Clifford Chance offers an interdisciplinary approach thanks to the cooperation with the M&A, antitrust and project finance experts and the team's expertise in energy and public law. Most recent instructions include matters pertaining to project financing as well as transactions in the offshore, hydrogen and solar energy sectors. Practice head Mathias Elspaß is an expert for matters at the interface between energy and environmental law and is regularly instructed by energy suppliers and grid operators in connection with approval procedures for infrastructure projects such as wind farms as well as power and gas plants. Björn Heinlein's key strengths include contract negotiations and drafting in the context of power plant projects. Anselm Raddatz heads the firm's private equity team and is a key contact for energy-related transactions, while public law expert Thomas Voland recently advised on e-mobility and the energy transition and regularly covers transaction-related regulatory issues.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Strong focus on practicality and solutions.'

  • 'Björn Heinlein is an expert in gas network regulation beyond any doubt, highly competent and with a very broad view of the entire sector.'

  • 'Technically competent team with a client-oriented focus.'

Key clients

  • Harbour Energy
  • Asterion Industrial Infra Fund II, FCR
  • DWS Group und MEAG
  • Partners Group
  • LEAG
  • Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH
  • Oiltanking and Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG
  • Regierung der Republik Namibia
  • EnBW
  • CPPIB

Work highlights

  • Advising Asterion Industrial Partners on the acquisition of the energy supplier STEAG from the Kommunale Beteiligungsgesellschaft consortium, which represents the municipal utilities of the cities of Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Essen, Oberhausen and Dinslaken.
  • Advising the consortium of DWS and MEAG (MUNICH ERGO AssetManagement GmbH) on the acquisition of Weltec Holding GmbH.
  • Advising Oiltanking and Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG on the development of a large-scale facility for the import and storage of green ammonia including a dissociation plant and hydrogen storage facility at the Port of Hamburg.

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Mathias Elspaß
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Mathias Elspaß