Energy and Natural Resources

Our Energy and Natural Resources practice has extensive experience in acting for both international investors and local developers, as well as for financial institutions, in various types of projects (M&A, project financing, EPC contracts and projects, PPP, arbitration, regulatory).

With a team involved in some of the most complex transactions on the Romanian energy and natural resources market, our firm's energy practice covers both conventional energy projects and clients (oil companies, electricity suppliers) and renewable energy projects (wind, solar hydro, biomass and co-generation etc.)

Highlights:


  • Advising the largest producer of natural gas in Romania in the successful initial public offering by the Romanian Ministry of Economy through the Romanian Department of Energy of 15% of the largest producer of natural gas in Romania shares, admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and the simultaneous listing of global depositary receipts with respect to such shares on  the first Romanian privatization to include the issue of global depositary receipts to be traded on it (€390 million);
  •  Advising  a relevant regional energy company from Romania, the issuer, in the proposed initial public offering of 12% of SCE Oltenia shares, admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange;
  • Advising in connection with the proposed acquisition of three wind farm projects developed by an investment fund in the field of renewable energies, operating in Central Europe. with a total installed power of 600 MW, the largest transaction in the Romanian wind farms sector to date;

  • Advising one of the largest independent Austrian wind farm operators in relation to the competitive bid process for the sale of the project company developing a 84 MW wind project in Western Romania: seller’s due diligence, data room, drafting and negotiating transaction documents;

  • Advising Astropoint Ltd in relation to the share transfer of the majority stake in the project company developing a 232 MW wind project in Dobrogea area, one of the largest wind projects on the market;

  •  Advising an Irish wind developer in the development process of a wind farm and acquisition of a project company with a 400 MW wind project pipeline in Schitul Duca, Iasi county;

  •  Advising ImWind Immobilien-Windkraft Verwaltungs-und Beteiligungs GmbH in connection with the proposed joint-venture for the development of up to 100 MW wind projects in Dobrogea area with a well-established Romanian wind farm developer;

  • Advising a multinational industrial group based on metallic constructions, naval Industry and renewables & energy, on the sell side in connection with the proposed sale of up to 100% of the shares in the project company developing a 42 MW project in Babadag area (Tulcea county) by way of a competitive process with multiple bidders (data room set-up, presentation materials and awarding documentation, transaction documents, closing);

  •  Assisting a leading US private equity investor, in the prospective acquisition of a stake in a 300 MW wind project in Eastern Romania with respect to regulatory issues