Florian Degenhardt > White & Case LLP > Hamburg, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers and banks regularly call upon White & Case LLP‘s financing expertise pertaining to project bonds, promissory note loans and combined financing, including development loans and financing covered by the Export Credit Agency (ECA). The team assists with various projects, such as gas and steam cogeneration plants, pipelines, LNG plants and offshore wind farms as well as motorways, airports, ports and projects in connection with the fibre optic network expansion. Practice head Florian Degenhardt regularly takes the lead here; his team cooperates across locations and practices, as was recently demonstarted in advising the European Investment Bank and a banking syndicate on financing of over € 1 billion to build a renewable energy pipeline in Spain and Portugal.

White & Case LLP ‘s team is integrated into the firm’s international Energy Industry Group and thus routinely advises on cross-border transactions and financing. Practice head Thomas Burmeister focuses on transaction support, while he is also experienced in regulatory matters. Florian Degenhardt is well versed in financing issues and instructed by banks, investors and sponsors. The regulatory advice includes sanctions, grid development and disputes; the team focuses on the solar, LNG, wind and geothermal energy sectors, as well as energy infrastructure.