In all countries, governmental and public sector entities are subject to strong pressures to improve the provision of public services and infrastructure with increasingly limited resources.
The technological, economic and geopolitical environment in which communities, national and international authorities and para-public companies operate is constantly evolving.
At the same time, this environment is profoundly affected by the decisions taken by the same organisations on legislation, regulations and policies.
At the same time, this environment is profoundly affected by the decisions taken by the same organisations on legislation, regulations and policies.
One of DS Avocats’ long-standing practices
We have long-standing and world-renowned expertise acquired over 30 years of working in the public law sector, assuring the highest standard of assistance to all our clients at all stages of their projects and business.
We have one of the largest global public business law teams, whose members offer specialised advice in public procurement and contracts, public economic law and general public law.
Our teams support our clients with their public projects and policies in all sectors of the economy and in particular in the building, infrastructure, agribusiness, telecommunications, networks, and energy sectors.
The complex legal challenges faced by public actors often require a cross-sector and multi-disciplinary approach.
We set up ad hoc teams for our clients that can meet all their specific requirements and give them access to a single point of contact while providing them with efficient transactional and legal solutions, in particular in the following areas :
- Project finance ;
- Corporate and tax law ;
- Property ;
- Construction ;
- Environment ;
- Intellectual property.
We have an extensive international practice, in particular in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, where we advise on emerging regulations and large-scale investment in PPPs.
Cross-functional offering
We use our international Desks to share the experience of our various teams, so our clients in the public sector can benefit from cross-functional offers, in particular in the following areas :
- Sustainable and intelligent cities and regions ;
- Compliance ;
- Energy.