Highly specialised German law firm von Bredow Valentin Herz focuses exclusively on providing legal advice in the renewable energy sector. Recent work led by Katrin Antonow and firm co-founder Florian Valentin has included advice to energy storage solutions provider Leclanché on all legal issues relating to contracts, facilitating the expansion of electricity storage in the country. Jörn Bringewat and Steffen Herz are providing assistance to one of the world’s largest PV manufacturers Hanwa Q CELLS on a range of legal matters including green PPAs and project development of ground-mounted PV systems.

The team’s clear commitment to reducing fossil-fuel dependence is evident through its range of pro bono offerings, including but not limited to support for the German Wind Association, the German Solar Association, and the Association of Energy Storage Systems. Bringewat, Valentin and Bettina Hennig also contribute as legal lecturers on the part-time course “Hydrogen for Professionals and Executives” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES.

Internally, the firm has established a no-fly policy and provides all employees with public transportation tickets to incentivise low-carbon travel.