Gleiss Lutz full-service approach offers national energy companies, investors and the public sector expertise in topics pertaining to offshore wind, PV, hydrogen, e-mobility and infrastructure. Cornelia Topf, who is well versed in M&A matters, and public law expert Jacob von Andreae jointly head the team. Most recent instructions include matters pertaining to the energy crisis, such as gas supply shortfalls and energy price caps as well as project work in the energy storage and green hydrogen sectors. Associate Lisa Kappler is experienced in public commercial law and recently assisted with M&A transactions as well as matters pertaining to the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and ESG-related compliance as well as the implementation and enforcement of energy price caps.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Excellent specialist knowledge and years of experience, very easy to contact and extremely pleasant to deal with.'
- 'Burghard Hildebrandt is a proven expert in energy law, especially network issues such as planning and expansion, regulation and also public law matters.'
Key clients
- Steag GmbH
- Lanxess AG
Work highlights
- Advising STEAG and KSBG as lead counsel on the group-wide transformation and the sales process, in particular with regard to the negotiation of the necessary agreements with the financiers involved, the development and implementation of a restructuring plan, all corporate law measures to implement the transformation and the preparation and implementation of the sales process.
- Advising a banking consortium consisting of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, ING DiBa, Deutsche Bank AG, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale Bayerische Landesbank, Société Générale and BNP Paribas SA on the acquisition of a 24.9% share in TransnetBW GmbH the so-called Südwestkonsortium, consisting of 50 companies under the management of Sparkassenversicherung Holding AG.