Oppenländer Rechtsanwälte focuses on advising and representing energy companies and municipal utilities in energy law disputes, which are frequently advised on at the antitrust law interface and include pricing issues and mergers; Andreas Hahn is a key contact here. Practice head Markus Köhler routinely assists with mass, model and large-scale proceedings and regularly represents large pipeline operators in proceedings pertaining to pricing in connection with line utilisation before the Federal Court of Justice.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'High level of energy industry expertise.'
'Strong negotiation skills and pragmatic implementation of practical solutions.'
Key clients
- Bmp greengas GmbH
- EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Work highlights
- Advising EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG on the implementation of merger control proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office regarding the acquisition of a 25.1% stake by EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG in SMATRICS GmbH & Co. KG. The seller of the shares is the Austrian energy group VERBUND AG, which continues to hold a 74.9% stake in SMATRICS.
- Representation of Stadtwerke Gießen AG (SWG) in a cartel administration case before the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt a.M. in defense against a price abuse order from the Hesse State Cartel Authority, with which the cartel authority allegedly skimmed off SWG's excessive water charges for the benefit of the state treasury.