State aid-compliant public financing and proceedings before the European Commission (pre-notification contacts, state aid notifications, competition complaints, investigation procedure) and before the courts focusing in particular on transport, infrastructure and public utilities
Complex public procurement procedures and large public financing projects, including representation in review proceedings
Education and Professional Experience
Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2018
Lawyer at major international law firms in Berlin and Hamburg from 2005 to 2018
Lecturer at the TU Berlin from 2011 to 2013
Admitted to practise law in Germany (2005)
Doctorate from the Universität Hamburg
Trainee lawyer with the Higher Regional Court Berlin
Studies at the University of Kiel and the Institut Catholique de Paris
Languages
English, French, German
Awards
Recommended lawyer in the field of “State Aid Law” and “Public Procurement Law” (The Legal 500 2021)
Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2020” in the area of “Public Law, Procurement and State Aid” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany)
Publications
Gniechwitz, Arne: Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 21. Dezember 2016, C-51/15 Remondis/Region Hannover, in: EuZW 2017, S. 147 f.
Gniechwitz, Arne: Ziele und Grundlagen des Beihilfenrechts, in: Penter/Siefert Kompendium Krankenhaus Rechnungswesen, 2. Auflage 2015, Seiten 612-622
Gniechwitz, Arne und Jennert, C.: Kommentar zu § 118 GWB (a.F. Wirkung der sofortigen Beschwerde), in: Müller-Wrede (Hrsg.), Taschenkommentar Vergaberecht (2008)
Gniechwitz, Arne: Städtebaupläne in Frankreich: Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung auf der Grundlage des reformierten französischen Städtebaurechts nach dem Gesetz der städtischen Solidarität und Erneuerung vom 13.12.2000 und dem Städte- und Wohnungsbaugesetz vom 02.07.2003 (Dissertation 2005)
New Silk Road: GSK Stockmann successfully represents Duisburger Hafen AG in review procedure concerning the new Duisburg Gateway Terminal
GSK Stockmann has successfully represented Duisburger Hafen AG in a review procedure concerning the construction and operation of the planned Duisburg Gateway Terminal. The decisio...
Germany's best lawyers 2020: 45 lawyers of GSK Stockmann recommended by Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt have published "Germany's best lawyers" of the year. A total of 45 lawyers of our law firm are recommended as leading experts in their field in German...
