We provide advice mainly to network operators and other energy utilities, but also to their customers, on all energy-related legal issues.
In particular, we advise and represent clients in connection with liberalization under the new Energy Industry Act, especially with regard to antitrust issues. This involves above all questions on the use of electricity and gas grids as well as the drafting of energy supply agreements and the transfer of utility plant after concession agreements have expired.
A further important area of our work is the law on the feeding of electricity into the public grid under the Cogeneration Act and under the Renewable Energy Act.
In addition, we provide advice on issues relating to collective bargaining law, rights to use land and the assertion of claims under invoices for energy supplies.
Furthermore, we offer comprehensive advice to utility companies in questions not specifically related to energy. This mainly involves public law, where we have extensive experience in public procurement law. However, we can also provide expert advice through our Construction & Real Estate and Corporate departments on issues concerning construction, real property and corporate law.
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The team
Hamburg
RA Dr. Olaf Schulz-Gardyan LL.M.
RA Martin Stangl
Examples of our work
Defending an action for the return of a local supply network.
Numerous proceedings on questions relating to network usage, in particular proceedings for interim injunctions.
Providing legal opinions for energy utilities and their customers on various legal issues (including permissibility of buying cooperation agreements, effectiveness of energy supply agreements, structure of the Cogeneration Act, the meaning of the term "general supply" under the Energy Industry Act 998).
Numerous legal proceedings on payments for electricity fed into the public grid under the Cogeneration Act and Renewable Energy Act.
Numerous legal actions to assert claims under electricity invoices.
Drawing up contracts on the sale and leasing of supply systems.
Negotiating a gas supply agreement.
Drawing up and negotiating a contract on the sale of district heating supply systems and a licence agreement.
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