Power

Nicht nur bei Zeitdruck schätzen es global aufgestellte Unternehmen besonders, dass wir in fach- und länderübergreifenden Teams arbeiten, die mit den komplexen Gegebenheiten und der Regulierung des internationalen Stromsektors vertraut sind. Seit Jahrzehnten betreuen wir führende Stromerzeuger und alternative Stromunternehmen, Projektentwickler, Sponsoren und Investoren, Finanzinstitute, Regierungen und Behörden sowie Ausfuhrkreditagenturen. Die Expertise unserer Anwälte umfasst dabei insbesondere die Bereiche Finanzierung, M&A, Restrukturierung, Regulierung, Umweltrecht, Prozessrecht und Steuerrecht. Die von uns begleiteten Projekte reichen von fossiler Energie (Kohle, Gas, Öl) über erneuerbare Energien (Windkraft, Solarkraft, Geothermie, Wasserkraft, Biomasse) bis zu Atomkraft und sonstigen Technologien für die Stromerzeugung (Kohlevergasung, CCS-Technologie, CAES-Kraftwerke).

Transactions

• Represented the sponsor and borrower in LSP Park Generating’s US$560 million project debt refinancing in connection with the Riverside Power Plant, a 978-MW natural gas simple-cycle generating plant in Zelda, Kentucky, and the University Park North and South Power Plants; a combined 910-MW natural gas-fired simple-cycle generating plant in University Park, Illinois
• Represented SunEdison, Inc. in its US$900 million convertible senior notes offering
• Represented the underwriters in connection with TerraForm Global’s US$675 million initial public offering

Transmission Area

• Represented Wind Energy Transmission Texas, LLC in its US$680 million project debt refinancing in connection with the Wind Energy Transmission Lines, a 345-kV transmission lines project located in Texas
• Represented the lender in US$280 million term loan facility in connection with TerraForm AP Acquisition Holdings' acquisition of Atlantic Power Transmission, Inc., an investment holding company of Atlantic Power Corporation, an electric power producer
• Represented the underwriters and arrangers in connection with the US$800 million bank and bond offering for the construction of the TrAlLCo Transmission Line in West Virginia

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts

• Representation of Foster Wheeler in its acquisition of MDM Engineering Group, a metallurgical engineering company
• Represented a Spanish engineering and construction company in the construction of a combined-cycle heat and electricity generating plant in Russia to be owned by OGK-5
• Represented Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC, in the development of the Texas Clean Energy Project

Prominent M&A Deals

• Represented Iberdrola USA in its US$2.9 billion acquisition of UIL Holdings, an energy delivery company, to create Avangrid, a diversified power and utility company
• Represented Siemens AG in its US$7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand Group Inc., suppliers of custom-engineered rotating equipment solutions for the energy industry
• Represented EquiPower Resources Corp. in its US$3.4 billion sale of all the equity interests of EquiPower Resources Corp. and Brayton Point Holdings, owners and operators of power plants, to Dynegy