Dentons’ lawyers are highly specialized in the energy sector. Our team works at the forefront of most recent legal and political developments and given our expertise you may count on us for advising you in your transactional, regulatory and day-to-day corporate practice.

At the crossroads of technology, business and law, you can receive specialist advice in the following areas:

• Corporate / M&A / privatizations
• Renewable energies/combined heat and power generation
• Energy contracts
• Power projects
• Pipeline projects
• Project and corporate finance
• Energy-related competition law and merger controls
• Power station permission procedures and related construction law
• Grid operation (gas/electricity)

Our advisory spectrum covers the entire life cycle of a project in the energy business. We combine our expertise in Regulatory and Public Law, Project Finance, Corporate and Tax to work on a variety of different matters. This includes questions of operating networks as well as the drawing up of energy supply and grid access agreements. In addition we advise on all questions of corporate and tax law, and we offer strategic advice for politically sensitive transactions and projects.

We deliver precise and tailor-made solutions at the highest possible standards of services, integrity and professionalism. Each matter is handled by an experienced and carefully-tailored team of dedicated lawyers according to your personal needs. We understand your business in the energy sector and are familiar with challenges and pitfalls that might arise in this industry.

Our team advises clients at all links to the chain of economic value-added in the energy sector: renewables specialists, energy suppliers, energy trading companies, power plant operators, constructors, large customers, financial investors and financial institutions, strategic investors, and industrial clients. Dentons lawyers work for more than 40 governments on energy-market reform and major project procurement, which adds a depth of perspective rare amongst law firms.

Insights

Investing in renewable energy projects in Europe

February 2019

Ten years after the European Union legislated that it would produce 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, huge progress has been made. But a new challenge beckons: during 2018, the EU formally set itself a binding target to achieve 32 percent of energy from renewables by 2030.

Investing in renewable energy projects in Europe

January 2018

The great European energy transition continued in 2017 and, across the continent as a whole, shows little sign of slowing up in 2018. Ever lower levels of subsidy and guaranteed power prices awarded after fiercely competitive tenders have not deterred developers or financiers, who still see opportunities even in the more mature renewables markets.

Industrial Emissions in Europe

December 12, 2017

Industry is driving economic growth, at the same time industrial production processes account for a considerable share of the pollution in Europe. On 6 January 2011, the EU adopted Directive 2010/75/EU (the Industrial Emissions Directive or IED).

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons strengthens International Arbitration practice with new counsel hire

June 12, 2018

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its International Arbitration practice in Germany with the recruitment of Courtney Lotfi, who joined as counsel in the Frankfurt office in June 2018.

Dentons advises Enbridge on the completion of sale of 49 percent of its interests in select renewable power assets for CA$1.75 billion

June 6, 2018

Dentons advised Canadian energy infrastructure company Enbridge Inc. on the completion of the previously-announced monetization of a 49 percent interest in select North American onshore renewable power assets, and the sale of 49 percent of Enbridge's interests in two German offshore wind projects for approximately CA$1.75 billion.

Dentons advises Enbridge on investment in North Sea offshore wind farm

February 17, 2017

Global law firm Dentons has advised Canadian energy infrastructure company Enbridge on its investment in offshore wind farm EnBW Hohe See.

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