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Second direct award to Karlsruhe transport company completed

The city of Karlsruhe has placed its local public transport on a new footing by awarding a public service contract directly to its municipal transport company VBK in accordance with Regulation 1370/2007. Dr. Corina Jürschik and Prof. Dr. Christofer Lenz provided advice.

ECJ rules on the relationship between antitrust and regulatory law

On 27 October 2022, the ECJ ruled on the relationship and interplay between antitrust and regulatory law in a complex of cases regarding railroad infrastructure pricing and led by Prof. Dr. Markus Köhler and Dr. Malte Weitner.

What to do in case of an entry in the competition register?

At the Stuttgarter Compliance Talks of the Stuttgarter Zeitung, OPPENLÄNDER partner Dr. Matthias Ulshöfer explained how to avoid an entry and the threat of an award ban.

OPPENLÄNDER advises Rieker Finanz-Gruppe

OPPENLÄNDER partner Dr. Felix Born and team advised Rieker Investment GmbH on the acquisition of a stake in KOBRA Formen GmbH.

Construction freeze lifted by the city of Heidelberg

OPPENLÄNDER attorneys Dr. Jens Ritter and Dr. Maximilian Stützel, both active in public building law, have overturned the city's decision to halt construction in the dispute over the use of the former "Fauler Pelz" prison in Heidelberg. The state can continue the redevelopment to enable the correctional system.

Success for the CDU Federal Executive

The ex-AfD federal presidential candidate Max Otte has been expelled from the CDU by the party court in Cologne. Prof. Dr. Christofer Lenz represented the CDU Federal Executive Committee.

Major transport contract awarded directly

Prof. Dr. Christofer Lenz and Dr. Corina Jürschik successfully represented Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft in the award of a contract for rail transport services in Baden Württemberg

Success at the Administrative Court

GAISER Group advised on strategic acquisition

OPPENLÄNDER Rechtsanwälte has advised Julius Gaiser GmbH & Co. KG on the acquisition of the Clement group of companies in the context of the GAISER ZUKUNFTSOFFENSIVE 2030.

Success at the Cologne Higher Regional Court

Dr. Svenja Buckstegge and Dr. Timo Kieser success-fully defend against injunc-tion claims regarding the use of trademarks on truck models and building models to replicate reality.