national as well as the European Union levels – need to be considered. Furthermore, specialized expertise in the preparation of environmental impact assessments (EIAs) is now of central importance in project development in order to avoid unnecessary additional expenses.
The successful implementation of large projects thus requires consulting capacities covering a large number of areas, as well as the ability to efficiently prosecute legal matters before domestic authorities and European institutions. The solution of legal problems provides high requirements with respect to the competence and resources of the legal advisors – from the tender, to the financing, to the environmental and civil law review, through to the approval of the projects.
In our decade-long work on behalf of public contractors, private project applicants, project developers and industrial enterprises, we have obtained the required expertise in a market environment that has been rapidly changing by reason of liberalization and internationalization – and built up the required international networks to provide legal support to clients, even before market entry, in all legal issues, ranging from civil law, to antitrust, through to environmental law issues.
Our clients include today public sector infrastructure providers (railroad, highway, water, air, oil and gas pipelines), energy and telecommunication service providers, as well as operators of industrial, commercial, touristic and hotel facilities, as well as enterprises active in waste management and water distribution and treatment.
