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The European energy sector is fast-moving, capital intensive, strictly regulated and highly competitive. Market players face not only commercial challenges, but also environmental and climate change implications. Our Energy team in Europe provides comprehensive strategic advice to help our clients achieve their business goals in this dynamic and complex market. We provide real time know-how and updates on all developments in the sector through a wide range of services.

Oil majors, independents, transportation companies, power generators, utilities, gas and power distribution and transmission system operators, financial institutions and other players rely on our European Energy team to provide legal advice on transactions, project development and finance, regulatory and environmental law and dispute resolution. Our team across Europe advises governments on energy-market reform and major project procurement.

We have advised on a number of landmark transactions and project developments in Europe. Most recently, we advised Tion Renewables on a long-term PPA with Saint-Gobain in Poland; Qualitas Energy on a partnership with Surplus Equity Partners to build a 200 MW wind farm portfolio in seven locations in Germany; and BayernLB and Danish Export Credit Agency EKF on the €1 billion financing for two RWE offshore wind farms in the North Sea, one in German (Kaskasi) and one in UK waters (Sofia).

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
  • Climate change regulations
  • Green hydrogen

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Projects & Energy - Europe-wide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Dentons has a significant projects and energy presence in CEE alongside a well-known UK team. The law firm covers a wide range of cross-border oil and gas, power and renewable energy transactions for European-headquartered energy companies. It provides expertise in the financing, construction and development of solar and wind farms, as well as climate change matters. Dentons also has experience in the defence of competition investigations into major energy multinationals and in handling merger control procedures. The offering is complemented by a notable arbitration team handling international energy matters.
Notable practitioners

Christian Schnell co-heads the firm's European energy group from Warsaw.

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Strengths

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  • Dentons has a worldwide presence and can assist us quickly and all over the world.

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  • The Dentons team have a collaborative spirit and a deep understanding of cross-border and complex transactions.

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  • The law firm is always available to accommodate client requests. Often, it even anticipates them, updating clients on new regulatory developments so they can make their own assessments.

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  • The team provide 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 demonstrates strong analytical skills, clear communication and the capacity to handle complex issues with precision.

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Members

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  • Lucille De Silva

  • Arkadiusz Krasnodębski

    Head of Department

  • Jan Jakob Peelen

    Head of Department

  • Edward Borovikov

  • Nora Wouters

  • Maria Krestiyanova

  • Laurens Engelen

  • Petr Zákoucký

  • Jan Prochazka

  • Jiří Tomola

  • Petr Slach

  • Štefan Potočňák

  • Lukáš Výmola

  • Nicholas George

  • Olivier Genevois

  • John Flanigan

  • Inès Tantardini

  • Thomas Schubert

  • Axel Schlieter

  • Gabriele Haas

  • Thomas Dörmer

  • Michael Krömker

  • Florian-Alexander Wesche

  • Florian Wiesner

  • Josef Hainz

  • Marc Fornacciari

  • Otar Kipshidze

  • Jean-Marc Allix

  • Tim Heitling

  • Dorothée Griveaux

  • Hauke Thieme

  • Matthias Santelmann

  • Volker Junghanns

  • Clemens Maschke

  • Daniel Neudecker

  • Annekathrin Markert

  • Nurelia Kather

  • Henriett Fekete

  • Luigi Costa

  • Riccardo Narducci

  • Gioivanni Diotallevi

  • Colm Ó hUiginn

  • Marcel Janssen

  • Dieuwke Kist

  • Gerard Koster

  • Kuif Klein Wassink

  • Jacqueline Bell

  • Bas van Schouwenburg

  • Sanne Jeurissen

  • Maciej Dymnicki

  • Christian Schnell

  • Piotr Dziwniel

  • Zbigniew Stasiak

  • Filip Raubo

  • Ginevra Biadico

  • István Réczicza

  • Oliver Dreher

  • Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu

  • Carsten Steinhauer

  • Mateusz Toczyski

  • Aldona Kowalczyk

  • Eszter Zádori

  • Emőke Kovács

  • Michał Motylewski

  • Tomasz Korczyński

  • Agnieszka Kulińska

  • Anita Horváth

  • Mileto Mario Giuliani

  • Barbara Urselli

  • Almudena Gurpegui

  • Ian McGrath

  • Nadia Cansun

  • Tamsyn Mileham

  • Barlas Balcıoğlu

  • Selim Keki

  • Şahin Ardıyok

  • Ceren Su

  • Maksym Sysoiev

  • Louis Skyner

  • Charles Wood

  • Liz Tout

  • Christopher McGee-Osborne

  • Charles July

  • Humphrey Douglas

  • Mark Cheney

  • David Tennant

  • Evgenia Laurson

  • Oleg Batyuk

  • Adam Mycyk

  • Elena Vlasceanu

  • Renata Ionescu

  • Argentina Rafail

  • Cristian Popescu

  • Katarína Pecnová

  • Fermín Garbayo

  • Simon Dayes

  • Daniel Vázquez García

  • Peter Kubina

  • Luis Gil Bueno

  • Juraj Gyárfáš

  • Maria Tomescu

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