S & P LEGAL ADVICE

Energy, water and infrastructure law

In addition to specialized knowledge, energy, water and infrastructure law also requires an in-depth understanding of economic and technical relations. We advise public authorities and public supply companies and - increasingly - private suppliers and public private partnerships. We support our clients in implementing the often changing legal framework and assist in setting up internal regulation management. This includes settlements with cartel and regulatory authorities as well as in-court representation of interests. Our main focus is on

Legal issues concerning the awarding, planning and realization of projects

• Cartel, public procurement, pricing, planning and municipal law
• Construction, mining, immission control, waste law etc.
• Energy and energy regulatory law, especially 
• Feed and consideration regulations (especially compulsory connection and purchase of the net operator, feed management
• Optimizing, strengthening and appropriate expansion of net capacities by the net operator
• Direct distribution options (energy trade - green certificates)

Legal structuring of project participation, especially

• Transaction-related legal due diligence investigations
• Negotiation and implementation of projects and transactions, especially
• Joint venture agreements / shareholder agreements
• Purchase and financing agreements
• General contractor, management and concession agreements
• Power supply / service, well, feed and net agreements

Day-to-day legal advice in the scope of energy projects, especially

• Pricing regulations in accordance with civil and cartel law
• Adjustment clauses, general terms and conditions
• Distribution and advertising law
• Municipal budget and aid law (financing)
• Advice in labour and social security law matters of private and municipal employers

 Greenhouse gas emission trade law

• Substantiation, issuing and marketing of greenhouse gas certificates
• Allowance laws (ZuG 2007, ZuG 2012)