Alber & Geiger
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Alber & Geiger is a political lobbying
powerhouse and the leading European government relations law firm. The firm currently has offices in Brussels and Berlin.
Among the firm's partners are the former President of the European Parliament and member of the British House of Lords, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
, the former Advocate General of the European Court of Justice and Vice President of the European Parliament, Prof Siegbert Alber, the former Secretary General of the European Commission, Carlo Trojan, and the former Director of the European Commission's Legal Service, Prof. Dr. Rolf Wägenbaur.
The firm was founded in 2007 as a spin-off of leading US lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates
by its former European CEO, Dr. Andreas Geiger. Before that, Geiger was Head of the EU Law Center of Ernst & Young
in Brussels and attorney at the law firm Taylor Wessing. He wrote a handbook on EU lobbying.
Besides lobbying for corporate clients the firm is known for representing foreign governments. Alber & Geiger received a lot of media attention for successfully representing the Bulgarian and the Moroccan governments towards the EU Institutions, winning against Microsoft before the EU Commission in the EU "browser war" and breaking the state monopolies for lotteries and gambling in the EU in 2010. The latter comes basically from the fact that the firm's Chairman, Prof. Alber, represented large parts of the EU gambling industry due to his background as the Advocate General in the European Court of Justice's landmark "Gambelli" case.
Among the firm's lobbying clients are:
For its lobbying work the firm was nominated again in 2010 by The Lawyer, London, as "European Niche Law Firm of the Year", by Legal Week, London, as "European Legal Team of the Year" and by European Public Affairs Awards, Brussels, as "Consultant of the Year".
Lobbying
Lobbying is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by various people or groups, from private-sector individuals or corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or...
powerhouse and the leading European government relations law firm. The firm currently has offices in Brussels and Berlin.
Among the firm's partners are the former President of the European Parliament and member of the British House of Lords, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb DL is a British farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers Union. He later became active in the Conservative Party and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament...
, the former Advocate General of the European Court of Justice and Vice President of the European Parliament, Prof Siegbert Alber, the former Secretary General of the European Commission, Carlo Trojan, and the former Director of the European Commission's Legal Service, Prof. Dr. Rolf Wägenbaur.
The firm was founded in 2007 as a spin-off of leading US lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates
Cassidy & Associates
Cassidy & Associates is a government-relations firm based in Washington, D.C., known for pioneering the use of congressional earmarks as a method of obtaining grants for university clients. It was founded in 1975 as Schlossberg-Cassidy Associates by Gerald Cassidy and Kenneth Schlossberg, both...
by its former European CEO, Dr. Andreas Geiger. Before that, Geiger was Head of the EU Law Center of Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
in Brussels and attorney at the law firm Taylor Wessing. He wrote a handbook on EU lobbying.
Besides lobbying for corporate clients the firm is known for representing foreign governments. Alber & Geiger received a lot of media attention for successfully representing the Bulgarian and the Moroccan governments towards the EU Institutions, winning against Microsoft before the EU Commission in the EU "browser war" and breaking the state monopolies for lotteries and gambling in the EU in 2010. The latter comes basically from the fact that the firm's Chairman, Prof. Alber, represented large parts of the EU gambling industry due to his background as the Advocate General in the European Court of Justice's landmark "Gambelli" case.
Among the firm's lobbying clients are:
- US fortune company Solutia regarding anti-dumping measures against China
- The EU gambling association EGBAEgbaThe Egba are a clan of the Yoruba people who live in western Nigeria. Many Egba live in the city of Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State.- History :...
- Government of Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Morocco
- Council for a Democratic Iran
- Port of BelgradePort of BelgradePort of Belgrade is a cargo port on the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the center of Belgrade, near Pančevo Bridge. The port also manages the passenger terminal on the nearby Sava river. Port transfer capacity is 3,000,000 tons per year and 10 000 TEUs...
- Largest Ukrainian dairy corporation Milkiland towards European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD
- Bulgarian telecoms incumbent Vivacom
- Internet browser FlockFlock-Computing:* Flock , a defunct web browser* Flock system call, used for computer file locking* F-Lock, a function lock key on a computer keyboard-Entertainment:* Flock , a sculpture by Michael Christian...
in the EU MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
case - Largest Real Estate company in the Balkans, MET Real Estate
- German State Television Channel ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
For its lobbying work the firm was nominated again in 2010 by The Lawyer, London, as "European Niche Law Firm of the Year", by Legal Week, London, as "European Legal Team of the Year" and by European Public Affairs Awards, Brussels, as "Consultant of the Year".