Address

PwC Legal

Alsterufer 1

20354 Hamburg

Contact

Tel.  +49 40 6378-2190

Email  E-Mail

Qualification

  • Lawyer (Rechtsanwältin) since 2017

Expertise

  • German and international companies and groups
  • Automotive industry
  • Semiconductors
  • Aviation
  • Public and private research and development institutes
  • Universities, RTOs, star-ups, SMEs
  • Public institutions and companies

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Spanish
I offer

About me

Kerstin Rohde specialises in EU state aid law as well as subsidy and grant law. She provides advice to public and private companies. She applies a multidisciplinary advisory approach that combines legal, commercial and – where required – technical aspects in a holistic manner. One of her areas of focus is providing advice on regional and R&D subsidies as well as Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI). In this regard, she assists with European Commission notification procedures as well as applications for national subsidies and the negotiation of memoranda of understanding. In addition, she assists in ensuring that public infrastructure projects are planned in compliance with subsidy requirements. She also provides advice to the public sector on SGEI matters.

Career
  • Since 2017: PwC Legal, Hamburg
  • Until 2017: legal clerkship (Rechtsreferendariat) at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
  • Until 2015: student of law in Hamburg
  • Until 2010: two semesters abroad at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
Publications
  • Münchener Kommentar zum Europäischen und Deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht, Band 5 Beihilferecht Art. 13 bis 16 AGVO, 2. Aufl. 2018 und 4. Aufl. 2022 (gemeinsam mit Jan Philipp Otter und Anna Fiona Weise)