Legal Advice in Public Economic Law

With a focus on all aspects of public law, we offer companies first-class legal advice to enable them to seize their market opportunities at both local and international level in a legally sound manner. Every regulatory proceeding requires in-depth knowledge of the current legislative landscape. A specialised business law attorney from our team acts as your strategic partner at the interface between the state and the market. A central focus of our firm lies in classical trade and licensing law, in particular in obtaining and securing complex operating facility permits. We also support you in the forward-looking field of energy law — for example in the legal structuring and implementation of renewable energy projects as well as on questions relating to grid connection.

In larger infrastructure and operational projects, the various areas of law are closely intertwined. We pool our cross-disciplinary expertise in public and private construction law as well as in municipal spatial planning law, in order to guide building projects safely from the initial zoning designation through to the final occupancy permit. At the same time, ecological requirements are gaining massively in practical significance: our well-founded knowledge in environmental law as well as in waste and water law protects your company from legal missteps and protracted administrative proceedings. Public procurement law also forms an essential part of our daily practice. We accompany public contracting authorities in tendering procedures and support bidders throughout the procurement process, with precise tender review as well as the assertion or defence of challenges forming part of our core competencies.

With the same intensity and extensive expertise, hba also supports municipalities and bodies governed by public law on all structural matters or in the context of budget consolidation. Should administrative proceedings or legal disputes prove unavoidable, every experienced lawyer in our firm represents your interests with vigour. We conduct proceedings on your behalf before all administrative authorities, regional administrative courts and the supreme courts — the Administrative Court (VwGH) and the Constitutional Court (VfGH). Your representation by us is equally fully guaranteed at European level, including before the European Court of Justice (ECJ).