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Projects & Energy

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

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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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Members

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  • Otar Kipshidze

  • Adam M Mycyk

  • Oleg Batyuk

  • Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu

  • Evgenia Laurson

  • Charles Wood

  • Jiří Tomola

  • Jean-Marc Allix

  • Edward Borovikov

  • Ceren Su

  • Jan Procházka

  • Arkadiusz Krasnodębski

    Head of Department

  • Christopher McGee-Osborne

  • Mileto Giuliani

  • Michał Motylewski

  • Petr Slach

  • Zbigniew Stasiak

  • Selim Keki

  • Humphrey Douglas

  • John Flanigan

  • Maksym Sysoiev

  • Hauke Thieme

  • Ian McGrath

  • Katarína Pecnová

  • Agnieszka Kulińska

  • Marc Fornacciari

  • Şahin Ardıyok

  • Olivier Genevois

  • Emőke Kovács

  • Charles July

  • Barlas Balcıoğlu

  • Louis Skyner

  • Matthias Santelmann

  • Lucille De Silva

  • David Tennant

  • István Réczicza

  • Thomas Schubert

  • Volker Junghanns

  • Fermín Garbayo

  • Tamsyn Mileham

  • Nadia Cansun

  • Almudena Gurpegui

  • Daniel Vázquez

  • Jan Jakob Peelen

    Head of Department

  • Argentina Rafail

  • Cristian Popescu

  • Mark Cheney

  • Elena Vlasceanu

  • Renata Ionescu

  • Tomasz Korczyński

  • Aldona Kowalczyk

  • Filip Raubo

  • Piotr Dziwniel

  • Christian Schnell

  • Maciej Dymnicki

  • Eszter Zádori

  • Henriett Fekete

  • Luigi Costa

  • Carsten Steinhauer

  • Simon Dayes

  • Elizabeth Tout

  • Peter Kubina

  • Luis Gil Bueno

  • Juraj Gyárfáš

  • Maria Tomescu

  • Anita Horváth

  • Petr Zákoucký

  • Štefan Potočňák

  • Lukáš Výmola

  • Nicholas George

  • Inès Tantardini

  • Dorothée Griveaux

  • Laurens Engelen

  • Maria Krestiyanova

  • Nora Wouters

  • Dieuwke Kist

  • Marcel Janssen

  • Gerard Koster

  • Kuif Klein Wassink

  • Jacqueline Bell

  • Bas van Schouwenburg

  • Sanne Jeurissen

  • Colm Ó hUiginn

  • Gioivanni Diotallevi

  • Riccardo Narducci

  • Clemens Maschke

  • Daniel Neudecker

  • Josef Hainz

  • Florian Wiesner

  • Florian Alexander Wesche

  • Michael Krömker

  • Tim Heitling

  • Thomas Dörmer

  • Gabriele Haas

  • Axel Schlieter

  • Ginevra Biadico

  • Nurelia Kather

  • Annekathrin Markert

  • Oliver Dreher

  • Mateusz Toczyski

  • Barbara Urselli

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