Watson Farley & Williams LLP combines a cross-practice approach and close cooperation with the M&A, corporate law and project finance experts at the firm such as Thomas Hollenhorst, with individual team members’ expertise in energy and public law. This includes advising on sophisticated financing transactions such as funding of wind operating turbines dispute and funding of wind farms, and market entry of energy sector investors. Mandates cover both conventional energies and renewables, providing expertise on offshore wind, hydrogen, geothermal energy, and solar energy, as well as power storage issues, to a range of project developers and financial institutions. Christian Schindler, who joined the group as partner in 2025, is key for projects related to digital infrastructure and renewable energy, while practice head Malte Jordan regularly advises on transactions and restructuring.
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- ‘Very quick and reliable answers. Very friendly and collegial consultation. Solutions are legally excellent and practice-orientated at the same time.’
- ‘Britta Wißmann is an excellent thinker and an excellent solution finder. Legally excellent, sincere, and reliable.’
- ‘The team possesses profound legal expertise while also demonstrating a strong ability to generate innovative ideas, both in relation to legal issues and the specific facts of each case. Their analysis of the circumstances is outstanding and consistently leads to new strategies for presenting their position more clearly.'
Key clients
- Allianz Capital Partners GmbH
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Bayerische Landesbank
- BayWa r.e.
- BSG Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
- Çalik Enerji A.Ş.
- CommerzReal
- ABN AMRO
- Credit Agricole Commercial and Investment Bank
- Santander
- Deutsche ErdWärme GmbH
- Eavor Erdwaerme Geretsried GmbH
Work highlights
Advising on the €488 million financing of Masdar's 49 percent stake in the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, located in the Baltic Sea off the German coast.
Advising NeXtWind on the acquisition of a portfolio of twelve wind farms in western, northern and Eastern Germany with an existing power generation capacity of around 140 MW.
Advising Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Swedbank AS on an €87 million loan granted by both institutions to Aidu Wind Park OÜ and its infrastructure company for the project financing of a 67.5 MW wind farm in Estonia.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Malte Jordan
Other key lawyers
Britta Wißmann; Wolfram Böge; Christian Schindler