Industries and Expertise

Energy and Infrastructure

SPECIALIZED LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMPANIES IN THE ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR

The far-reaching disruptions in the supply of energy raise pressing legal issues for all parties involved. The attorneys-at-law in BRP RENAUD’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group specialize in assisting enterprises in the energy market with competent legal assistance and practical answers.

Our clients are companies and corporations under public law that are involved in power generation and transmission projects. Our firm assists with the approval and planning process and the financing and construction of power plants. If necessary, our firm will use attorneys from our firm who specialize in other areas of law or draw on the expertise of our tax consultants and patent attorneys. Thus, our firm is able to combine highly specialized energy law know-how with comprehensive consulting expertise relating to other legal matters your enterprise or administrative authority or organization may be dealing with.

Areas of Law

OUR SPECIALISTS OFFER LEGAL CONSULTING RELATING TO ENERGY LAW:

The planning law for energy generation and energy infrastructure projects is very complex. Our firm assists with meeting the legal planning requirements associated with your project and takes care of environmental and construction law issues.

The contractual structuring of transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector requires in-depth knowledge of the current regulation and market realities. Our practice group drafts tailor-made private and public law agreements, e.g., cooperation, project, financing, supply and delivery agreements.

Our attorneys-at-law specialize in cross-border projects in the energy industry. When necessary, they cooperate with our international partners in the INTERLAW international law firm network.

Our firm assists with transactions relating to – and the divestiture of – energy generation or energy transfer plants. To this end, we network with the BRP RENAUD attorneys specializing in corporate law, capital market law and other areas of law.

An important aspect of our work as attorneys-at-law is assistance with insurance law and industrial property rights, particularly in connection with wind turbines and solar power plants as well as their control systems. The patent attorneys at BRP RENAUD provide expert services to protect your inventions and processes.

Our firm represents companies in the energy industry in their dealings with licensing and supervisory authorities and crafts compliance solutions ranging from competition law issues to the requirements for critical infrastructures.

Our practice group is familiar with the complexities of the law on subsidies. We assist your enterprise or organization with subsidies at the national level as well as European subsidies, help with the application process and represent your enterprise or organization in the event of conflicts or reclaims.

Spezialists (A-Z)

Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Bernhard, LL.M.

Partner

Patent Attorney (Germany)

European Patent, Trademark, and Design Attorney

Master of Laws for European Intellectual Property Law

Dr. Andreas Digel

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Certified attorney in construction law and law of architecture

Dr. Thomas Glöckle, LL.M.

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Certified attorney in labor law

Daniela Glöckle

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Tax consultant

Dr. Nadine Holzapfel

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Certified attorney in administrative law

Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Martin Jooß

Partner

Patent Attorney (Germany)

European Patent, Trademark, and Design Attorney

UPC Representative

Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Phys. Navid Khorshidi

Partner

Patent Attorney (Germany)

European Patent, Trademark, and Design Attorney

UPC Representative

Philip Malcolm Kohl

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Certified attorney in protection of intellectual property rights

Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Phys. Ulrich Mair

Partner

Patent Attorney (Germany)

European Patent, Trademark, and Design Attorney

Lord Osei Attorney at Law

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Karl-Heinz Schwindt

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

Dr. Jörg Sommer, LL.M. (Hong Kong)

Partner

Attorney-at-law (Germany)

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