Experience – Energy, Transition, Renewables

Infrastructure experience

• We assessed the legal feasibility of construction and commercial operation of an electric power interconnector at the border between an EU member state and a third country.
• We have analysed the legal status of real estate intended for construction of new energy installations.
• We have drafted agreements securing rights to real estate for the purpose of new energy infrastructure developments, as well as agreements establishing a ground servitude and an energy transmission servitude.
• We have analysed energy projects in terms of “bankability”—the feasibility of obtaining bank financing for the project.
• We have provided legal opinions on the existence of rights related to possession of geological documentation.

Transaction experience

• We have conducted legal analyses of wind power projects for transaction purposes.
• We have drafted agreements for sale of wind power projects and sale of shares in companies developing wind power projects.
• We have advised on optimisation of gas supply costs.
• We have drafted agreements for transfer of participation rights in mining usufruct.

Contracts for the energy sector

• We have drafted agreements for finance leasing of energy networks.
• We have drafted form agreements for sale of electricity, including forms for complex agreements.
• We have negotiated contracts for connection to the energy grid.
• We negotiated a contract for purchase of electricity from a new conventional source.
• We have advised clients on conclusion of agreements for sale, transmission and distribution of electricity as well as amendment of contracts with electricity customers.
• We have provided legal opinions on “farm-in” and “farm-out” contracts.
• We have advised clients on termination of complex agreements for the sale of gas.
• We have drafted joint-venture agreements for operators in the region.

Regulatory experience

• We conducted an analysis of the current legal system resulting in publication of guidelines for proposed changes in law connected with implementation of projects in the field of nuclear power.
• We advised on use of “open season” procedures with respect to an interconnector at the border of a non-EU country.
• We advised on the procedure for obtaining exemption from third-party access rules and approval of tariffs with respect to a planned new gas interconnector.
• We have advised clients in concession proceedings before the energy regulator.
• We have represented clients in disputes concerning regulatory fines.
• We advised on obtaining a water law permit for a hydroelectric plant.
• We have advised clients on the legal framework for exploration and identification of gas in Poland.
• We have conducted legal analysis of concessions for exploration, identification and mining of hydrocarbons.
• We have advised on optimisation of the costs of participation in the EU CO2 emissions trading scheme.

Dispute resolution

• We have represented clients in administrative disputes concerning implementation of energy projects and disputes concerning connection to the grid of power generated from renewable energy sources (representing clients before administrative authorities of the first and second instance, province administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court).