Whether a German or an international company, private or public investor, association or municipality—with Dentons at your side, you are well advised on all public law issues. Trust us in all aspects of European, constitutional and administrative law as well as public policy—areas essential to your business.

We are familiar with all aspects of public law and are strongly committed to your interests. We have particular experience in the following areas:

• Environmental law
• Planning and building supervisory law
• Infrastructure law
• Public procurement and state aid
• Medical law (social law, pharmaceutical law and medical products regulations, pharmacy law, hospital financing and planning)
• Energy law
• Privacy laws
• Telecommunications
• Litigation before Administrative and Constitutional Courts

We support you with permits and approvals essential for your business and assist you in your day-to-day business in order to keep operational risks under control. In addition, we negotiate contracts under administrative law, provide profound expert opinions and offer public policy advice—also in legislative procedures. We incorporate our specialized public law expertise into legal due diligence assessments conducted by our Corporate, Finance and other practices.

Our clients include:

• German and international companies
• Private and public investors
• Public sector entities
• Associations
• Municipalities

In order to develop business-oriented, practical solutions, individually tailored to your needs, our practice group works in interdisciplinary teams with our Dentons offices globally. The focus of our cooperation lies particularly in the areas of real estate law, energy law, project financing, subsidies legislation and public procurement law, as well as cross-border work with North America, France, Spain and our Central and Eastern European offices.

Recognition

Chambers Germany 2025: Dentons consolidates its ranking position

February 20, 2025

The inaugural edition of the Chambers Germany guide has recognized 14 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Additionally, Dentons’ teams across Germany received practice and sector rankings in nine areas.

Insights

M2M services as regulated telecommunications services — Federal Network Agency adopts classification

April 4, 2023

Germany: In mid-March, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) publicized a statement on the classification of machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services as telecommunications services.

New EU obligations to equip buildings with fiber-optic cables

March 6, 2023

EU: The EU Commission's draft Gigabit Infrastructure Act published on February 23, 2023 is designed to implement goals of the 2030 policy program for the digital decade. To facilitate gigabit rollout to end users, buildings are to be made "fiber ready". Learn about the possible implications that this upcoming regulation may have for real estate projects in our client alert.

Alternative Proteins Regulatory Tracker

January 23, 2023

Europe: The Alternative Proteins Regulatory Tracker was created to provide an overview of global regulatory regimes for this emerging sector. At its launch in January 2023, the tracker already covers 10 jurisdictions, including the EU and its 27 member states. More jurisdictions will follow.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Chambers Germany 2025: Dentons consolidates its ranking position

February 20, 2025

The inaugural edition of the Chambers Germany guide has recognized 14 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Additionally, Dentons’ teams across Germany received practice and sector rankings in nine areas.

Dentons advises IGP medical on the acquisition out of insolvency of Klinikum Bad Bramstedt

October 16, 2024

Global law firm Dentons has advised IGP medical GmbH on the acquisition of the Klinikum Bad Bramstedt hospital from insolvency.

Dentons advises Greencells Group on development financing for European photovoltaic portfolio

July 4, 2024

Global law firm Dentons has advised renewables project developer Greencells Group as borrower on obtaining a €65 million development financing for its solar plant portfolio across seven jurisdictions. The structuring bank and sole lender is Kommunalkredit Austria AG.

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