Mobility

Green light for a new
mobility. Moving ahead
on firm legal ground.

Kristina Marx, lawyer

Automotive, aviation, AI and smart city: a diverse sector with diverse challenges. Our cross-sector competency teams have the answers to tomorrow’s questions.

Gather speed through change. The future moves fast.

Mobility patterns are changing rapidly, and mobility expectations and services are developing with equal speed. Environmentally friendly motors, new mobility concepts for inner city areas and interurban mobility call for a comprehensive approach to technologies and infrastructure.

Our mobility experts monitor the market closely and understand the issues that impact your industry – and by extension your company.

Our work revolves largely around complex projects and issues. We understand the mobility sector and its various interfaces – not only the interfaces between legal requirements and economic or technological demands, but also the interfaces between the relevant areas of law. Thanks to this expertise, we are able to unravel complexity and find legally workable solutions.

We proactively help to shape change in the field of mobility, change which is driven primarily by increasing digitalisation and networking.

Current mobility trends such as networking & artificial intelligence, e-mobility, sharing models and autonomous driving systems are more than just buzzwords for GSK Stockmann. Our expertise enables us not only to offer you legal advice based on solid business acumen, but also makes us an efficient service provider who can play a significant role towards the success of your project. Our claim: Your goals are our benchmark. Your perspective.

Sharing, digitalisation, connectivity: mobility moves fast. Good to have a co-driver who is looking ahead. Like us.

Markets in focus

If you want to make the most of every opportunity for growth across the board, top-notch support is a crucial ingredient. Our bundled expertise in all sectors and markets is the answer.

The automotive industry is going through major changes. From car manufacturers to mobility service providers, innovations are changing the way cars are designed, produced and used to transport goods and people. Factors such as sustainability, safety, comfort and connectivity are playing a more important role than ever before. In addition, deep-rooted structural change is impacting day-to-day challenges in operative business. More than ever before, market participants have to reconsider their business strategies and think outside the box. Partnerships and joint ventures with other market players are playing an increasingly significant role.

The aviation industry is currently undergoing rapid transformation, with a focus on forging a path towards a digital and sustainable future. In addition to environmentally friendly drive technologies and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), there is also a need for new, resilient business models. We help our clients – especially those in the airline industry – to develop a tailored strategy and successfully master growing regulatory requirements, and to find their personal niche and set themselves apart from their competitors. Our advisory services cover highly diverse fields within the aviation industry. Many of our clients are engaged in interesting and innovative technological projects; for example, we support manufacturers and operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).

Autonomous driving technology is revolutionising traffic management through the use of artificial intelligence, allowing connected vehicles to communicate with each other and with traffic infrastructure to help optimise traffic flow and improve safety. Companies are increasingly turning to data analytics to better understand traffic flows and improve services. New models such as ridesharing and carsharing are also benefiting from these technologies, offering flexible and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional private modes of transport. Digitalised infrastructure management supports the more efficient use and management of transport infrastructure, contributing to more sustainable mobility. Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platforms offer a user-friendly and efficient mobility solution that integrates various transport options into a single application. Finally, personalised mobility services create a tailored mobility experience that meets the individual needs of users.

The chief aim of urban development in large cities is to improve the quality of life for residents. The trend towards “Smart Cities” is driven by increasing levels of digitalisation and connectivity and by optimising mobility for residents. New technology plays a major role here – but innovative mobility concepts are also highly important. Despite the fact that existing transport networks are working at full capacity, there are calls for mobility to continue improving and become more flexible.

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Understanding your perspective. And finding the best solution. That is our mission (from left to right):

Legal advice with a clear focus

The right experts for every challenge, the perfect team for every client: we focus on the elements that drive your success.

Our automotive team knows the industry inside out. We have gained long-standing and in-depth experience supporting transactions in the automotive industry as well as joint ventures in the mobility sector and can provide you with comprehensive legal advice with a commercial perspective in the following areas:

  • M&A projects, investments and divestments including regulatory proceedings, labour law and tax law
  • Joint ventures and partnerships, particularly in development (R&D) and in sales, as well as financing and investment opportunities
  • Reorganisation and restructuring, including on group level
  • Purchasing and supplier agreements
  • Product safety and product liability, including consumer protection
  • Litigation
  • Licensing agreements and sales contracts
  • Protection of intellectual property rights and securing the technological lead
  • IT security and data protection
  • Approval procedures and compliance, industrial & environmental compliance, export controls
  • Environmental law and sustainability
  • Planning and development of production sites and facilities

Our experienced and committed aviation team has a solid understanding of the regulatory and business aspects of the industry, and liaises regularly with the relevant supervisory authorities. Our aviation advisory services primarily cover the following fields:

  • Joint ventures and M&A
  • Financing and investment opportunities
  • Regulation, including environmental and sustainability issues
  • Competition law
  • Intellectual property
  • New designs and technologies
  • Litigation
  • Governmental affairs and legislative assistance
  • Export controls

Navigating mobility and artifical intelligence with confidence.

Integrating AI into mobility helps to make transport and infrastructure services safer, more efficient, greener and more convenient, as well as opening up opportunities for innovation and new business models:

  • Autonomous driving systems
  • Traffic management and AI
  • Ridesharing and carsharing
  • Digitalised infrastructure management

Our lawyers work hand in hand with teams of experts from Real Estate, Public Sector, Regulatory, Projects and Mobility. Here at GSK Stockmann, we have all the core competencies required to transform a city into a “Smart City”:

  • Mobility concepts, particularly in connection with urban planning projects
  • Supervision of real estate projects
  • Public funding and subsidies
  • Projects & governmental affairs (project development and new regulations)
  • Joint ventures and partnerships
  • Investments and divestments (including regulatory proceedings)
  • IT security and data protection, including regulatory requirements in the field of telecommunication
  • Protection of intellectual property rights and securing the technological lead