State Aid

State aid is a constantly developing field of law. Montenegro has introduced far reaching public support schemes and guidelines in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic recovery. 

We advise both public authorities and private and state-owned companies on all aspects of the State aid rules. We help businesses to get the most out of state aid in their discussions with State authorities and represent their interests in all State aid proceedings at the Agency for the Protection of Competition and Montenegrin Courts. We provide advice to public authorities on all levels (national government, regions, municipalities) on their public investments (capital injections, public loans, guarantees, land sales etc.), decisions to grant individual aid and the setting up of State aid schemes and we assist them – often also in the interests of our private clients – in notifications to the Agency for the Protection of Competition. 

We support private businesses concerning their State aid strategies, e.g., in the context of State funded initiatives to make the economy more resilient. Lawyers from our team have market leading sector specific expertise in State aid matters in the agricultural, automotive, aviation, banking, energy, TMC and transport sectors.