Qualifications & Expertise
The rising flood of legal norms continues to penetrate all areas of commercial life. For many years CMS Hasche Sigle has been safeguarding the interests of companies, governments and public bodies in the area of public commercial law. We support our clients in licensing and plan determination procedures and negotiate with local authorities on planning construction projects. We represent our clients at administrative and opposition proceedings as well as before the administrative and constitutional courts. We primarily aim at avoiding long-winded bureaucratic procedures by developing and implementing solutions for our clients which meet their interests and can be achieved promptly. We have acquired the necessary tact and sensitivity from many years of experience in dealing with public sector institutions.

Main Focus

• Environment and planning law
  • Air pollution, water, waste management, mining, chemicals, soil protection, conservation, environmental planning and construction planning legislation
  • advising investors on licensing, plan determination, operation planning and town and ountry planning procedures for industrial plant, power stations, open-cast mining operations and pipelines
  • advising companies, local authorities and public bodies on regional planning and construction planning procedures for office and retail projects
  • legal support for waste management strategies
  • advice and representation in old waste dump andold waste dump exemption concerns
  • developing environmental management systems
  • advising ministries in legislative proceedings, preparing draft legislation
• Privatisation
  • advising investors and local authorities on the privatisation of public utilities, supply and disposal services, road and rail services
• Telecommunications and radio broadcasting legislation
  • representation in licensing and supervisory procedures
  • advice on developing new telecommunications services
  Other sectors are foreign trade legislation, banking and insurance control legislation, data protection legislation, energy legislation, air traffic legislation, postal legislation, government liability legislation, subsidies legislation,constitutional law, contract-awarding legislation.