Administrative law and administrative litigation

Administrative law governs the organisation and activity of public authorities, as well as their relationships with legal entities and the other persons involved in administrative procedures. Legal advice in this field concerns the lawfulness of administrative acts and measures, compliance with procedures and the handling of situations that may affect the activity or the assets of a company or of a public institution.

The services include legal advice for companies and public authorities, the drafting and review of administrative acts, assistance in public procurement, concessions and leases of property belonging to the state or to administrative-territorial units, as well as representation in administrative litigation proceedings.

For companies and other legal entities, the lawyer's involvement may concern challenging an administrative act, an authority's unjustified refusal to resolve a request or the failure to respond within the legal time limit. The analysis seeks to identify the right or legitimate interest affected and to establish the steps needed to assert it.

For public authorities and public institutions, the advice seeks to provide the legal grounding for decisions, to prepare administrative documents and to verify that the applicable powers and procedures are observed. The assistance may also include formulating the defence in cases in which the authority's acts or measures are challenged.

Before any step is initiated, the relevant documents, the nature of the legal relationship, the competence of the authority and the applicable time limits are examined. This assessment makes it possible to establish a strategy adapted to the objective pursued, both for preventing a dispute and for managing a dispute that already exists.