energy
Schoenherr's experts provide legal advice in all energy-related matters, nationally and internationally.
Schoenherr's energy practice has long been widely recognised as a market leader. Our clients include energy project developers, public suppliers, trading companies, powerplant operators, E&P companies, investors in infrastructure, grid operators, international institutions (DG ENER, Energy Community Secretariat), IFIs, regulatory authorities, national governments and energy-intensive industrial companies. Our energy team advises on conventional power, renewable energy (RES), district heat & cooling (DHC), nuclear and oil & gas (up-/mid-/downstream).
Providing legal advice to the energy sector requires an interdisciplinary approach, one that comprises not just energy law in the narrow sense but also environmental, planning and construction law, state aid and competition/antitrust law, public procurement, arbitration and litigation, and, in connection with transactions, corporate law.
We have an excellent reputation of successfully advising on all aspects of major cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, asset exchanges, privatisations, trading and marketing, project finance, regulation and market reform. Schoenherr's energy practice also deals with climate protection & sustainability matters and has established a multi-disciplinary energy transition team which comprises lawyers from all practice areas with a detailed understanding of the energy sector and energy transition requirements.
Our energy transition team is a market leader in providing legal services and creative solutions for photovoltaic and wind power plants. In relation to renewable energy auctions, we provide legal advice and procedural support to bidders (investors) and contracting authorities (including auction design). Schoenherr further specialises in new energy technologies and innovative energy solutions (e.g. Power2X, green gas quotation regulations, green gas certificates, RED II energy communities, Green Financing, support mechanism for biomethane and hydrogen).
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- project development & finance
- permitting & licensing
- market and legislative reforms
- unbundling compliance
- green financing
- RES auction package
- energy communities package
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North Macedonia: Schoenherr advises Green for Growth Fund on project financing of landmark BESS project
Schoenherr advised Green for Growth Fund (GGF), a debt fund, on their financing of OSM SOLAR DOOEL Skopje for the development of a battery energy storage system (BESS) at an existing solar power plant in North Macedonia.
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Hungary toughens criminal penalties for environmental offences
Hungary has amended its Criminal Code (Act C of 2012), significantly broadening the scope of environmental offences and introducing tougher penalties. The changes mean that environmental breaches previously treated mainly as administrative compliance issues may now also give rise to criminal liability for both the individuals involved and the companies on whose behalf they act.
These criminal-law changes come against the backdrop of a broader tightening of environmental enforcement. Significantly higher environmental fines are already in force as of 25 October 2026, and a national environmental authority is scheduled to begin operating on 1 January 2027. For more details, see our earlier article: https://www.schoenherr.eu/content/hungary-overhauls-environmental-enforcement-and-launches-concession-reviews
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Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz Infocorner
Der mit großem Interesse erwartete Entwurf für das Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz (EAG) wurde gemeinsam mit Änderungen des ElWOG 2010, GWG 2011, ÖSG 2012 und weiterer Gesetze (EAG-Paket) am 16.09.2020 in Begutachtung geschickt.
In diesem Infocorner werden die wesentlichen Eckpunkte des EAG-Pakets dargestellt und praxisrelevante Rechtsfragen behandelt.
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We're happy to share some information on a few matters we have advised on in the energy sector.
