The energy sector is changing. Our team of highly specialized experts supports you in this process and helps you to seize the opportunities. We are at the top of the latest legal and energy policy developments and have a profound entrepreneurial understanding of the industry. You can benefit from our interdisciplinary advice on transactions in the energy sector and infrastructure projects.

Key service areas

At the nexus of technology, economy and law, we advise you especially in the following areas:

• Corporate/M&A
• Renewables
• Hydrogen technologies
• Project finance
• Trade and distribution, PPAs
• Sector coupling and decarbonization
• Regulatory (grid/storage/trade)
• Energy antitrust and merger control 
• Power stations/pipeline projects
• Restructuring
• Arbitration

Recognition

Dentons wins “Deal of the Year - Sustainability” award at Legalcommunity Corporate Awards

June 16, 2022

For its work on a deal to build and operate a high-power charging network in Italy, which will strategically contribute to improvements in green transportation, Dentons was awarded “Deal of the Year” for sustainability at the Legalcommunity Corporate Awards 2022 on June 16, 2022 in Milan.

Dentons highly ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA 2022

April 22, 2022

Dentons continues to improve its quality rankings across Europe, Middle East and Africa in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 EMEA guide. Of the total number of 182 Dentons lawyers recognized among the leaders in their respective practice areas, The Legal 500 included 20 lawyers in its Hall of Fame of individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.

Chambers Europe 2022 ranks Dentons among top law firms

March 21, 2022

The 2022 edition of Chambers Europe has recognized 167 Dentons lawyers across 16 European jurisdictions as well as in CEE and Europe-wide, as leaders in their fields. Among the individual rankings, 19 lawyers received new rankings, while 22 improved over the past year. These improvements reflect Dentons’ commitment to attracting and developing top legal talent. 

Insights

How Germany’s Energy Efficiency Act will impact data center operators

September 25, 2023

Germany: On September 21, 2023, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Energy Efficiency Act (Energieeffizienzgesetz, EnEfG), which imposes a number of energy efficiency obligations on all German companies, but specifically on data centers.

Notification deadline alert for energy relief packages beneficiaries in Germany

July 21, 2023

Germany: Energy prices and energy relief packages have been intensely discussed in the course of last year in Germany. Do you have the upcoming deadline in mind?

The BMWK’s photovoltaics strategy as the basis for new legislative packages

March 30, 2023

Germany: The current times are characterized by crises. One crisis, whose origins arguably date back to the Industrial Revolution, is climate change. To counteract this, Germany has set itself the goal of being greenhouse gas neutral by 2045—meaning net greenhouse gas neutrality, i.e. achieving a balance between anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases from sources and the reduction of such gases by sinks. In the electricity sector, this balance is to be achieved 10 years earlier, i.e. by 2035.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises BEOS on the sale of building sites of the FRANKFURT WESTSIDE neighborhood development to CyrusOne

September 21, 2023

Germany: Global law firm Dentons has advised BEOS AG, part of Swiss Life Asset Managers, on the sale of two building sites of the FRANKFURT WESTSIDE neighborhood development with a total area of approximately 63,000 square meters. The buyer of the partial building rights for the two areas is the global data center operator CyrusOne.

Partners Tim Heitling and Christian Schnell appointed Co-Heads of Dentons’ Energy group in Europe

May 15, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has appointed partners Tim Heitling and Christian Schnell as Co-heads of the Europe Energy group. In their new roles, they will be responsible for driving the Firm’s strategy, product offering and capabilities for clients in the energy sector across 18 countries in Europe and Central Asia.

Dentons advises Qualitas Energy on acquisition of DunoAir’s German onshore wind development business

April 11, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has advised Qualitas Energy on the acquisition of DunoAir Windpark Panung GmbH, the German onshore wind development business of DunoAir. The transaction expands Qualitas Energy's wind farm development portfolio capacity in Germany by 1.4 GW to a total of 2.9 GW, a figure that is expected to increase to 6.2 GW within the next two years through its ambitious investment plan in the country. This transaction strengthens its position as a major player in the renewable energy sector in Germany.

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