Association of European Energy and Climate Lawyers

About the Network:

The Association of European Energy and Climate Lawyers (AEEC Lawyers) is an association of pre-eminent energy law specialists based in the European Union and beyond. Founded in 2000, the AEEC is headquartered in Berlin and represented by a Board of Directors. The AEEC members are considered to be among the leading energy law firms in their home countries with additional expertise in associated areas including, among others, regulatory law, competition law, utilities law, communications law and environmental law. The member firms are currently based in twenty-one different EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) as well as in several non-EU Member States (Albania, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine).

The AEEC Lawyers is a unique organisation that advises companies, governmental institutions and various associations on all questions of European energy and infrastructure law. This also includes market-entry and cross-border consulting as well as advice and assistance in the context of multinational activities. The AEEC offers its clients a full-service approach.

Main Areas of Practice:

Practice Areas AEEC member firms collaborate on multinational projects on a bilateral and multilateral level, covering legal issues in the following areas:

■ Electricity

■ Natural Gas & Biogas

■ Petroleum

■ Water & Hydropower

■ Renewable Energy Sources

■ Combined Heat & Power

■ District Heating

■ Competition & Regulation

■ Infrastructure

■ M&A

■ Project FinancingThe core practice areas of AEEC member firms also include auditing and tax consulting services, antitrust law, tax law, general civil and commercial law, corporate law, as well as the entire field of public law.

AEEC member firms provide practical legal advice and assistance in the above-mentioned areas to utilities, governments, private and public-sector companies as well as stakeholder associations.

Activities

■ AEEC member firms jointly participate in international projects with a focus on energy and utilities law and also cooperate on matters of company, regulatory and competition law

■ AEEC provides a forum for the exchange of information on legal and economic developments in the countries represented by its members

■ AEEC member firms also advise governments, private and public-sector companies as well as utilities on matters relating to the liberalisation and privatisation of the energy sector in Western, Central and Eastern Europe