Transport

Planning, implementing and maintaining an efficient and environmentally friendly infrastructure for passenger and freight transport and for power line construction is one of the main challenges of the 21st century in Germany and Europe.

The multifaceted projects common in the transport sector need to be implemented on a sound legal basis, requiring careful and prudent legal advice and comprehensive experience in approval procedures and court disputes.

Our lawyers are seasoned experts in this sector and support clients in achieving their demanding and complex tasks. Our lawyers cover the whole spectrum of law in the area of individual and public transport, in particular in

sectoral planning procedures for major road construction projects
sectoral planning procedures for rail transport projects; regulatory issues
sectoral planning procedures for waterway projects
sectoral planning procedures for aerodromes and airports; definition of flight procedures (“flight routes”); aviation law
local public transport including complex local public transport award and concession procedures
road traffic law, rights of way
transport law

Our large transport team is composed of highly specialised lawyers with different areas of expertise who have acquired additional professional acclaim as authors, lecturers, and as advisors to expert committees for legislative projects, to project promoters and to approval authorities on infrastructure projects of national importance.