Alber & Geiger is a political lobbying powerhouse.

We represent our clients’ interests on the highest EU levels. Our firm combines former top EU officials, leading EU politicians and high profile EU attorneys.

We combine legal expertise with lobbying knowledge. This is what sets us apart.

Work

Alber & Geiger is known for getting things done. For us, only results count. This is why time and again we deliver the integrated strategies organizations need to be successful. And we have the record to prove it.

Government Affairs

Government Affairs

Alber & Geiger is a political lobbying powerhouse and a leading European government relations law firm. We represent our clients’ interests on the highest diplomatic and political level.
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Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Alber & Geiger helps countries and companies with advocacy on bilateral political and economic relations, especially to implement strategic plans and raise visibility to and before the EU institutions in Brussels.
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Litigation

Litigation

Our reputation as trial lawyers before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), and the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is well known.
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Wins

Alber & Geiger is known for getting things done. For us, only results count. This is why time and again we deliver the integrated strategies organizations need to be successful. And we have the record to prove it.

Challenge

Our client Heel leading manufacturer of homeopathic medicinal products dedicated in research, dealt with a non-suitable regulatory environment. Existing requirements as applied by national authorities did not honor investments in scientific research. Alber & Geiger faced a European Commission reluctant for legislative changes and differing Member State approaches.

Strategy

The strategy co-ordinated legal, ethical, medical and scientific concepts into coherent arguments. It showed the European Commission and the EU institutions but also relevant national competent authorities more broadly, the particularities of homeopathic medicinal products, as well as their effectiveness and safety and the different national approaches in the EU Member States.

Results

Ultimately our strategy allowed our client to enter into a constructive dialogue with relevant national authorities. Alber & Geiger followed the maxim that sometimes less regulation is more, reflecting the priorities of our clients’ industries.

Challenge

The EU imposed onerous penalties on our client, the Republic of Bulgaria. €825 million of pre-accession funds were frozen. It was a response to its alleged failure to combat corruption, organized crime and misuse of EU funds. Funds worth up to €7 billion over the next six years were also at risk. The Bulgarian government turned to Alber & Geiger for help.

Strategy

Alber & Geiger’s multi-faceted approach involved sophisticated legal analysis calibrated through a dynamic, institution sensitive communications strategy. It incorporated practical considerations like staff changes in the Bulgarian government as well as larger semantic and structural reasons for misunderstandings.

Results

Alber & Geiger was able to restore trust and confidence between the European Commission and the Bulgarian government. The result was the unfreezing of the €500 million in EU funds and the de-jeopardizing of the rest of the €7 billion.

Challenge

Alber & Geiger assisted a US Fortune 500 chemical company to tackle the issue of illegal trade of refrigerants. For years, illegal trade of old generation refrigerants in Europe, prevented and delayed the introduction of high-end, climate friendly solutions. In parallel, the ongoing revision of the EU F-Gas Regulation was not delivering the expected results on phasing down the use of HFCs, as stricter penalties and measures to control illegal trade could only be enforced on a Member State level.

Strategy

Our team therefore embarked on a legislative initiative in Germany, which would offer a national solution that would inspired other Member States to use the German law as a blueprint. Alber & Geiger enforced a strategy which appealed to all levels of the German political institutions and administration. We supported the proposal on the level of the federal government, while in parallel gathering support at various political levels. Moving forward successfully, we managed to get our arguments through to stakeholders also in the European Union.

Results

On a first stage, Alber & Geiger supported a draft legislation which was in favor of our client’s expectations. On a second stage, our team also saw through the clearance of the German legislation from the EU Commission and inspire other Member States follow the German path. Finally, we locked the support from the German upper house and rapporteurs of the lower house, succeeding in the eventual speedy adoption of the legislation, which will be hopefully used as a blueprint solution in the EU.

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