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Dentons

Projects & Energy

Europe Guide 2026 : Central & Eastern Europe


Dentons

About

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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.

Industries (12)

  • Upstream and downstream oil and gas
  • Nuclear power
  • Renewables and unconventional energy
  • Conventional generation
  • Transmission and distribution
  • Retail electricity and natural gas supply
  • Pipeline and maritime transportation
  • Liquefied natural gas (LNG), oil and gas trading
  • Energy market reform
  • Privatization of energy enterprises
  • Green hydrogen
  • Climate change regulations

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Projects & Energy - Central & Eastern Europe

Band 1

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What the Team is Known For

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 in 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.

Notable practitioners

Christian Schnell heads the firm's Polish energy practice. Petr Zákoucký leads the Czech office while Anita Horváth leads the Hungarian branch and Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu leads the practice in Romania.

Strengths

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  • Dentons is capable of transposing complex commercial agreements into transaction documents and is very thorough throughout its analysis.

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  • The Dentons team provides highly effective legal advice in an international environment; they deliver solutions which are consistent across different jurisdictions and provide guidance across the project.

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  • Dentons stands out for its strong focus on the business dimension of each mandate. The team has a deep understanding of the client’s business and commercial priorities.

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Members

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  • Adam M Mycyk

  • Agnieszka Kulińska

  • Oleg Batyuk

  • István Réczicza

  • Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu

  • Jiří Tomola

  • Petr Zákoucký

  • Katarína Pecnová

  • Ladislav Štorek

  • Petr Slach

  • Jan Procházka

  • Zbigniew Stasiak

  • Anita Horváth

  • Štefan Potočňák

  • Lukáš Výmola

  • Chris Watkinson

  • István Réczicza

  • Henriett Fekete

  • Maciej Dymnicki

  • Christian Schnell

  • Piotr Dziwniel

  • Filip Raubo

  • Lena Boczakaja

  • Arkadiusz Krasnodębski

  • Maksym Sysoiev

  • Aldona Kowalczyk

  • Eszter Zádori

  • Emőke Kovács

  • Michał Motylewski

  • Tomasz Zwoliński

  • Elena Vlasceanu

  • Renata Ionescu

  • Argentina Rafail

  • Cristian Popescu

  • Maksym Sysoiev

  • Louis Skyner

  • Simon Dayes

  • Mateusz Toczyski

  • Peter Kubina

  • Tomasz Korczyński

  • Juraj Gyárfáš

  • Maria Tomescu

  • Piotr Nerwiński

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