State Aid lawyers

State aid law plays a crucial role in the functioning of markets, ensuring a level playing field. Its importance has been brought into sharp relief in the latest global financial crisis.

State aid is always an issue in privatisations, which remain on government agendas. Government involvement or funding in major projects raises state aid issues for private sector bidders as well as for government.

At CMS, we can help you successfully manage any engagement with the state in a transactional capacity. Our sector-focused team of lawyers has many years of experience in advising government and the private sector in the UK on state aid issues, and we regularly advise on privatisations in expanding economies.

 
Neil Baylis
Neil Baylis
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Neil has over 20 years experience as a competition law partner and also has significant commercial and regulatory expertise.  He sits as a non-executive director on a number of boards.  His clients...
Russell Hoare
Russell Hoare
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Russell has over ten years of experience in advising on merger control, behavioural cases, compliance, market investigations, abuse of dominance, competition law litigation, public procurement, state...
Wendy Nicolson
Wendy Nicolson
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Wendy Nicolson is a partner specialising in public procurement and related antitrust, competition and trade issues. Wendy is dual qualified (Scotland and England & Wales) and has extensive experience...
Kabir Garyali
Kabir Garyali
Of Counsel
United Kingdom, London
Kabir is Of Counsel in the CMS Antitrust, Competition and Trade Team in London. He has practised in the field of EU and UK competition law and merger control for over 7 years. His experience includes...
Ruth Derruau
Ruth Derruau
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
Ruth is a Senior Associate in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Team in London. She has advised on a range of antitrust, merger control, regulatory and procurement matters for over seven years. Ruth...
Stella Mavrommati
Stella Mavrommati
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
Stella is experienced in advising leading companies operating in the energy sector, as well as government entities on contractual and regulatory compliance questions and on renewable electricity project...