Hamburg, 2 January 2025 – The international commercial law firm ADVANT Beiten continues to expand its Public Sector practice, winning Dennis Hillemann as Equity Partner from Fieldfisher. Dennis Hillemann, who works at the Hamburg office, joined the firm on 1 January 2025 together with Salary Partners Tanja Ehls in Frankfurt and Johannes Voß-Lünemann in Berlin.
Dennis Hillemann, a licensed administrative law specialist, advises enterprises and public entities on administrative law, particularly on administrative procedural law and the law on subsidies – to a large part on state aid COVID temporary programmes - and represents clients before administrative courts.
At present, the trio mainly provides legal advice to tax advisors and companies throughout Germany regarding applications for aid temporary programmes as well as in objection proceedings and court proceedings.
Another key area of the team is advice to companies and universities on applications for subsidies and a use of subsidies which is compliant with state aid law. Johannes Voß-Lünemann additionally advises on procurement law issues, for example providing support regarding tenders under national and EU procurement law, both for supplies and services and for construction services.
"ADVANT Beiten has been one of the leading players when it comes to scalable and technology-supported legal services for many years now. In combination with his long years of experience and expertise in administrative and procurement law, Dennis Hillemann and his team complement our practice ideally. We are very much looking forward to the cooperation across locations," comments Dr Guido Krüger, Managing Partner of ADVANT Beiten.
Dennis Hillemann comments: "Joining ADVANT Beiten is the ideal next step for us. The multidisciplinary structure of the law firm with strong teams at all important locations in Germany enables us to provide our clients with even more comprehensive advice. In particular, the close integration of the various specialist areas and the technological orientation of ADVANT Beiten offer optimal conditions for the support of complex public law assignments. With the firm's broad network and established legal tech expertise, we can provide our services even more efficiently throughout Germany, particularly with regard to state aid COVID temporary programmes. The cooperation across the offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin enables us to be close to our clients, while at the same time making ADVANT Beiten's entire range of expertise available to them.”
Public Relations
Frauke Reuther
Manager Kommunikation
ADVANT Beiten
+49 (69) 75 60 95 - 570
frauke.reuther@advant-beiten.com
