Gleiss Lutz

Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch ( often referred to only as Gleiss Lutz ) is an international German law firm. About 300 lawyers, including around 89 partners, working in offices in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and Brussels. The annual turnover for the financial year 2013/2014 in Germany 166 million Euros.

History

The firm was established on 1 April 1949 by Alfred Gleiss ( 1904-1997 ) as an office for Dekartellierungs and Competition in Stuttgart. 1952 Gleiss was admitted as an attorney and associate with Arved Deringer, who retired in 1961 and opened her own law office in Bonn. 1956 Helmuth Lutz entered the office, shortly after Christian Hootz and Martin Hirsch were added. Since 1962, the firm bears the official name still valid today Gleiss Lutz Hootz deer.

Since 2000 and 2002 Gleiss Lutz had operated a close alliance with the English law firm Herbert Smith and the Dutch- Belgian law firm Stibbe, which was terminated in November 2011 by Herbert Smith. In addition, a close collaboration with various New York and offices exist in Central and Eastern Europe (Warsaw, Prague and Budapest).

In December 2010, the firm advised by the Land Baden-Württemberg bought back shares in the energy company EnBW, without first obtaining the consent of Parliament. In return, Stefan undersecretary relied on the Notbewilligungsrecht as prime minister and took only the consent of the Minister of Finance. This approach was adopted by the Constitutional Court in Stuttgart in October 2011 as a constitutional violation.

The firm represented both the SPD Bundestag, Peter Danckert and Swen Schulz, who had successfully brought before the Federal Constitutional Court against the nine-member special committee, which was to decide instead of the Budget Committee on the use of the euro bailout fund.