Projects & Energy
Europe Guide 2024 : Central & Eastern Europe
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Energy and infrastructure are key industry sectors in Central and Eastern Europe. Collectively as a region, and separately as individual countries, the CEE presents enormous opportunities, albeit severely impacted at present by Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
Dentons’ legacy firms were pioneers in advising international clients on the largest and most complex transactions in the CEE jurisdictions during the post-Cold War emergence of their capitalist economies. Today, Dentons remains the preferred legal advisor in the region, handling landmark deals and high-profile disputes. We provide uninterrupted legal support to clients on all matters related to Ukraine.
Oil majors, independents, transportation companies, power generators, utilities, gas and power distribution and transmission system operators, financial institutions and other players rely on our highly experienced Energy team in CEE—more than 80 energy lawyers in our Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Istanbul, Kyiv, Prague and Warsaw offices—to advise on major transactions, project development and finance, regulatory and environmental law and dispute resolution. Our team across Central and Eastern Europe advises governments on energy-market reform and project procurement. We lead the market in terms of legal advice on renewable energy projects and new energy technologies across the region.
Chambers Review
Dentons is a highly reputed firm with considerable strength across the CEE region and notable practices in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The law firm acts for major international energy companies on strategic acquisitions into the sector, including transactions that have due diligence implications spanning multiple jurisdictions in the region. Dentons also acts for clients on major developments of energy assets, power purchase agreements and the setting up of joint ventures.
Arkadiusz Krasnodębski heads the firm's Polish energy practice. Petr Zákoucký leads the Czech office, Anita Horváth leads the Hungarian branch and Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu leads the practice in Romania.
Work Highlights
- Dentons advised EPH on the acquisition of the Rijnmond power plant.
Strengths
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"The energy team is very responsive and is able to set the pace of the legal negotiations with counterparties."
"The team's expertise in the area was really deep."
"I appreciate the creativity the most - the team thinks outside the box."
"The energy team is very responsive and is able to set the pace of the legal negotiations with counterparties."
"The team's expertise in the area was really deep."
"I appreciate the creativity the most - the team thinks outside the box."
Members
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Anita Horváth
Argentina Rafail
Chris Watkinson
Christian Schnell
Cristian Popescu
Elena Vlasceanu
Filip Raubo
Henriett Fekete
István Réczicza
Jan Procházka
Katarína Pecnová
Ladislav Štorek
Lena Boczakaja
Louis Skyner
Lukáš Výmola
Maciej Dymnicki
Maksym Sysoiev
Petr Slach
Piotr Dziwniel
Renata Ionescu
Tomasz Zwoliński
Zbigniew Stasiak
Štefan Potočňák
Industries
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Climate change regulations
Conventional generation
Energy market reform
Green hydrogen
Liquefied natural gas (LNG), oil and gas trading
Nuclear power
Pipeline and maritime transportation
Privatization of energy enterprises
Renewables and unconventional energy
Retail electricity and natural gas supply
Transmission and distribution
Upstream and downstream oil and gas