Katharina Vollmer
Clifford ChanceClifford Chance impresses with environmental and planning advice on LNG, hydrogen, offshore as well as electricity, solar and gas projects. It hereby focuses on matters concerning the energy transition and climate change as well as environmental risks and emissions trading, including ESG compliance. The team regularly cooperates closely with other practice groups such as corporate, real estate and project finance and is led by Mathias Elspaß, who frequently assists with approval procedures for infrastructure projects. He is supported by senior associate Katharina Vollmer, who is experienced in environmental law advice on public construction projects.
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Key clients
- Harbour Energy
- Asterion Industrial Infra Fund II, FCR
- Oiltanking und Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG
- German LNG Terminal GmbH
Work highlights
- Advising Harbour Energy on the $11.2 billion acquisition of a portfolio of natural gas assets and oil company Wintershall Dea from BASF and LetterOne.
- Advising Asterion Industrial Partners on the acquisition of energy supplier STEAG from Kommunale Beteiligungsgesellschaft consortium, which represents the municipal utilities of the cities of Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Essen, Oberhausen and Dinslaken.
- Advising German LNG Terminal GmbH following the change of shareholders and associated entry of KfW and RWE as co-shareholders of Gasunie in the planning, construction and operation of one of the first German liquefied natural gas terminals in Brunsbüttel.
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