Projects
Germany
13 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Sven Fretthold
Germany 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Sven is a Partner in the Project and Structured Finance Group.
Sven specialises in the renewables sector and in public private partnership projects (PPP). He acts for lenders, sponsors and borrowers in domestic as well as international project financing and real estate finance transactions.
Sven regularly advises lending groups on complex and large scale-projects in the renewable energy sector. He also advises on structured financings of infrastructure and real estate projects.
Career
Sven is recommended as a leading projects lawyer for Germany by legal directories Chambers Europe 2019, 2020 and 2021 and Legal 500 EMEA 2018-19, with the latter highlighting his “ability to convey legal matters to non-lawyers”.
Market sources comment that Sven has a “very good reputation in the German project finance market.” He has also been awarded “The Best Lawyers in Germany” in the field of Project Finance and Development Practice as well as “Lawyer of the Year for Project Finance & Development Practice” in 2022 and 2023 by Best Lawyers in cooperation with business magazine Handelsblatt.
Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Chambers Germany
Projects - Germany
Band 4
Individual Editorial
Sven Fretthold is a well-known name in the German market, often advising lenders on the financing of international offshore wind farm projects.
Indviduelles Editorial
Sven Fretthold ist ein bekannter Name auf dem deutschen Markt und berät häufig Kreditgeber bei der Finanzierung internationaler Offshore-Windparkprojekte.
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