Regulatory measures, government intervention and public sector spending are omnipresent in today's economic climate. A large variety of public law entities intervene to implement these measures.
Understanding how dealing with public law entities may be different from dealing with private entities and the impact of regulation have always been an important aspect of business life. It is even more important with governments cutting costs, privatising and selling assets, turning to or away from public-private partnerships as well as increasing public sector spending in some areas.
Advising on both transactions and litigation, our Public Law team has proven its world class expertise covering all aspects of public economic law including:
administrative contracts
freedom of information
government-owned assets
human rights
permits and authorisations
public and mixed entities/structures
public law litigation
public-private partnerships
regulatory
Our global Public Law practice brings together more than 40 lawyers with a client base that includes public authorities, regulatory bodies, utilities, sponsors, financial institutions, and corporates. Our people advise these diverse players on global, cross-border and local public sector transactions.
We assist a large number of public authorities and regulatory bodies on the implementation of their powers as well as with drafting and interpreting legislation. As a result, we fully understand the complexities and challenges of this area of law. Conversely, we can offer our clients in the public sphere assistance that takes into account the perspective of private sector players.
Our clients value our straightforward and pragmatic advice. We work in an integrated way with our Banking, Corporate and Real Estate departments, and approach issues from a variety of perspectives, taking into account the wider economic and legal context.
We advise major players in all sectors, including:
- infrastructure
- transport
- financial markets
- utilities, including energy and water
- telecommunications
- mail services
- life science
- defence
Recognition for our work
"Allen & Overy LLP delivers an extremely high-quality service, and has strength in the regulated sectors, particularly finance and telecoms." - Legal 500 2011 (UK)
"Effective and results-driven is how market sources describe the public law team of this magic circle firm." - Chambers Europe 2011 (Belgium)
Recognised as a top tier practice by Chambers Europe 2011 (France), clients praise "the exemplary and distinguished team [...] for its in-depth knowledge of public law."