Due to their proximity to the “State”, public enterprises are in the focus of EU state aid law, be it as providers of aid, as beneficiaries, or as entities otherwise concerned. Current cases in the Austrian banking sector demonstrate the legal, political and economic sensitivity of this field of law.

In this early bird seminar, Helge Heinrich will provide an overview of the main issues that public enterprises and universities may have to deal with in terms of EU state aid law. 

Subsequently, Roland Schachl will report on his many years of experience with the department of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy devoted to state aid control by the European Commission.

Finally, Johannes Barbist will discuss the question of whether public enterprises and their owners constitute higher-risk business partners.

The early bird event will be rounded out by a presentation of the most recently published major commentary on EU state aid law, to which members of our firm contributed.

Speakers: 
Helge Heinrich, Partner at Noerr
Roland Schachl, EU State Aid Law Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
Johannes Barbist, Partner at Binder Grösswang