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Dr Gabriele Haas

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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Dr. Gabriele Haas is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office and a member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. Gabriele leverages her extensive in-house experience as an executive in the energy sector, advising on energy law, regulatory law and compliance.

Within her energy and regulatory practice, her main area of focus is energy transition issues, such as decarbonization, sector coupling, energy storage and advising on the regulation of hydrogen, green gas, clean and low emission fuels, e-mobility, emissions reduction and emissions trading as well as the wholesale energy market and its regulation.

In addition to her energy and regulatory practice, she advises clients on current compliance and ESG issues, such as the EU Taxonomy Regulation, the Supply Chain Duty of Care Act and the implementation of preventive measures for sustainable corporate governance, among others. She also advises on the development of customized compliance management systems, organizational structures and procedures, as well as on the risks of fines and civil liability. She further advises on the prevention of market manipulation and insider trading, bribery and corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing as well as violations of human rights.

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, Frankfurt, 2020 to date
  • Counsel, Dentons, Frankfurt, 2019-2020
  • Senior Vice President / Legal Director Compliance, Uniper SE, 2016-2019
  • Head of Legal, Internal Audit and Compliance, envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG (RWE Group, now E.ON Group), 2014-2016
  • Head of Energy Law and Regulatory Law / Head of Energy Law and Antitrust Law, RWE AG/RWE Deutschland AG, 2009-2014
  • Legal Counsel, RWE Energy AG, 2008-2009
  • Legal Counsel / Associate Europe Regulatory, ExxonMobil International Ltd., 2004-2008
  • Legal Counsel, BEB Erdgas und Erdöl GmbH, 2000-2004; assigned to the German Ministry of Economy and Technology (task force network access), 2001-2002
  • Teach and Research Associate, Chair of European Law, Civil Law, Trade Law and International Commercial Law, Prof. Dr. Meinrad Dreher, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 1998-2000

Memberships

  • Member, Advisory Board of the Düsseldorf Institute for Energy Law, 2020 to date
  • Member, Supervisory Board of Freiberger Stromversorgung GmbH, 2014-2016
  • Member, Supervisory Board of Stadtwerke Bitterfeld-Wolfen GmbH, 2014-2016
  • Member, Supervisory Board of Westnetz GmbH, 2013-2016
  • Member, Supervisory Board of RWE Ceská republika a.s., 2013-2015
  • Member, Advisory Board of KEVAG AG, 2012

Education

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2004, Dr. iur.

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2001

Legal clerkship, 1996-1998, Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1996, Legal studies

Jaume I University, 1994, Exchange Program in Law

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Germany > Compliance > Compliance

Dentons ‘ compliance team impresses with cross-border capacities and frequent cross-practice cooperation. The team advises companies across various sectors, including the fashion and defence industries. A core focus is on compliance management systems, where the practice is experienced in current ESG and supply chain due diligence matters, as well as traditional topics such as data protection, money laundering and tax law. The team is jointly led by Christian Schefold (data protection, money laundering and fraud prevention) and Judith Aron (co-head of the European compliance practice) and also includes Peter Braun (implementation of CMS for international financial institutions), Gabriele Haas (corporate governance) and the antitrust experts Josef Hainz and René Grafunder. Jobst von Steinsdorff (corporate finance and regulatory) joined OIKON in November 2022.

Germany > Industry focus > Energy

Dentons‘ energy team offers expertise in transactions and project work, including related financing with frequent ties to ​​renewable energies, as well as advising on LNG and conventional energy projects. Among the key contacts for transactions is practice head and offshore wind expert Thomas Schubert, while Gabriele Haas and Florian-Alexander Wesche are experienced in regulatory matters, another core focus of the practice. Here, recent instructions pertain to security of supply and price caps. The client roster includes energy suppliers, energy-intensive companies, energy providers and energy customers, which the team also advises on interfacing antitrust law matters as well as on e-mobility and charging infrastructure. Transaction experts Thomas Dörmer and Tim Heitling joined Hogan Lovells International LLP in January 2024.

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