Noewe Legal has a broad projects and energy offering, covering public procurement, infrastructure, development and various energy matters. The team has worked with numerous finance companies seeking to enter the energy market, providing end-to-end legal support throughout various projects. It also maintains a strong presence in cross-border development projects, particularly in the renewables sector. The team is led by three prominent lawyers: Robert Juodka, Tomas Venckus and Ernesta Žiogienė.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Robert Juodka (Managing Partner) and Tomas Venckus (Partner) stand out from the team, closely followed by Jaroslav Pavlovski (Senior Associate). They are always very responsive and quick to respond to our clients' requests.'
- ‘Noewe Legal's Projects and Energy team consists of 6 people who are able to perform almost any very complex work. We have used them for several complicated cross-border projects in Lithuania, and our experience has always been of the highest class. Their main strength is very rich and decades-long experience in this field, which allows them to quickly identify the real issues at hand and solve them using their experience, skill and very wide personal professional network. The team has all the needed capacities and rich experience to deliver the best results for a very balanced and reasonable price. So the value for money is clearly there.'
- ‘They are engaging and interested in the commercial outcome, leveraging the legal tools available.’
Key clients
- VEOLIA ENERGY Vestas Northern & Central Europe INVL Asset Management ENEFIT Fairwind EVECON Eesti Energia Group Vestas PK Invest Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. Litgrid AB Polimex-Mostostal SA Naftoremont Naftobudowa SA Menard Polska DIFF Develop DIFF Assets Investment Group VEJUSTA
Work highlights
Advised Vestas Central Europe A/S on resolving a legal and infrastructure issue in Lithuania involving oversized wind turbine transport and negotiations with the national electricity operator ESO.
Advised Essendi on a IBIS hotel divestment deal in Lithuania using a rare legal structure (“sale of essential part of an enterprise”) for a smooth cross-border transfer.
Advised INVL Asset Management (REFI Solar) on developing solar and battery energy projects in Lithuania, Poland, and Romania, including structuring, financing, and local permitting.
Practice head
Robert Juodka; Tomas Venckus; Ernesta Žiogienė
Other key lawyers
Jaroslav Pavlovski