Alber & Geiger nominated as European Consultancy of the year
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Alber & Geiger is the leading EU government relations law firm in Brussels. It has been successfully lobbying with the EU institutions and governments on behalf of major European and US-corporations and third countries. The latest example is the lobbying activity of Alber & Geiger on behalf of US Fortune company Solutia Inc which involved an anti-dumping proceeding against China. After the European Commission had already imposed provisional tariffs on PVA imports from China - PVA being the raw material for Solutia’s PVB production - Solutia mandated Alber & Geiger with European lobbying support at only five months’ notice. The goal was to either turn around the Commission’s position or to block the imposition of final tariffs in the European Council. Further, on the background of the numerous anti-dumping proceedings against PR China, China’s EU embassy considered this additional EU action as a political affront, Alber & Geiger’s diplomatic action therefore minimized the risk of a potential EU trade war with China. Alber & Geiger’s lobbying activity resulted in the Commission revising its preliminary tariff decision. The decision was based on the new understanding by the European Commission regarding the case facts, political and legal problems involved, due to the work of Alber & Geiger. |