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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

Insights

Scaling up green hydrogen in Europe

March 1, 2021

Europe: Green hydrogen is increasingly seen as an indispensable part of the Energy Transition. Ambitious targets for producing it have been set for the mid-2020s and 2030.

Online seminar: Scaling up Green Hydrogen in Europe

February 26, 2021

Europe: Green hydrogen is increasingly seen as an indispensable part of the Energy Transition. Ambitious targets for producing it have been set for the mid-2020s and 2030.

German real estate sector to play its part in fostering e-mobility

February 16, 2021

The CDU/CSU and SPD parties introduced a legislative draft on the expansion of e-mobility on May 5, 2020 (Gebäude-Elektromobilitätsgesetz – “GEIG”, BT-Drucks. 19/18962). The draft implements EU Directive 2018/844 dated May 30, 2018, into German law.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises ICG portfolio company TNG on €73 million financing for fiber network roll-out

March 4, 2021

Global law firm Dentons has advised fiber network operator TNG, a portfolio company of Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), on the €73 million financing of its fiber network roll-out in rural areas in northern and western Germany. A European banking syndicate, made up of Kommunalkredit, NIBC, and UBS Asset Management Real Estate & Private Markets (through its Infrastructure Debt Platform), provided the financing.

Dentons advises Commerz Real on acquisition of stake in EnBWs portfolio comprising 14 wind farms

February 23, 2021

Germany: Global law firm Dentons has advised impact fund klimaVest set up by Commerz Real AG on the acquisition of a 49.9 percent stake in a wind farm portfolio of EnBW. The portfolio comprises 14 wind farms with 47 turbines in Germany and provides an installed capacity of 133 megawatts. The wind farms generate 300 gigawatt hours of electricity per year, which is enough to cover the needs of more than 100,000 three-person households in Germany.

Partner Florian-Alexander Wesche to strengthen Dentons’ Energy team in Dussseldorf

January 11, 2021

Global law firm Dentons is strengthening its Energy Regulatory practice in Dusseldorf with the recruitment of Dr. Florian-Alexander Wesche as a partner. With his extensive professional and industry experience, he will consolidate Dentons' strategic focus on infrastructure and energy in Germany.

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