Binder Grösswang acts for leading multinational energy sector and banking clients on transactional, development, and regulatory matters. Johannes Barbist is an expert in public and administrative law and energy regulation, counting significant energy producers and industrial players among his clients. Managing partner and banking specialist Stefan Tiefenthaler brings further expertise to the team, acting for key European financial institutions in the financing of wind power assets.

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Key clients

  • VERBUND AG
  • Lenzing
  • UniCredit Bank Austria AG
  • Mubadala
  • Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf
  • Kärntner Beteiligungsverwaltung
  • ÖBB Group
  • CUBE Infrastructure Fund II
  • Orlen
  • viktor kaplan muerz gmbh
  • TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG
  • Netz Burgenland
  • Cryoshelter
  • Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)

Work highlights

  • Regularly advising TIWAG Group on various areas of law, including energy law and corporate law.
  • Advised Verbund as borrower on a €1bn syndicated sustainability-linked liquidity facility.
  • Advised the European Investment Bank and other banks on the €90m landmark financing of Engelhartstetten Wind Farm.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Johannes Barbist

Other key lawyers

Stefan Tiefenthaler, Michael Kutschera