Energy and Infrastructure

We advise investors, developers, contractors and banks on all aspects of the energy transition. Our key areas are renewable energy, battery storage, district heating and other innovative projects.

Our advice covers the entire project lifecycle, from development through construction and operation to repowering.

We support our clients in the development, purchase and sale of energy projects, including due diligence and contract negotiations.

Due Diligence

We review projects at every stage of development – from the early securing of land, through projects ready for construction, to ongoing operation and repowering. Our due diligence is tailored to the issues that determine a project’s feasibility, timetable and value:

Company and structure: project companies, shareholdings and voting rights, shareholders’ agreements
Permits: environmental protection, building and planning permissions, including ancillary provisions, deadlines, compliance with conditions and third-party legal remedies
Land: Land use, lease and licence agreements, easements and building encumbrances, rights of way and access rights, cable routes
Grid: Grid interconnection points, grid connection and connection usage agreements, construction cost subsidies, connection deadlines
Revenue side: Surcharges and remuneration, PPAs, marketing agreements
Contracts and construction: project, supply, construction and maintenance contracts, warranty statuses, security and outstanding claims
Financing: existing loan and security agreements, consent requirements, conditions for disbursement

We do not simply provide a list of findings, but rather an assessment: what is truly relevant to the deal, what can be rectified before completion, what should be included in warranties, indemnities, purchase price adjustments or conditions precedent – and what constitutes a reason to restructure the transaction or renegotiate the price.

On the seller’s side, we reverse the perspective: we prepare projects for the process, resolve foreseeable issues at an early stage and support tender processes right through to the signing of the contract.

Buying and Selling

We structure transactions as share or asset deals, draft and negotiate purchase agreements, and tailor the allocation of risk to the project’s stage of development – for projects under development, for example, through milestone structures, staggered purchase prices and reversal mechanisms. We negotiate warranties, indemnities and liability regimes, coordinate the conditions precedent and manage the signing and closing processes. Following closing, we support integration, milestone and purchase price settlements and, where necessary, the enforcement of claims arising from the purchase agreement.

Project Development and Partnerships

We also structure collaborations: joint venture, cooperation and project development agreements between developers, investors and local partners, including exit, pre-emption and deadlock provisions.

During the development phase, we help to secure land and project rights: we negotiate land use, lease and licence agreements and support the planning permission process, advise on ancillary provisions and represent project developers in the event of appeals by third parties and environmental organisations.

With regard to grid connection, we advise on connection points and capacity, grid connection and connection usage agreements, and construction cost subsidies – and enforce claims against grid operators, if necessary through interim relief proceedings.

Project Contracts and Construction

For the implementation phase, we draft and negotiate the entire suite of contracts: turbine supply, EPC and construction contracts, eBoP and cBoP contracts, grid connection and infrastructure usage contracts, as well as maintenance and operations management contracts – whether awarded individually or under a multi-contracting model, taking into account interfaces, timetables, provisions on delay and availability, and security arrangements.

Track Record

Our track record includes numerous projects both in Germany and abroad. Recent examples include:

Wind
- Advising Qualitas Energy on due diligence and the acquisition of a 96 MW wind portfolio in Germany
- Financing of a 69 MW wind farm in Serbia: advising a banking consortium on project and financing agreements
- Refinancing of a 42 MW wind farm in Croatia for Erste Group Bank
- Advising Luxcara on the project agreements for a Finnish wind portfolio
- 316 MW wind farm portfolio: Advising Qualitas Energy on a partnership with a project developer to develop ten wind farms
- Project development for one of Europe’s largest onshore wind farms: assisting an asset manager with the structuring and negotiation of the project agreements
- Offshore wind: Advising on project contracts for the construction and operation of a German offshore wind farm
- Floating offshore wind: Advising a developer on a contract for floating foundations
Solar
- Acquisition of a 62 MW solar farm in Bavaria: advising Encavis on the transaction with Fronteris
- 1.5 GW solar project pipeline: Advising Green Fox Energy on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the project developer ON Energy
- Due diligence and advice to Green Fox Energy on the acquisition and construction of a 15 MW solar farm in Eyendorf, Germany
- 300+ MW solar portfolio: Advising an investor on joint venture agreements for several solar projects in Germany
- 120 MW solar project: Negotiation of acquisition and project agreements for a solar project in southern Spain
Marketing Agreements
- Negotiation of one of Germany’s largest renewable energy PPAs between Luxcara and RWE Supply & Trading
- Advising Luxcara on a PPA with Alpiq for a 121 MW solar project in Spain
- Advising Luxcara on three PPAs with Meta for a 300 MW solar portfolio in Denmark
- Advising on a PPA for an African solar project
Battery Storage and other Energy Projects
- Advising Energynest on a power-to-heat plant with thermal storage for Leonhard Kurz
- Negotiation of the EPC and O&M contracts for a battery project in Germany
- Due diligence for several stand-alone battery projects in Germany
- Battery analysis: Financing advice to a start-up specialising in AI-based condition diagnostics
- Electric vehicles: Advising Luxcara on its investment in 2,600 electric vehicle charging points in collaboration with Wirelane
- Hydropower: Contract negotiations for a hydropower plant in Serbia
- Hydrogen: Advising a UK manufacturer on contracts for the supply of components for a hydrogen project
- Biomass: Advising a foreign investor on six biomass projects in Germany
- District heating: Advising a project developer on district heating projects

AI and Legal Tech

We utilise bespoke legal tech and AI to analyse data rooms in a structured manner, compare similar contracts and highlight discrepancies, systematically record deadlines, milestones and approval requirements, and efficiently prepare draft contracts and reports. This provides our clients with more in-depth analyses, shorter response times and a better balance between effort and transaction volume.

Big Law Firm Experience, boutique structure

Our lawyers have previously worked at major international law firms and for a large energy group, where they handled high-volume national and international projects and transactions – ranging from portfolio acquisitions and greenfield joint ventures to offshore projects and supply and purchase agreements worth hundreds of millions.

We combine this experience with a structure that is consistently geared towards efficiency: our partners work directly on client matters and our teams remain lean; we only scale up when the matter requires it.

Strong Market Networks

We are members of several industry associations:

German Association for Energy Storage Systems (Bundesverband Energiespeicher Systeme e.V.)
German Wind Energy Association
Hamburg Renewable Energy Cluster
watt_2.0 e.V.
women of new energies e.V.