citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message alber & geiger type government relations law firm industry lobbying founded 2007 headquarters brussels belgium . berlin germany key people siegbert alber chairman andreas geiger managing partner website http www.albergeiger.com alber & geiger is a political lobbying powerhouse and the leading european government relations law firm lobbying the eu institutions in brussels . the firm has also a strong litigation practice at the european court of justice and has offices in brussels berlin and london . 1 among the firm s partners are the former president of the european parliament and member of the british house of lords henry plumb baron plumb the former advocate general of the european court of justice and vice president of the european parliament prof. siegbert alber the former secretary general of the european commission carlo trojan and the former director of the european commission s legal service prof. dr. rolf w genbaur . the firm was founded in 2007 as a spin off of leading us lobbying firm cassidy & associates by its former european ceo dr. andreas geiger . before that geiger was head of the eu law center of ernst & young in brussels and attorney at the law firm taylor wessing . he wrote a handbook on eu lobbying . besides lobbying for corporate clients the firm is known for representing foreign governments . alber & geiger received much media attention for successfully representing the bulgarian and the moroccan governments against the eu institutions . but alber & geiger have also represented cases against certain governments on the violation of eu standards including azerbaijan serbia and moldova . some of their corporate cases include winning against microsoft before the eu commission in the eu browser war the eu plastic bag ban or the state monopolies for lotteries and gambling in the eu . the latter comes basically from the fact that the firm s chairman prof. alber represents large parts of the eu gambling industry due to his background as the advocate general in the european court of justice s landmark gambelli case . among the firm s lobbying clients are us fortune company solutia regarding anti dumping measures against china government of bulgaria on frozen eu funds after accession kingdom of morocco on prolongation of eu agriculture and fishery agreements port of belgrade on eu supervision of serbia s politics bulgarian incumbent vivacom on eu telecoms market liberalization internet browser flock in the eu microsoft case german state television channel zdf political prisoners farhad aliyev and rafig aliyev on eu support for their release from azerbaijan prison market leader slot machines gauselmann on eu gambling liberalization market leader plastic bags production papier mettler against eu plastic bag ban us real estate investor ghi on the purchase of the fairmont acapulco princess from german bad bank fms wertmanagement eu sanctions against former prime minister mykola azarov from ukraine for its lobbying work the firm is regularly nominated including by the lawyer london as benelux law firm of the year by legal week london as european legal team of the year and by european public affairs awards brussels as consultancy of the year . contents 1 controversy 2 references 3 sources 4 external links controversy edit in june 2012 the bureau of investigative journalism and the independent a leading uk newspaper revealed how senior members of the house of lords failed to disclose their business interests in a public inquiry . on lord plumb s entry in the register of interests he lists his only renumerated employment profession as farming despite his involvement with the brussels based lobbying firm alber and geiger since 2007 . 2 according to the independent lord plumb insists he did not need to register his involvement because he had never been in employment paid or unpaid by the firm which is typically the case in law firms with non executive senior members . 3 references edit richter lehnen extrawurst f r zentralbanker ab judges reject special treatment for central bank workers . die welt in german . 23 february 2014 . retrieved 2015 07 23 . newman melanie ; wright oliver 20 june 2012 . chamber of secrets house of lords exposed . bureau of investigative journalism . retrieved 2015 07 23 . newman melanie ; wright oliver & mcclenaghan maeve 20 june 2012 . undeclared interests peers fail to register business roles . bureau of investigative journalism . retrieved 2015 07 23 . sources edit eu lobbying firm alber & geiger opens in berlin cassidy splits to form brussels lobby firm cassidy in eu limbo lawyers highlight risks in brussels lobbying register abramoff prompts reforms in european union too ceo study lobbying for governments in brussels external links edit alber & geiger web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alber % 26 geiger & oldid 705408296 categories lobbying firmshidden categories cs1 german language sources de articles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 february 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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