Today's conventional electricity industry faces substantial challenges. While global demand for electricity continues to grow, climate change policy drives pressure to reduce reliance on traditional fossil fuels and shift to cleaner generation technologies such as natural gas, renewables, nuclear, carbon capture and sequestration. The same pressures drive policy and regulatory changes at every level of government in every corner of the world, imposing new challenges on traditional energy generation, distribution, transmission and retail companies. Developed economies face the additional political challenges of securing increased diversity of supply and price stability for consumers. Developing economies have imperatives to bring the full benefits of reliable energy supplies to all their people. Conventional generation has secured a firm place in the generation mix for the foreseeable future.

Dentons' lawyers understand the industry and its challenges. We are immersed and well-connected in the market. We work across conventional generation technologies (coal, gas and oil), for transmission, distribution and retail businesses, and on market design and reform at the wholesale and retail levels.

Whether you are an energy company, investor or lender—we add legal value based on market insight and our focus is on optimizing your interests. Look to our lawyers for cross-border, multidisciplinary assistance—from project development and financing, to restructuring and privatization, to litigation and dispute resolution.

At Dentons, you can rely on real industry expertise and exceptional local knowledge gained through extensive work in worldwide electricity market design and daily contact with major industry players.

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Dentons advises EPH on the acquisition of Rijnmond Power Plant in the Netherlands

August 8, 2023

Global law firm Dentons advised Czech-headquartered EPH on the acquisition of the Rijnmond Power Plant, a low emission 800-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Zuid-Holland province, from GSO Capital Partners.

Dentons advises promissory note holders of STEAG Group on new financing agreement

September 30, 2021

Global law firm Dentons advised the promissory note holders of energy producer STEAG on the successful negotiation of a comprehensive new financing. The complex financing agreement involved promissory note holders with loans totaling €308 million, as well as other credit institutions, guarantee lenders, registered bond holders as well as certain creditors of project companies.