Dr. Totis Kotsonis
Partner, Head of Subsidies, Procurement, Trade Agreements and Trade Remedies
Subsidies and State Aid
Legal experts to guide you through Subsidies and State Aid compliance and challenges.
Our team advise clients in the UK, the EU and internationally on the rules that apply to the award of subsidies, including in relation to UK subsidy control, EU State aid rules, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulations and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
We can support you on:
- identifying whether particular measures are susceptible to challenge, and the remedies that might be available to a successful challenger.
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advising on the notification of measures to the European Commission, as well as in dealing with complaints to the European Commission in relation to alleged unlawful aid measures.
- potential challenges, remedies and complaints to the European Commission.
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