Demonstrating strong expertise in battery storage matters, Bird & Bird LLP‘s practice caters to a client base formed of project developers, energy suppliers, financial and equity investors, and suppliers. A varied client roster is advised on a range of renewable energy, project financing and procurement law issues, notably on power purchase agreements and similar contracts related to the energy transition. Matthias Lang heads up the firm’s international energy and utilities sector group and is an energy regulation specialist. Hermann Rothfuchs, Lars Kyrberg and Alexander Wojtek are co-heads of the German practice.
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Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Amprion GmbH
- Ampyr Solar Europe
- Digital Realty
- EDP Energie Deutschland GmbH
- Eiffel Investment Group
- JDR Cable Systems Ltd.
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
- Recurrent Energy (subsidiary of Canadian Solar)
- Tengelmann Energie Renewables
- TenneT Group
- Intersnack
- Waldorf school
Work highlights
Advising EDP Energie Deutschland GmbH on various agreements related to the construction, operation, and supply of solar PV energy from rooftop PV systems to commercial customers as part of EDP's commercial market entry in Germany.
Advising Eiffel Investment Group regarding the formation of the joint venture ‘Aream Solar Ventures’ between the aream Group and Eiffel Transition Infrastructure, an investment fund managed by Eiffel Investment Group with an asset volume exceeding €200 million.
Advising TenneT on the negotiation of contracts related to the 2GW project concerning grid connection in the Dutch and German North Sea.
Practice head
Matthias Lang; Hermann Rothfuchs; Lars Kyrberg; Alexander Wojtek