Under the leadership of structured finance expert Dirk Trautmann, Norton Rose Fulbright demonstrates a focus on financings in the energy sector for a range of German and international banks. Energy companies also regularly instruct the team, as well as public sector clients and a range of lenders, investors and sponsors. Additionally, the group stands out for its PPP project expertise and adopts a multidisciplinary approach, hosting dedicated banking and finance lawyers such as Veit Sahlfeld, and lawyers with the ability to work on corporate financing and corporate issues related to project financings, in part due to its close cooperation with the firm’s corporate and M&A team.
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- ‘Good response times and very supportive in the operational process.’
Key clients
- CutPower
- Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
- Eavor
- European Investment Bank
- ING
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Kommunalkredit Austria
- PKO Bank Polski
- Société Générale
- Sun Investment Group
- Tauber Solar
- Terra One
Work highlights
Advised the financing banks and export credit financiers on the first project section of Vulcan Energy, for the construction of geothermal power plants with extraction of lithium and further processing of lithium for car battery production.
Advised the European Investment Bank on the €100m financing of Sunfire for the development of solid oxide electrolysers for green hydrogen production in industrial settings needed for Europe’s green transition.
Advised Terra One Climate Solution GmbH on a senior facility provided by Varengold Bank AG to partially fund the project of establishing and running a battery plant in Oersdorf, Lower Saxony with 15MW power and 30MWh respective capacity.
Practice head
Dirk Trautmann
Other key lawyers
Veit Sahlfeld; Timo Noftz